Agriculture
- Expanding energy provision in rural Argentina through public-private partnerships and renewable energy. A case study of the PERMER programme
- International Institute for Environment and Development , 2011
- The Argentine government’s PERMER (Project for Renewable Energy in Rural Markets) programme, introduced in 1999, provides electricity for basic lighting and social communication needs for families and...
- Scoring Fast-Start Climate Finance: Leaders and Laggards in Transparency
- International Institute for Environment and Development , 2011
- In 2009, developed countries pledged US$30 billion of ‘fast-start climate finance’ — new and additional funding, with ‘balanced’ allocation between mitigation and adaptation, to be provided during 201...
- Intellectual property tools for products based on biocultural heritage: a legal review of geographical indications, trademarks and protection from unfair competition
- G. Dutfield / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2011
- Tools of intellectual property (IP) can protect and promote products based on biocultural heritage, which would contribute to sustainable development. This study shows that geographical indications...
- The Role of Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge and Participatory Plant Breeding in Climate Change Adaptation in Karst Mountain Areas in SW China
- International Institute for Environment and Development , 2012
- This is a report of a country case study on the impacts of climate change and local people’s adaptation. The research sites are located in the karst mountainous region in 3 SW China provinces - ...
- Rethinking Climate Change as a Security Threat
- C. Schoch / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2011
- Once upon a time climate change was a strictly environment and development issue. Today it has become a matter of national and international security. Efforts to link climate change with violent confl...
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation
- S. Anderson / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2011
- As governments and other agencies spend more money on adaptation to climate change they want to know that their investments are effective — that adaptation will keep development on track, that t...
- Improving Information for Community-Based Adaptation
- S. Huq / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2011
- Community-based adaptation aims to empower local people to cope with and plan for the impacts of climate change. Conventional approaches to planning adaptation rely on ‘expert’ advice and ...
- Baseline for trust: Defining ‘new and additional’ climate funding
- M. Stadelmann;T. Roberts;S. Huq / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2010
- This policy brief asserts that the major area of conflict in climate negotiations is finance. Poorer nations fear that richer ones will fulfil the US$30 billion ‘fast-start’ climate financ...
- Charcoal the Reality: A study of charcoal consumption, trade and production in Malawi
- P. Kambewa;B. Mataya;K. Sichinga;T. Johnson / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2007
- Charcoal industry is one of the largest in Malawi. Among its four largest urban areas, the volume of charcoal consumed represents one-third of the annual deforestation in Malawi. <...
- Protecting traditional knowledge from the grassroots up
- K. Swiderska (ed);A. Argumedo (ed);R. Pant (ed) / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2009
- For indigenous peoples around the world, traditional knowledge (TK) based on natural resources forms the basis of their culture and identity, and yet it is under threat. Indigenous communities are inc...
