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Our insights give our experts and partners from across the world the platform to provide insight into key events, updates on ongoing research, and share experiences from their work

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Countering desertification and defusing climate wars: why myths matter

David Pertaub and Florence Crick
18 December 2024

Cambodian farmers harvesting wheat while wearing a brightly coloured shirt.

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Making the IDA replenishment work for poor communities: a test case for rebooting aid

Laura Kelly
16 December 2024

Image showing the fishing community slum of Sai Baba Sahi after the construction, with a main street paved with stones, houses and shops.

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It takes two (for a disaster) to tango

Antarin Chakrabarty
13 December 2024

Women racing while carrying baskets full of sweet potatoes on their backs.

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Faith in ecology: how one group of Indigenous people in the Philippines are advancing agrobiodiversity

Duncan J Macqueen
05 December 2024

Image of big #COP29 outside building in Baku

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Read our series of insights and articles on key areas of our work

Countdown to COP15

A series of insights raising the profile of locally-led action on the road to and after the COP15 global biodiversity conference

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Social movements for climate justice

A series of insights and interviews exploring the vital role social movements play in prompting climate action and climate justice

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The transition to a predominantly urban world

A series of insights and interviews designed to share the experiences of community leaders, professionals, researchers and government from the global South

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What works for women’s land rights?

A series of insights looking at ways to strengthen women’s access to and control over land in Africa

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Trapped in camps or struggling in the city: the realities facing Somali refugee women in Kenya

Insight, 20 April 2023

Trends in racial inequality in greater Johannesburg

Insight, 17 April 2023

Street art with a queer theme. A woman walks by pushing a pram

‘Poetry as illumination’: using creative writing to explore how gender and sexuality shape our work

Insight, 13 April 2023

Man, holding a wlaking stick, stands in front of a well full of water

World Bank must get behind climate finance mechanisms that see funds go directly to hardest hit countries

Insight, 06 April 2023

Shaping adaptation: here’s how the CBA conferences are making an impact

Insight, 06 April 2023

Civil society organisations are key to creating better land policies: lessons from Zambia

Insight, 05 April 2023

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From risks to resilience for informal workers – part three: research to action to address their health priorities

Insight, 03 April 2023

Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot

Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best

Insight, 27 March 2023

The favela of Rocinha: decades of struggle have led to a rich political – and cultural – landscape

Insight, 22 March 2023

How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production

Insight, 20 March 2023

People sitting under a straw tent next to rice fields

CBA17: back in person, ready to harness energy to drive forward the locally led adaptation agenda

Insight, 15 March 2023

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Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers

Insight, 14 March 2023

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Asia’s fastest growing cities… and why these are mostly small cities

Insight, 09 March 2023

Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition

Insight, 08 March 2023

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A new climate finance goal is in the making: what must happen in 2023?

Insight, 02 March 2023

Olivier Ishimwe and Yamikani Idriss sit on a table with world flags in the background

On the fast track to climate negotiating: learning from my mentor

Insight, 23 February 2023

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part two: ‘universal’ access to benefits?

Insight, 22 February 2023

COP27: Negotiating for an outcome on loss and damage to support the most vulnerable

Insight, 21 February 2023

Letters that reads "COP 15 Montreal" stand in a snowed road with a snowed tree next to them

Reflections on COP15 and the ‘super years’ for people, nature and climate

Insight, 16 February 2023

A man carries a sack and walks in a field of tall weeds

The 30x30 target: more opportunity, less threat than expected?

Insight, 14 February 2023

Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models

Insight, 13 February 2023

Men with traditional Maasai clothing walk in the savannah

Lessons from East Africa: getting climate and conservation funding to Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Insight, 09 February 2023

Woman wearing a face mask sits on the floor and handles tools

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part one

Insight, 07 February 2023

A cow and two goats eat grass surrounded by waste. There are houses and people in the background.

Why does so little aid seem to go to basic needs? – part two

Insight, 24 January 2023

Insights

Countering desertification and defusing climate wars: why myths matter

Making the IDA replenishment work for poor communities: a test case for rebooting aid

It takes two (for a disaster) to tango

Faith in ecology: how one group of Indigenous people in the Philippines are advancing agrobiodiversity

A missed opportunity: why COP29’s broken promises will leave billions behind

Measuring small towns – why definitions matter?

The transparency framework: the mainstay of efforts to combat climate change

Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions

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Countdown to COP15

Social movements for climate justice

The transition to a predominantly urban world

What works for women’s land rights?

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

Connect with us

Trapped in camps or struggling in the city: the realities facing Somali refugee women in Kenya

Trends in racial inequality in greater Johannesburg

‘Poetry as illumination’: using creative writing to explore how gender and sexuality shape our work

World Bank must get behind climate finance mechanisms that see funds go directly to hardest hit countries

Shaping adaptation: here’s how the CBA conferences are making an impact

Civil society organisations are key to creating better land policies: lessons from Zambia

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part three: research to action to address their health priorities

Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best

The favela of Rocinha: decades of struggle have led to a rich political – and cultural – landscape

How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production

CBA17: back in person, ready to harness energy to drive forward the locally led adaptation agenda

Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers

Asia’s fastest growing cities… and why these are mostly small cities

Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition

A new climate finance goal is in the making: what must happen in 2023?

On the fast track to climate negotiating: learning from my mentor

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part two: ‘universal’ access to benefits?

COP27: Negotiating for an outcome on loss and damage to support the most vulnerable

Reflections on COP15 and the ‘super years’ for people, nature and climate

The 30x30 target: more opportunity, less threat than expected?

Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models

Lessons from East Africa: getting climate and conservation funding to Indigenous Peoples and local communities

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part one

Why does so little aid seem to go to basic needs? – part two