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Panel discussion at the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Four speakers are sitting on chairs behind a table on a podium with a big blue screen behind while the audience is sitting on chairs and listening.
Santa Marta conference highlights legal barriers to the energy transition
Insight, 18 May 2026
A group of men of different nationalities, all in formal dress, clap and smile as they pose for a photo.
Critical minerals: reflections on the G20 Leaders’ Summit
… that are essential both to large economies’ advanced technology and energy transition industries and to Africa's own green energy transition and industrial development, mineral-rich low- and … Participants also discussed supporting development of ‘investable’ projects and using sovereign wealth funds to mobilise patient capital …
Insight, 02 December 2025
Groups of people talking to each other
Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17
Insight, 20 June 2023
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IIED at London Climate Action Week, June/July 2022
Event, 25 June 2022
A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… A rush of innovation in off-grid energy markets linked to falling solar prices and mobile-enabled payment schemes has led to an upsurge in clean and affordable energy access for households in poor or remote communities. But how can … to collaborate The need for cross-sector collaboration is a recurring theme. An energy developer may have limited knowledge of end-user needs …
Insight, 12 September 2016
Fishermen from Mayadip Island, Bangladesh. IIED will be discussing Bangladesh's work on payments for sustainable fisheries at the EDD15 forum (Photo: Matthew Becker, the Advocacy Project, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at European Development Days 2015
Event, 03 June 2015
Biomass energy: optimising its contribution to poverty reduction and ecosystem services
… Biomass energy makes up 77% of the world’s renewable energy - or 10% of the world’s total energy mix (3% in OECD and 22% in … discussed. Project objectives This proposal targeted ESPA's forest theme, where the expected outcome is "enhanced contribution of forest … Energy … Biomass energy: optimising its contribution to poverty reduction and ecosystem …
Project, 21 January 2011
A community-based green energy project: Sinteyo and the women's group with solar panels at the greenhouse in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Annie Bungeroth/CAFOD)
Sharing the load: who pays for energy access?
… off-grid solutions offer the potential to rapidly increase access to energy in poor communities. But what is less clear is how to make the … development forum and ' sustainable energy for growth ' is a key theme this year. The EU has recently boosted its energy spending through … face many barriers, from the high transaction costs of many small projects to rigid energy policies that still favour large-scale …
Insight, 29 May 2015
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016