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New report highlights evidence for directly involving people at the frontline of the nature, climate and poverty crises

A new IIED report being launched at Stockholm+50 urges governments to do more to get finance and decision-making power to the local level

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Blog

Investment governance in Cambodia: a window of opportunity

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Prema Gopalan remembered

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Promoting anti-racist narratives in development sector research

IIED annual review

Keeping up the pressure

2021 was dubbed a ‘super year’ and a huge amount was achieved, but the pressure is still on in 2022 to address the challenges of climate change and nature loss. Hard truths about the state of our environment mean that the pace of change will be critical

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2022 will be crucial to holding governments and institutions accountable for commitments for more transparent reporting on adaptation finance and getting international adaptation finance to the local level. One of three videos produced for IIED’s 2021 annual review.

50 years linking local to global

Find out more about IIED’s plans in our 50th birthday year: our achievements and what comes next…

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Partner showcase

Prakriti Resources Centre: climate change policy and action in Nepal

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Partner showcase

Kota Kita: facilitating citizen-led urban development

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Andrew Norton

Fifty years on, 'Only One Earth' rings true

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The impact of COVID-19 on sustainable development

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Webinar

Making finance flow for locally-led action in the Decade of Action

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Interview

Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times

Policy and planning

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Blog

Confronting structural inequalities in South-North research collaborations

Natural resource management

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Article

Wanted: latest advertised roles at IIED

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Case study

Delivering impact: supporting women's voices in Ghana

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The Global Goal on Adaptation: how to make the GlaSS work programme inclusive

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