International Institute for Environment & Development: building a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action & influence in partnership with others
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NEW RESEARCH: Mapping COVID-19’s web of impact --> https://iied.org/21221iied
The #COVID19 pandemic is a wake-up call: clearly, multilateral systems need transformational change. Download the new research by Sam Barrett
WANTED: Philanthropy manager --> https://jobs.iied.org/IIED/JobDescription/6zQj67LEE5s…
The role requires experience of working with trusts and foundations, philanthropists and high-net worth individuals, as well as delivering #fundraising strategies, propositions, pitches and briefings. Apply by 14 December.
Join us on 6/12 to discuss the ground-breaking study ‘Out of camp or out of site: realigning responses to protracted displacement in an #urban world’
Info & registration👉https://bit.ly/3uciGkH
COME JOIN US! We're looking for a #data analyst to help us deliver insights 📈 into the impact of our #communications work by collecting data from online traffic, user journeys & behaviours across digital platforms. Apply below!🍃#impactjobs#commsjobs#datajobs#marketingjobs
WE'RE HIRING: Data and marketing insights officer --> https://jobs.iied.org/IIED/JobDescription/-makyQEXJVw…
We are seeking a #data and #marketing insights officer to join our communications group to co-ordinate, process and present communications data to support the delivery of our strategy. Apply by 12 Dec.
DOWNLOAD: Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation --> https://iied.org/21266iied
This briefing demonstrates the value of integrating #gender into #conservation interventions, suggesting that CBD should prioritise the gender-responsive implementation of the #post2020 GBF.
The 8 principles for locally led #adaptation have been developed to help ensure that local communities are empowered to lead sustainable & effective adaptation to climate change at the local level.
Find out more from some of the endorsers at #COP27. --> https://youtube.com/watch?v=c7SINd50qGk…
At #COP27, some of the over 80 endorsers of the locally led adaptation principles shared the achievements they have made since endorsing the principles. They also set out their priorities for the coming year.
Don't miss their stories. --> https://youtube.com/watch?v=c7SINd50qGk…
on Dec 6th as we present findings from our http://protracteddisplacement.org study, launch a brief on refugees and city planning, and hear from refugee & city leaders on working together. Register here: http://bit.ly/3XhGxNd
#MentalHealth, wellbeing and sense of hope among vulnerable Afghans plummeted in the wake of the #Taliban takeover - new @UKRI_News-funded research from @IIED and @Samuel_Hall_.
Read the press release. --> https://iied.org/mental-health-wellbeing-sense-hope-among-vulnerable-afghans-plummeted-wake-taliban-takeover…
WANTED: Philanthropy manager --> https://jobs.iied.org/IIED/JobDescription/6zQj67LEE5s…
The role requires experience of working with trusts and foundations, philanthropists and high-net worth individuals, as well as delivering #fundraising strategies, propositions, pitches and briefings. Apply by 14 December.
WE'RE HIRING: Data and marketing insights officer --> https://jobs.iied.org/IIED/JobDescription/-makyQEXJVw…
We are seeking a #data and #marketing insights officer to join our communications group to co-ordinate, process and present communications data to support the delivery of our strategy. Apply by 12 Dec.
Green 🌳, resilient 🏠 & safe 💪...these are characteristics of a #DesirableCity according to participants of Transformative Urban Coalitions photo competition.
Check out the selected photographs exhibited at #COP27 in Egypt 🇪🇬!
"Achieving change will require significant effort from all stakeholders to ensure that the interests of all community members are taken into account, that agreements reached are seen as legitimate, and that there are clear channels for enforcement." #Uganda#mining
Mining and Community Development Agreements: a panacea for community justice in Uganda? --> https://iied.org/mining-community-development-agreements-panacea-for-community-justice-uganda…
How can Community Development Agreements ensure Uganda's affected communities benefit from mining operations and are meaningfully engaged in agreements?
estimated that 3x as many people in high-income countries have been vaccinated as in low-income countries. #COVID19 has paused international ‘wealth convergence’ within & between nations, and threatens the global social contract needed to tackle #ClimateChange.
NEW RESEARCH: Mapping COVID-19’s web of impact --> https://iied.org/21221iied
The #COVID19 pandemic is a wake-up call: clearly, multilateral systems need transformational change. Download the new research by Sam Barrett @TKajumba and @andynortondev.
The power of nature-based solutions to help tackle #climatechange was a big theme at #COP27
Find out more about the many tools available to help deploy Ecosystem-based Adaptation to guide people and the planet to adapt and boost climate resilience 👉https://bit.ly/3AGJQUz
"The availability of #OpenSource software and the increasing familiarity of slum communities with #digital technologies can be used to paint a true picture of what is needed – and where – in the fight for climate resilience," writes
Data tales – part four: combining community skills and computer power to tackle the climate crisis --> https://iied.org/data-tales-part-four-combining-community-skills-computer-power-tackle-climate-crisis…
The lack of relevant or accurate data on #ClimateRisk and resilience in slums could be resolved by making community-based data collection the norm.
will join the panel at this in-person and online event on 7 December.
Sign up now to join the discussion on whether #COP27 delivered for developing countries.
Following on from COP27 in Egypt, @UCL_ISR invites you to an expert panel discussion to consider the question: ‘COP 27: Did it deliver for developing countries?’
Book your free ticket here http://ow.ly/Z8mf50LHYtm@TemboBernard@tommitchelliied@watsonjim2#COP27#Climate
‘Out of camp or out of site: realigning responses to protracted displacement in an urban world’ compares for the first time the livelihoods & wellbeing outcomes of #refugees & internally displaced persons in camps & their counterparts in urban areas. --> https://protracteddisplacement.org
HYBRID EVENT: Cities for refugees: places of economic productivity, participation and wellbeing --> https://iied.org/cities-for-refugees-places-economic-productivity-participation-wellbeing…
This webinar on 6 Dec will discuss a ground-breaking large-scale study comparing #refugee wellbeing, livelihoods and enterprise in camps and urban areas.
EVENT: Journos, find out why the #COP15#Biodiversity negotiations are important & what success would look like for #Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Tues 29th Nov, 12GMT. Speakers from
"For centuries, women in various parts of the global South have relied on #biodiversity and ecosystem services for their livelihoods, and to contribute to the nutrition, health and wellbeing of their families and wider communities" points out guest blogger Philile Mbatha.
COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance --> https://iied.org/cop15-putting-gender-heart-biodiversity-governance…
Processes set up to recognise the rights of Indigenous People and local communities at the UN #biodiversity negotiations must be #gender-sensitive, so women and girls are not left behind.
Women are key users of #biodiversity, but are routinely excluded from decision-making and benefit sharing in conservation.
This ignores the scale and scope of #women’s potential and actual contributions to natural resource management.
DOWNLOAD: Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation --> https://iied.org/21266iied
This briefing demonstrates the value of integrating #gender into #conservation interventions, suggesting that CBD should prioritise the gender-responsive implementation of the #post2020 GBF.