Andrew Norton's blog
2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee
How can the world achieve a step change in the fight against climate change during 2019? IIED director Andrew Norton looks at the issues and suggests that a radical approach may hold the solution.
Read his reflections in the recent blog.
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Comment from Fatima Denton
Africa, Katowice And Climate Equity: The Dragon That Will Not Be Slayed!
The IPCC’s stark warning that we have only 12 years to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees, and that even half a degree outside this temperature guardrail might trigger more climate crises in vulnerable regions like Africa, seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.
Read the opinion piece from IIED board member Fatima Denton for Modern Ghana.
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"Climate leadership is not a western preserve. Africa has an opportunity to take the findings of the 1.5°C report and use it towards safer growth."
– Fatima Denton
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News
Help pilot the navigator of tools for ecosystem-based adaptation
IIED, IUCN, UNEP-WCMC and GIZ are seeking feedback on a new navigator that catalogues tools for ecosystem-based adaptation planners and practitioners.
The deadline for feedback is 15 March 2019.
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Blog by Rosalind Goodrich
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
When half of a country’s wealth is natural capital it is vital this resource is managed well. If people, businesses and government policies put natural capital at risk, then long term sustainable development is jeopardised.
A recent meeting in Kampala, Uganda, discussed how natural capital accounts can inform better decision making for a viable future.
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Conference
CBA13: Local solutions inspiring global action
CBA13 will bring together practitioners, grassroots representatives, local and national government planners, policymakers and donors working at all levels and scales to discuss how we can drive ambition for a climate resilient future.
The conference will take place on 1-4 April 2019 in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, and will offer four days of discussion and debates, skill shares and knowledge exchanges.
Register now.
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Briefing
Off-grid productivity: powering universal energy access
For communities in rural Africa to thrive, energy services must be affordable and reliable. But this is not enough. Energy services must be built around productive uses of energy (PUE) from the start.
This policy briefing gives examples of actions to unleash PUE to help drive universal energy access.
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We're hiring
Latest advertised roles at IIED
Policy director at The Green Economy Coalition (GEC)
The policy director will lead one of GEC's flagship programmes, Economics for Nature, on natural capital. This is a new position that provides a unique opportunity to shape, define and lead an ambitious global green economy policy agenda on behalf of civil society networks spanning the globe.
Find out more and apply by 27 January.
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