How can we avoid another ‘lost decade’ in the climate fight?
"As 2020 dawns, we are not seeing the urgency of intent or action necessary to confront the climate crisis in a remotely adequate way." In a new blog at the start of the 2020 'super year', IIED director Andrew Norton considers what it will take to galvanise meaningful action on climate change against a ticking clock and political reticence.
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Interview with David Satterthwaite
Q&A: blog series explores the transition to a predominantly urban world
IIED has launched a series of blogs that will examine different aspects of global urban change, including analysis of the social, political and environmental factors that cause cities to thrive or decline. David Satterthwaite highlights what to expect.
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"Large cities and rapidly growing cities are not new; but the scale and number of very large cities is – to the point where large city growth and increasingly urbanised societies are seen as ‘the problem’. But, as the blogs will discuss, there is an economic logic behind what makes very large cities grow."
– David Satterthwaite
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Blog by Lucy Earle
Haiti earthquake 10 years on – a new chapter in disaster response
12 January 2020 marked 10 years since the Haiti earthquake. The devastating tragedy raised challenges between traditional, more rural humanitarian responses and the difference for when it is in an urban area. It brought humanitarian actors into closer collaboration with urban development specialists and started a new chapter in disaster response. Lucy Earle reflects in a new blog.
Find out more about the newly launched Haiti Community Planning Archive
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Blog by Sejal Patel
COP25 policy and activism: we deserved better
In the first of a new series considering the important role social movements play in prompting climate action and protecting nature, Sejal Patel reflects on COP25, both as a researcher seeking to influence policy and as an individual passionate about climate justice.
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Working paper, 40 pages
Agriculture, nature conservation or both? Managing trade-offs and synergies in sub-Saharan Africa
Boosting agricultural production to meet the food demands of growing and more prosperous populations increasingly comes with a cost to ecosystems. Yet many developing countries (and some developed countries) do not acknowledge or understand these trade-offs. Greater understanding is needed. This paper summarises key concepts including trade-off analysis and management, to make approaches and methods more accessible.
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Research report, 36 pages
Indonesia’s triple burden of malnutrition: a call for urgent policy change
There is very little data available on people’s diets in Indonesia and few methods adapted to measure the triple burden of micronutrient deficiencies, undernutrition and obesity. This research report is the product of an innovative food diaries survey conducted in Jember, East Java, which aimed to provide information for local and international advocacy on healthy sustainable diets. The report reviews the research methodology, outlines the key findings, and provides recommendations for policy and methodological improvements.
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