Items tagged:
Technology and innovation
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Climate adaptation: its time is now
As adaptation shares more of the limelight, champions of community-based adaption have messages on three key areas that international policymakers must hear
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CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
Chris Henderson and Susan Nanduddu will lead the adaptation technology theme at this year’s community-based adaptation (CBA) event. In this Q&A, they give a taster of the issues participants will be tackling – and discuss the plan for taking forward emerging solutions.
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The future of work, technological change and global inequality
Technical and digital innovation are transforming the nature of work, employment patterns and international trade. IIED director Andrew Norton looks at how technological change brings both threats and opportunities – and how developing countries can take action to ensure their citizens have the skills they need
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Technologies for sustainable development: mind the gender gap
New technologies are advancing sustainable development in Malawi. But these technologies must be designed to meet the needs of the group most likely to use them: women
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Supporting Least Developed Countries on climate technology transfer
In March, experts on technology development and transfer gathered in Copenhagen and Bonn to take forward the work of the UN climate negotiations. IIED supported representatives of the Least Developed Countries to present proposals that would work for them
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Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development
Technological change, especially automation and digital innovation, are likely to have a profound impact on jobs in developing countries. Countries should act now to refocus their economic and social policies to make them more sustainable
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How mobiles stayed massive — talking down the recession
How is it that mobile phone operators are proving - true to their name - too agile for the long arm of this recession?
