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ONLINE EVENT: Towards a nature positive economic recovery post COVID-19, 23 November

The most high-profile economic decision-making currently relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite growing evidence that investing in nature is an economic winner, much of the public spending deployed for the COVID-19 recovery has not been adequately green and largely under-invests in nature.At this…See More
Nov 22
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Getting climate resilience right: the case for backing smallholder organisations

Listen now to 'Getting climate resilience right: the case for backing smallholder organisations’ - the newest episode of IIED’s Make Change Happen podcast.In forest landscapes, 1.3 billion smallholder farmers, communities and indigenous peoples…See More
Sep 13
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Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?

Ecosystem-based adaptation, or EbA, involves people working with nature to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.Ample evidence from IIED and other organisations – along with experiences from communities around the world – demonstrate that EbA has great potential to help people adapt to climate change while delivering environmental, social and economic…See More
Jul 29
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NEW REPORT: Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes?

Following the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, download a new report from IIED in collaboration with the Nature-Based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) at the University of Oxford, Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes?…See More
Jun 8
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Nature-based solutions or the ecosystem approach?

A debate over terminology risks distracting attention from the key issues under discussion in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and derail the number one priority of agreeing an ambitious framework that can both halt biodiversity loss and deliver for human wellbeing.In this backgrounder, we explore the concepts of nature-based solutions and the ecosystem approach and gauge how far they differ. We also…See More
May 21
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May 7
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Community-based rangers – an effective approach to tackling illegal wildlife trade?

The IIED and the IUCN SULi Learning and Action Platform on Communities and Illegal Wildlife Trade (LeAP) project is holding a webinar on 30 March, Community based rangers: an effective approach to tackling illegal wildlife trade?LeAP, which includes the People not…See More
Mar 24
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WEBINAR: Beating the biopirates? A journalist's guide to biodiversity access and benefit-sharing

There’s a multi-billion-dollar yearly trade in medicines, foodstuffs and industrial products derived from plants, animals, fungi and bacteria. But many such products have been commercialised without any of the profits returning to the countries and communities whose biodiversity and traditional knowledge made the innovation possible. And in some cases, biological…See More
Feb 22
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2021: Time to make change happen

Now is the time to make change happen. This year IIED and partners will deliver excellent research:* To show how conserving biodiversity protects livelihoods as well as nature* To make the case for a fair high seas treaty that benefits everyone while protecting marine life, and * To get money where it matters so poorer communities can access funds and adapt to climate change — because these communities know what works.Uncertainty will continue. But, together, we can shape the future, and create…See More
Feb 10
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PROJECT: Debt swaps for climate and nature outcomes in West Africa

We urgently need to address the triple crisis of debt distress, biodiversity loss and climate change. This project will scope how this could be done through debt swaps for nature and climate outcomes in four countries in coastal West Africa.IIED will work with governments and civil society in Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal and with public and private…See More
Feb 9
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New small grants initiative will support activities related to great apes conservation and development

The People and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) is excited to announce that with support from the Arcus Foundation, they are piloting a new small grants initiative.Applications are now…See More
Dec 15, 2020
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Development and Climate Days 2020

Usually held each year alongside the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, D&C Days is hosted in partnership, using a dynamic format that encourages dialogue on a range of issues that link policy, knowledge and practice for climate ambition.This year's event will be part of the Understanding Risk Forum 2020 (UR2020), the…See More
Nov 27, 2020
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IIED at London Climate Action Week, November 2020

IIED and partners are participating in London Climate Action Week, a week-long digital event from 14-20 November 2020. This is the second series of London Climate Action Week events this year, with IIED again taking part following the successful series in July 2020. This week of events falls on the dates when the UN climate summit (COP26) was originally scheduled, and is…See More
Nov 11, 2020
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Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity

Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible for almost 60% of global biodiversity loss. They are degrading the natural resources – water, soils, genetic resources – needed to sustain agricultural production.A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic…See More
Oct 23, 2020
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Working with nature to build back better from COVID-19: inspirations from farmers in China

Yufen Chuang and IIED senior researcher Xiaoting Hou Jones reflect on why working with nature to adapt to climate change can offer valuable lessons on how to build back better from COVID-19.The COVID-19 crisis has shown that the health and the future of people and nature are intertwined. As global leaders called…See More
Jul 7, 2020
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Inequality in the face of COVID-19: how grassroots communities are taking action at Online

July 2, 2020 from 11am to 12:30pm
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the inequalities for groups that are particularly vulnerable to disasters, such as female-headed households, children, people with disabilities, indigenous and ethnic minority groups, landless tenants, migrant workers, older people, and other socially marginalised groups.People living in densely populated informal settlements fall into this highly vulnerable category, with poor access to public services including health care, water, and sanitation. It is…See More
Jun 18, 2020
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Anne Schulthess
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Marketing manager
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International Institute for Environment and Development
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Communicating biodiversity, Climate change, Endangered species, Oceans, Poverty and biodiversity, Urban biodiversity
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Communicating biodiversity and climate change for IIED

Anne Schulthess's Blog

ONLINE EVENT: Towards a nature positive economic recovery post COVID-19, 23 November

The most high-profile economic decision-making currently relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite growing evidence that investing in nature is an economic winner, much of the public spending deployed for the COVID-19 recovery has not been adequately green and largely under-invests in nature.

At this…

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Posted on November 22, 2021 at 11:06

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Getting climate resilience right: the case for backing smallholder organisations

Listen now to 'Getting climate resilience right: the case for backing smallholder organisations’ - the newest episode of IIED’s Make Change Happen podcast.

In forest landscapes, 1.3 billion smallholder farmers,…

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Posted on September 13, 2021 at 12:04

Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?

Ecosystem-based adaptation, or EbA, involves people working with nature to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.

Ample evidence from IIED and other organisations – along with experiences from communities around the world – demonstrate that EbA has great potential to help people adapt to climate change while delivering environmental,…

Continue

Posted on July 29, 2021 at 10:58

NEW REPORT: Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes?

Following the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, download a new report from IIED in collaboration with the Nature-Based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) at the University of Oxford, Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local…

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Posted on June 8, 2021 at 15:40

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