Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible for almost 60% of global biodiversity loss. They are degrading the natural resources – water, soils, genetic resources – needed to sustain agricultural production.
A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew explored how the way Indigenous Peoples grow and consume food holds answers to the world’s broken food system.
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News
Bringing attention to what works for women’s land rights
To coincide with the recent International Day of Rural Women, we have launched a new series of blogs exploring core principles that can help to strengthen women’s land rights in the global South.
Our new blog series 'What works for women’s land rights' focuses on gender and land tenure, and aims to change the paradigm around what works and what doesn’t work to safeguard women’s land rights.
Read the first blog in the series by Philippine Sutz.
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"Land is the backbone of livelihoods for most women and men in rural Africa. It is central to food production and income generation. For women, given their prominent role in food production, rights to access and control over land is crucial."
– Philippine Sutz
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Guest blog by Sheela Patel
Call to international funders: address grassroots organisations’ priorities, not yours
As COVID-19 persists and spreads, urban poor organisations need funding that is flexible enough to meet the evolving needs of their communities, says Sheela Patel in a new guest blog.
Read the blog now.
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Interview
Using digital technology to engage citizens in climate action
Barry Smith reflects on the lessons from a recent 'digital dialogue' that put representatives from community organisations alongside tech developers and government officials for all to better understand how digital tools can respond to needs and priorities, the challenges involved, and the opportunities digital technology offers.
Read the Q&A and find out about the 'Engaging citizens for socially just climate action' project.
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Blog by Binyam Yakob Gebreyes and Emilie Beauchamp
Can the Adaptation Committee find opportunity in adversity?
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a pause in climate negotiations, but it need not be time wasted. Binyam Gebreyes and Emilie Beauchamp consider how the Adaptation Committee is seizing the moment to tackle existing challenges, and how it could go further.
Read their blog.
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Report, 27 pages
Energy for all: Better use of subsidies to achieve impact
Decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions often offer a cheaper way to extend energy services, complementing grid extension efforts. But meeting the diverse needs of DRE systems requires finance flows from public and commercial actors and better approaches to propel and guide markets, with policy and regulatory instruments that can adapt as markets evolve. This report focuses on the role of subsidies for DRE and the surrounding enabling policy environment and is intended for policy makers, donors, commercial financiers, and energy companies working to expand energy access in Asia and Sub-Sharan Africa.
Download the report now.
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Report, 24 pages
Sustainable diets in the informal economy
Informal food systems contribute to the food and nutrition security of hundreds of millions of people around the world, particularly in the global South. The paper highlights how informal food systems are often unfairly assumed to be inefficient and unsafe, which leads to inappropriate policy and planning for sustainable diets. We argue that a transition to sustainable diets that works for people and planet should build on rather than criminalise or replace functioning informal food systems. We call for greater support for informal economy actors to achieve sustainable diets for all.
Download the report.
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