Policy and planning

All our latest Policy and planning-related content from across IIED

Latest blog posts

Low carbon resilience in the least developed countries: a panacea to address climate change?

Susannah Fisher

22 January 2013

Picture of the Punakha Dzong, an administrative centre in Bhutan. A river runs past it in the foreground and wooded hills rise behind it.

Ensuring small holders aren't squeezed out of agricultural investments

Guest Author

6 December 2012

Does development assistance have a future?

Suzanne Fisher

20 November 2012

Latest news

Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning

25 April 2013

New fund to help Kenyan communities adapt to climate change

26 October 2012

Global sustainable development leaders to speak at IIED conference

23 May 2012

3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit

22 May 2012

Civil society plays key role in policymaking in a changing climate

21 May 2012

Nepal: Vice-President and top singer launch report that signals steps to sustainable development

14 May 2012

Europe’s food security at risk without bigger role for farmers in policy and research

12 May 2011

Highlights

Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?

A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.

Misconceptions on drylands and pastoralism

Pastoralists draw water from a well in Niger.

REDD+: What is needed to make it work for the poor?

A man stands by a tree stump in Mozambique.

Governance group

About the governance group

Key issues for the governance group

Publications

South-South REDD: A Brazil–Mozambique initiative for Zero Deforestation with Pan-African Relevance

Turning green the strategic way: the role and potential of strategic environmental assessment in securing a green economy

Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China

Rainfed agriculture for an inclusive, sustainable and food secure India

Pastoralism: the custodian of China’s grasslands

Projects and articles

Understanding the political economy of the Climate Investment Funds

Tracking adaptation and measuring development

Exploring how climate change interventions can work best to deliver more than the sum of their parts

Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and improving knowledge

Responding to climate change in East Africa by strengthening dryland governance and planning

Misconceptions on drylands and pastoralism

Fair ideas: Background

Forest-linked enterprise

Policy that works for forests and people

Citizens reframing conservation policies and practice for food and livelihood security, environmental sustainability and justice