Can we reduce urban poverty and inequality and achieve net zero cities?
The recent World Habitat Day focused on how cities can develop practical, workable plans for a carbon-free world. Over half the world’s population live in urban areas, so it’s unsurprising that cities are responsible for 75% of carbon emissions. In this blog, Anna Walnycki and Tucker Landesman explain why efforts to achieve zero carbon cities will only be successful if they simultaneously address pervasive urban poverty and inequalities.
Read their blog.
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Guest blog by Angelique Pouponneau
A glimmer of hope ahead of COP26 – financing for adaptation
A newly formed group of champion countries committed to ramping up flows of adaptation finance brings promise – provided they can also improve access, explains guest blogger Angelique Pouponneau, CEO of Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT).
Read the guest blog.
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"Reaching governments alone is not enough; the funds must be accessible to vulnerable people on the frontlines who feel the harshest impacts of climate change, as called for by the principles for locally-led adaptation, which are now endorsed by more than 50 organisations."
– Angelique Pouponneau
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Online launch event
Launch of the CRISP-M tool
This online event on 13 October will launch a new digital tool that combines scientific climate risk information with the traditional knowledge, practices and skills of communities to help communities in India undertake climate risk management more effectively.
Find out more about the event and register to attend.
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IIED Debates event
Tackling climate change in fragile states and protracted crisis situations
Many of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries also suffer from protracted humanitarian crises linked to conflict, displacement and state fragility. Join this IIED Debates event on 18 October to explore what role humanitarian agencies can play in tackling climate change in protracted crisis situations.
Register to attend.
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IIED Debates event
Closing the digital gender gap: lessons from the pandemic
Technology and the internet can be a great enabler. But while easy and cheap access to digital tools and channels has opened opportunities for some during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people still face barriers and are being left behind. This IIED Debates event on 27 October will explore why and how the digital world should consider the needs of both women and men of all ages to enable progress.
Register now.
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Guest blog by Vinzealhar Nen
Listen to young people: cultural practices can provide answers to the climate problem
Ahead of the recent COP26 Youth Summit, Papua New Guinean climate advocate Vinzealhar Nen urged world leaders heading to Glasgow to listen to and learn from climate solutions being championed by young people in members' countries − particularly the small islands states.
Read the guest blog.
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Photoblog by Abbi Buxton
Mining cobalt better
While the post-COVID-19 world looks at ‘building back better’, little has changed for artisanal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over the last year, IIED’s research in partnership with Afrewatch DRC has found nascent efforts to improve the sector to be at risk of creating “islands of responsibility” while failing to drive the broad based societal and environmental change envisaged by the ‘building back better’ agenda.
Read the photoblog.
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Blog by David Satterthwaite
Upgrading informal settlements in the global South: transforming relations with government, transforming lives
Upgrading rather than bulldozing is becoming the mainstream government response to deal with informal settlements in many nations. In this new blog, David Satterthwaite discusses how, done well, this can be transformative for residents and their communities but the opportunity is often missed.
Read the blog.
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Blog by Lorenzo Cotula
Food Systems Summit: implications for global food governance
The recent Food Systems Summit raised questions about global governance models in a policy area fundamental to everyone’s lives. Lorenzo Cotula argues that, without clear decision-making rules and effective structures to manage power differentials, bringing diverse actors together produces ‘capture’ rather than inclusion.
Read the blog.
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Blog by Ritu Bharadwaj
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
Drawing on a recent situational analysis report, Ritu Bharadwaj describes transformative pathways for setting the Least Developed Countries on a path towards a just, equitable and green recovery.
Read the blog.
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Save the date
Development and Climate Days 2021
Development and Climate Days (D&C Days) 2021 will take place from 9-10 November, and will see grassroots representatives, researchers, development practitioners and policymakers from all over the world discuss how to build a climate-resilient future for all.
Find out more and mark your calendar.
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Issue paper, 32 pages
Islands of responsibility? Corporate sourcing of artisanal cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Cobalt is an essential element within supply chains driving the technological transition to electric vehicles. A majority of the world’s estimated cobalt reserves are in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 10–30% of Congo’s annual production mined artisanally. Much maligned environmental, social and human rights abuses within the artisanal sector are driving corporate efforts to “clean up” and de-risk supply chains. It is imperative that these efforts align with the sustainable development priorities and needs of artisanal mining communities themselves. This issue paper gathers local perspectives on the priority changes needed to improve governance and investment in the sector.
Download the issue paper / Téléchargez le document en français.
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Working paper, 62 pages
Comparative analysis of the efficiency of different social protection delivery mechanisms in the context of climate resilience
This paper attempts to analyse the efficiency and effectiveness of various social protection delivery mechanisms with reference to climate resilience, and also examines the sufficiency of social protection finance in meeting climate resilience and sustainable development outcomes.
Download the working paper.
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IIED Briefing paper
Local climate resilience finance: how can mirage become reality?
Climate resilience is an increasingly pressing need in forest and farm landscapes. Yet for most of the world’s 1.5 billion forest and farm producers, a helping hand from external climate finance remains a mirage: as little as 10% of global funds reach the local level, with just 1.7% accessible to locally controlled organisations. It is time for locally controlled organisations to take their place in a new climate resilience blueprint, as required beneficiaries and accredited partners for external climate finance.
Download the new briefing.
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