Organisation
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
UK based NGO conducting research programmes on a range of sustainable development and environmental issues
NGO promoting sustainable patterns of world development through research, training, policy studies, consensus building and public information. Programmes include: Environmental Planning and Management; Human Settlements; Sustainable Agriculture; Forestry and Land Use; Drylands; Environmental Economics(including the Collaborative Research in the Economics of Environment and Development (CREED); Sustainable Consumption and Trade (SCATI), and a European Programme.
Published Documents
- Tried and tested: learning from farmers on adaptation to climate change
- H. Reid / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- Small-scale farmers and pastoralists knowledge and experience of coping with climatic extremes and uncertainty has been largely overlooked in climate change adaptation planning efforts. This paper draws lessons from this wealth of kno...
- Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China
- M. Shanahan / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- Through the analysis of newspaper articles and a survey of journalists, this publication identifies gaps and highlights differences in how the media portray pastoralism in Kenya, China and India. In discussing their methodology, the a...
- Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Cambodia
- P. Am / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- Cambodia has been ranked as the country second most affected by extreme weather events in 2011. Between November 2011 and October 2012, government staff from different countries came together at a course facilitated by the Internation...
- Small-scale farmers and climate change. How can farmer organisations and Fairtrade build the capacity of smallholders?
- J. Frank / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
- As climate change impacts are increasingly felt by smallholder farmers, there is an urgent need to identify approaches that strengthen ongoing economic development efforts and enhance the adaptive capacity of farmers, their households...
- Urban poverty, food security and climate change
- C. Tacoli / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- This paper argues that the high and volatile food prices that triggered a renewed interest in food security since the 2008–09 crisis are expected to continue due to the impacts of climate change. It notes that current policy is f...
- Transparency and good governance in extractive industries in the Caspian Sea region
- S. Ospanova; I. Ahmadov; E. Wilson / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is sparking renewed interest and debate on issues such as transparency of government – company contracts, reporting on revenues from natural resources by company and by pr...
- An operational framework for Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD)
- N. Brooks; S. Anderson; I. Burton / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- This working paper seeks to offer practical guidance on how to put into operation the concepts outlined in the International Institute for Environment and Development’s (IIED) Climate Change Working Paper No. 1. It presents the ...
- Counting the costs: replacing pastoralism with irrigated agriculture in the Awash valley, north-eastern Ethiopia
- R. Behnke / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- For planning purposes, it is important to not only determine the economic viability of a development scheme, but also that it produces economic benefits that exceed those that were already being obtained from the pre-existing producti...
- Mainstreaming gender and climate change in Nepal
- J. Mainlay / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
- This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences are taken into account in the development of policies and plans for adaptation to climate change in Nepal and investigates the opportunities and progress made toward mainstrea...
- Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe
- D. Brown / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
- This paper reviews impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing the country. It draws on a set of background p...
