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10040IIED

Global public policy narratives on the drylands and pastoralism

… The global narratives that have dominated agricultural policy are built on … scenarios around meeting projected food demand, now complicated by global climate change and food price spikes. The role given to drylands …
IIED Briefing
  • Saverio Krätli
8081IIED

Paper Industry and Global Warming, The

… … A Craighill … M Guthrie … M Kelly … Economics … Paper Industry and Global Warming, The …
Report/paper
  • S Subak
  • A Craighill
  • M Guthrie
  • M Kelly
G02807

Shit travels fast: towards a global CLTS network (PLA 61)

… in Bangladesh, there is a strong, vibrant and continuously growing global network of people working together to end open defecation. … and Holly Ashley. Keywords: CLTS, Community-Led Total Sanitation, water, hygiene, Kamal Kar, health, PRA, scaling up, policy, triggering, … … Monitoring, evaluation and learning … Shit travels fast: towards a global CLTS network (PLA 61) …
Journal article
  • Petra Bongartz
10179IIED

Domestic water in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon: Demand, access and institutional aspects

… the mode and pace of international engagement with longstanding water stress and climatic challenges. In Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, both … communities and Syrian refugees rely on a mix of public and private water sources to meet their needs. Refugee households consume approximately one-third as much water as Lebanese households do. Beyond financial and human resource …
Working paper
  • Diane Machayekhi
  • Michele Pierpaoli
  • Giorgio Cancelliere
G02519

Assessing poverty implications of climate change: impacts on water ecosystems

… ~Climate change poses serious threats to achieving global targets to reduce poverty. The implications for the poor are of … climate variability and extreme events. Too much or too little water has dramatic and enduring impacts on the poor from immediate and …
Report/paper
  • Robert Hope
G00447

Beyond inaccurate crisis narratives: meeting the water and sanitation MDGs

… There is still a cavernous gap between the 'pro-poor' rhetoric of water crisis and response, and the vested interests and competing prioritites that continue to drive developments in the water sector, internationally as well as locally. This makes it all the … water sector priorities, and secure more support for those local initiatives most likely to improve water and sanitary conditions for the …
Report/paper
  • Gordon McGranahan
9049IIED

Drawers of Water: 30 Years of Change in Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health - Overview

… the findings of the 30-year reassessment of the landmark Drawers of Water study by Gilbert F White, David J Bradley and Anne U White. … that have occurred in these 30 years, and their implications for water policy and practice. … 9049IIED … 9049IIED … John Thompson … Ina T …
Book
  • John Thompson
  • Ina T Porras
  • James K Tumwine
  • Mark R Mujwahuzi
  • Munguit Katui-Katua
  • Nick Johnstone
  • Libby Wood
17102IIED

Are land deals driving ‘water grabs’?

… investments involving irrigation, investors typically want to secure water rights as part of the deal. Motivated by potential revenues from water fees and the prospect of improved agricultural productivity, many …
IIED Briefing
  • Jamie Skinner
  • Lorenzo Cotula
10195IIED

From global ambition to country action: Bhutan steps towards low-carbon climate-resilient development

… frameworks to implement climate action and play their part in global ambition to achieve the overarching goals of the Paris Agreement. … to showcase the country’s experience in the process of implementing global climate commitments. We take a look at why and how Bhutan is … … Janna Tenzing … Policy and planning … Climate change … From global ambition to country action: Bhutan steps towards low-carbon …
Case study
  • Thinley Namgyel
  • Binyam Yakob Gebreyes
  • Janna Tenzing
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Sustainable Development and the Global Commons

… Care, health and the environment, women and sustainable development, global warming and global sustainability. Papers in Feedback are on: street children and …
Journal