Period: February 2025- 2026 Client: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Collaborator: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Project Overview: As a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), Timor-Leste is acutely...
Period: June – December 2021 Partner: Centre for People and Forest (RECOFTC) Project Overview: This project focused on strengthening the capacity of universities in Southeast Asia to advance gender-inclusive forest landscape governance. Covering seven countries—Lao...
Period: November 2022 – ongoing Client: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Collaborator: International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Project Overview: The Strengthening Loss and Damage response capacity in the Global...
Period: September 2021 – June 2022 Partner: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Description: In the face of the escalating climate crisis, responses have largely been technical, often neglecting the critical governance and political dimensions of...
Period: 31 May 2021 – 31 August 2022 Funder/client: UNESCO Office in Jakarta – Cluster Office for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Timor Leste, Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Following the regional consultation...
Period: January 2021 – December 2023 Funder/client: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Australian Water Partnership (AWP) Project overview: The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region spans 3,500 kms from Afghanistan to Myanmar and sustains...
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The 2015 Constitution of Nepal envisages Local Governments (LGs) as pivotal actors in climate action and local development. However, this potential remains underutilized. Persistent institutional constraints, including ambiguous roles, limited human resource...
By Arushi Bhargava |8 December 2025 At 4 AM every day in Gandhinagar, a water-stressed city in Gujarat, Rajesh Kumar wakes up—not by choice, but by necessity. There is only a one-hour window when the municipal water supply comes on, and that single hour is...
By Hemant Ojha| 31 December 2025 Introduction In December 2025, I joined a diverse group of researchers, local leaders, community members, and policymakers in Nepal’s Melamchi Valley —a place still bearing the scars of the devastating 2021 flood. Where fertile fields...
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Session Theme: Number vs. Quality of Participation – Mapping Progress and Barriers to Gender Transformative Actions Date: 26 May 2025 Format: Virtual Panel Discussion IFSD proudly launched the Gender Transformative Action Lab (GTAL) — a new...
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. IFSD, in collaboration with its partners, including the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the International Development Research...