Will COVID-19 leave fuel-rich African countries gasping for breath?
As coronavirus takes its toll on Africa’s oil and gas-reliant economies, Dr Fatima Denton, IIED trustee and director of the Institute for Natural Resources in Africa at the United Nations University, asks if recovery could herald an era of bold new thinking on economic diversification to reduce reliance on natural resources.
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Webinar
Nature-based solutions for climate change: from global ambition to local action
The world is facing two unprecedented environmental crises: biodiversity loss and climate change. The causes of these challenges are interrelated, as are the solutions.
Join IIED for an online event on 22 May, the International Day of Biological Diversity, to discuss how we can translate the global ambition around nature-based solutions for climate change into local action.
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"Nature-based solutions are actions that protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems to address societal challenges. They can provide a wide range of environmental, social and economic benefits and are indispensable for both climate change mitigation and adaptation."
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Podcast
Four countries working together to get climate finance to the local level
IIED researcher Emilie Beauchamp and Bara Gueye, former director of IED Afrique in Senegal, discuss a new mechanism for getting public money to the local level in "Getting money to where it matters: ensuring funds for climate action reach those who need it most" - the latest episode of the 'People, Planet and Public Finance' podcast by IIED and the International Budget Partnership.
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News
One-size-fits-all policies won’t deliver sustainable farming in Africa
Governments and development agencies need to give greater consideration to conflicting objectives of different types of smallholder farmers when promoting sustainable agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa, says report.
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Blog by Saleemul Huq and Sheela Patel
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
COVID-19 has changed our world. To mark the recent Earth Day and the global call to act on climate change, we asked: what lessons can we apply from the pandemic response to help tackle other global crises, including the climate emergency?
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Briefing
Remote forest producers: reaping the benefits of collective action
In the Congo Basin, organisations of forest producers have been challenging barriers to growth by overcoming isolation, sharing knowledge and collectively negotiating market access and favourable policy decisions. The ‘CoNGOs’ project showed how, with support, organised smallholder forestry producers in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could swiftly build successful and sustainable enterprises.
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