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Rural landscape with plants growing in the land. People gather in the background
IIED at 50 must be ready to listen and change: Liz Carlile and Tara Shine in conversation
… decade ago.” LC: IIED brought environment and development together – how important was that back in the 1970s?   TS:  Very. If I think back … things in different sorts of spaces. Where have we done this really well and what is the learning from that? Can we do this differently and better? TS:  Just listening to what you’re …
Article, 19 August 2021
A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening
Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
Insight, 31 May 2019
As a mountainous country, Bhutan faces particular environmental challenges (Photo: Göran Höglund, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A pragmatic approach
Article, 27 July 2016
The Sumatran rhinoceros
World Conservation Congress: key themes and a new leader to watch
… to understand the global food system as it actually is, rather than how we might wish it to be. It’s an unplanned patchwork with billions of … and money between them. It’s not surprising it doesn’t work very well since markets, on their own, can’t hope to meet everyone’s needs, … movement are leaning increasingly towards a ‘what can nature do for us’ approach, where species and wild habitats are valued and …
Insight, 17 September 2012
Woman carrying a child
Bringing urban refugees into local planning
… unpacked the local, national and international factors that influence how populations are distributed. As David Satterthwaite notes , … drive urban change by attracting economic migrants. So too do people’s individual decisions on whether they move and where to. … means to them, and look at the role that individual and collective well-being, alongside refugees’ and IDPs’ economic activity, play in …
Insight, 20 July 2020
Two of the 20 questions in last year's environment and development quiz. After learning lots of lessons, we have produced another one this year... (Image: IIED)
A quiz-ical look at Christmas content
… in a bid to involve as many people in the institute as possible, as well as cover our four main research areas , we crowdsourced the … into our website using iframes weren't great. We also didn't like how it looked and how you were unable to see the answers until the very end Quiz Revolution: we really thought that this would do the job, but in the end, didn't like its design. We also didn't want …
Insight, 24 December 2015
Hundreds of homes are crammed together up the side of a hill
Q&A: Achieving housing rights for all: issues and recommendations
… particularly smaller cities. So context is crucial for understanding how social identities influence shelter. For example, in Mogadishu , … physical structures, to involve basic services and healthcare as well. For instance, insufficient water supply and sanitation makes it … did not mince words when calling for imminent change: “We have to do something now. We have to take radical steps.” …
Article, 22 October 2020
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Hippos bask in the sun in Botswana.
Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
… to a high-pressure pitch for investment, in the style of the well-known TV programme Dragons’ Den’. Dineo Gaborekwe, from the … representatives from different African countries to share ideas on how to integrate biodiversity into development policies. The dragons’ … but then at the end, the questions started coming. “How much money do you want and what’s the return on investment?” from Jonathan. “I’m …
Insight, 22 May 2013
A woman miner holds a rough red garnet found at a mine in Tanzania. Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale miners are fuelled by determination and the hope to strike it big (Photo: Magali Rochat)
Four lessons on communicating ASM stories of change
… This short film focuses on how artisanal and small-scale miners and communities in Ghana, … in the sector don't always know who is doing what, what is working well and – crucially – what is not working. This thwarts the potential … of change One of the biggest lessons we have learned is the need to do to more to share good practices and what we call 'stories of …
Insight, 17 October 2017