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Understanding the gender imbalance at the international climate negotiations

Emerging findings of a new study provide insights into the challenges women face in participating in critical UN international climate talks.

07 June 2023

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Wanted: Join IIED's board of trustees

05 June 2023

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Ambition, action, resilience: D&C Days

01 June 2023

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Four ways local organisations can use AI to support locally led adaptation and build resilience

Sam Greene
25 May 2023

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Climate action is being held back by ‘hidden handbrakes’

Tom Mitchell
18 May 2023

A number of roles with IIED are currently being advertised (Photo: IIED)

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Wanted: latest advertised roles at IIED

Focus on CBA17

All the latest information and how to register for one of the world's leading conferences for climate change practitioners

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CBA17: event highlights

CBA13 Talanoa: discussing the issues (Photo: IIED)

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CBA17 agenda

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CBA17: local solutions inspiring global action

Event on 22 May 2023

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Annual review 2022

In our 50th year, our locally rooted evidence spoke to entrenched issues, from loss and damage to national debt. Our annual review provides snapshots of activity and impact from the last 12 months.

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D&C Days at 20: Ambition, action, resilience

Assessing the implementation and impacts of gender-sensitive by-laws in Kisarawe

Site-level Assessment of Governance and Equity (SAGE) for protected and conserved areas: manual for SAGE facilitators

Scaling up locally led adaptation in Bangladesh: three action areas

Mobilising internal finance within a forest and farm producer organisation: a case study of the Santa Anita Savings and Credit Cooperative

Mobilising internal finance within a forest and farm producer organisation: a case study of the Masopo Women’s Club of Choma, Zambia

Urgent preventative action for climate-related suicides in rural India

Working with informality: constructive ways to transform food systems

Global research priority tracker

New research by IIED Europe shines a spotlight on the policy priorities for the European Union as determined by experts from the Majority World

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IIED Europe Global Research Priority Tracker

EU policies and the Majority World

25 January 2023

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IIED Europe

Our work in depth

Our researchers are active on a range of projects under wider programmes of work to tackle the biggest global challenges...

Mobilising money to where it matters

A programme of work helping to initiate a positive shift in the quantity and quality of climate finance reaching the local level to support locally-led solutions that address climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss

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Housing justice

A programme of work producing knowledge and methodologies for housing policy and initiatives that promote wellbeing and sustainability in cities of the global South

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Localising forest-climate action

A programme of work engaging with locally-controlled forestry organisations to upscale effective climate change adaptation, resilience and mitigation through the restoration of forest landscape biodiversity

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Understanding the gender imbalance at the international climate negotiations

Wanted: Join IIED's board of trustees

Ambition, action, resilience: D&C Days

COVID-19’s web of impact: rising inequality and intersectional vulnerabilities

CBA17: event highlights

Climate adaptation needs urgent philanthropy support

Four ways local organisations can use AI to support locally led adaptation and build resilience

Climate action is being held back by ‘hidden handbrakes’

Wanted: latest advertised roles at IIED

Focus on CBA17

CBA17: event highlights

CBA17 agenda

CBA17: local solutions inspiring global action

Annual review 2022

Get closer to our latest research on critical issues by signing up to our range of email newsletters

Connect with us

D&C Days at 20: Ambition, action, resilience

Assessing the implementation and impacts of gender-sensitive by-laws in Kisarawe

Site-level Assessment of Governance and Equity (SAGE) for protected and conserved areas: manual for SAGE facilitators

Scaling up locally led adaptation in Bangladesh: three action areas

Mobilising internal finance within a forest and farm producer organisation: a case study of the Santa Anita Savings and Credit Cooperative

Mobilising internal finance within a forest and farm producer organisation: a case study of the Masopo Women’s Club of Choma, Zambia

Urgent preventative action for climate-related suicides in rural India

Working with informality: constructive ways to transform food systems

Global research priority tracker

IIED Europe Global Research Priority Tracker

EU policies and the Majority World

IIED Europe

Our work in depth

Mobilising money to where it matters

Housing justice

Localising forest-climate action