The road from refugee to resident
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that there are currently 26 million refugees worldwide – the highest number since the end of WW2. Internally displaced people, or IDPs, share many of the experiences of refugees.
How towns and cities could respond better to the arrival of IDP and refugee populations is the subject of our project ‘Responding to protracted displacement in an urban world’, and a new long read 'The road from refugee to resident'. We want to see how working with displaced people can help create more inclusive and sustainable cities.
Learn about the project, read the stories of some of the individuals we've met and more in the new long read.
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Make Change Happen podcast episode 12
Wanted: an inclusive vision of urban recovery from COVID-19
In this podcast episode, we explore how COVID-19 is currently affecting urban low-income communities in the global South and consider its impact on existing inequalities. We look at the success of some current city and community-level responses, and ask what would a transformative urban recovery from COVID-19 look like for cities in the global South? And how could a shared vision for this enable an equitable recovery?
Listen now.
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"The first thing is to understand what people are already doing. Our experience in SDI has been that in a lot of cases, when government comes with programmes, they often do not acknowledge what is already happening on the ground. The same can be said for emergency aid. There often is an elitism around external solutions at this..."
– Beth Chitekwe-Biti, Slum Dwellers International (SDI)
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Guest blog by Sheela Patel
What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change
Guest blogger Sheela Patel continues her discussion of the priorities and needs of women living in informal settlements and tenements, highlighted by COVID-19. In this blog, she explains why women are ideally placed to map vulnerability to climate change in their community and city.
Read the guest blog.
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News
IIED’s 'food year' blog series explores policies and practice to transform our food systems
In the lead up to the first ever UN Food Systems Summit, we have launched a new series of blogs to contribute to the debate about food systems transformation.
The first blog in the series comes from Molly Anderson, member of the International Panel of Experts in Sustainable Food Systems, who sets out practical ways for the summit’s convenors to regroup after getting off to a rocky start. Read the blog now.
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Guest blog by Juliet Aneno
Turning up the heat – how chilli growing is conserving Uganda’s wildlife
Juliet Aneno of Village Enterprise explains how chilli-growing enterprises in Uganda are helping households generate non-poaching related income – supporting efforts to mitigate human-wildlife conflict around Murchison Falls National Park.
Read the guest blog.
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Project
Building resilience in Ethiopia: climate-resilient development planning and budgeting
IIED is supporting Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy Facility to track spending on climate adaptation, institutionalise local climate-resilient development planning, and enhance the coordination with other institutions to access and manage climate finance.
Find out about the project.
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News
UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key aim for COP26
At the closing plenary of the recent CBA15 conference, the UK's COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan said that enabling more locally led adaptation informed by inclusive plans is a critical part of what the UK wants to achieve at this year's UN climate talks.
Read the news and watch her remarks.
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Project report, 50 pages
Why eat wild meat? Local food choices, food security and desired design features of wild meat alternative projects in Cameroon
This project report summarises research conducted in four villages around the Dja Faunal Reserve in Southeastern Cameroon. The research aimed to understand local food preferences and the importance of wild meat for food security, and explore which kind of wild meat-alternative projects could result in the greatest reduction in household hunting and consumption of wild meat.
Download the report.
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