Insights

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

Image of Kigali, Rwanda.

Navigating climate adaptation in urban Africa: lessons from Kigali

Dr. Parveen Kumar and Mr. Emmanuel Mwenje
03 October 2024

Farmer looking at coffee cherries in Belize

The benefits of backing family agroforestry businesses – food for thought

Duncan J Macqueen
01 October 2024

Local community in Guinea attending to field.

Recognising and protecting family farming in Guinea: a successful advocacy journey

Aïssata Yattara and Macky Bah
09 September 2024

Farmers in Ethiopia checking crops in a field.

How to fix funding bottlenecks and pave the way for locally led adaptation

May Thazin Aung and Sousan Suha
04 September 2024

Buildings destroyed after devastating floods in Pakistan.

Delivering low-cost, high quality sanitation – at scale

Arif Hasan
02 September 2024

Washing blocks in informal settlements with clothes hang to dry outside.

Global campaign for a ‘Roof Over Our Heads’

Sheela Patel
14 August 2024

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Transforming funding landscapes to benefit communities

Nicola Banks
29 July 2024

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Driving impact at the G20: lessons from IIED's engagement with philanthropies

Alexandre Apsan Frediani and Paula Sevilla Nunez
24 July 2024

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The transition to a predominantly urban world

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Confronting structural inequalities in South-North research collaborations

Insight, 11 May 2022

Three women, one wearing a mask, the other two smiling and clapping, sit at a raised desk in front of an audience

In or out! Why balanced panels matter

Insight, 29 April 2022

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The importance of communication for NGOs

Insight, 27 April 2022

An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs

Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap

Insight, 25 April 2022

Rubbish bags on top of buildings.

Community-led waste management at scale

Insight, 12 April 2022

Woman bends over to put a small plastic cup in a cooking pot, which is on a stove.

Tailored cooking solutions to close the gender gap

Insight, 11 April 2022

A man stands behind a desk raising an object in the air as he makes a demonstration to people seated in a semi-circle around him.

Which green energy technologies will boost jobs and income? Farmers in Kitui, Kenya decide

Insight, 06 April 2022

Tank truck driving along a road between fields of yellow flowers

Responses to Putin’s war risk impeding international cooperation on climate

Insight, 28 March 2022

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The rise of the motorbike

Insight, 25 March 2022

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There’s no stopping comms – going online with Communications Learning Week 2022

Insight, 18 March 2022

Woman speaking with a microphone to an audience of men.

Every voice counts: addressing inequality in research and development

Insight, 16 March 2022

A close-up of a young girl, amid a crowd of people, looking at a mobile phone being held up for her

A play on Wordle: using games to communicate climate issues

Insight, 15 March 2022

Five chimneys. Two of them releasing smoke.

Why the ‘climate club’ needs to take on investment rules

Insight, 14 March 2022

A man crouches by a pipe as water erupts from it through his cupped hands on to his field, with a wind turbine in the background.

How do European policies impact developing countries? We want to hear from you

Insight, 11 March 2022

Two men bend down with their hands on a small tree.

Only a fraction of international climate adaptation finance for least developed countries found to also support nature

Insight, 10 March 2022

A motorbike rides through a flooded road. A woman tries to cross the road from the left hand side pavement.

IPCC report signposts pathways to climate-resilient future for cities

Insight, 09 March 2022

A women wielding a hoe tends to her crops before a spectacular background of green hills

Bhutan’s climate ambition: showcasing leadership, delivering inclusive action

Insight, 08 March 2022

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Negotiators return to the high seas

Insight, 07 March 2022

Aerial natural landscape.

From New Zealand to Africa: managing land use trade-offs

Insight, 04 March 2022

Aerial view of informal housing.

Data to drive informal settlement upgrading. Who generates it – and who owns it?

Insight, 03 March 2022

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Research with refugees: taking care not to cut a long story short

Insight, 28 February 2022

Building split in half

From protector to evictor of slum residents – reversal of roles for the judiciary

Insight, 24 February 2022

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Applying the lessons of COVID-19 to the climate crisis

Insight, 23 February 2022

Zenital view of a woman, wearing a headscarf, holding a spoon and a bowl with greens in front of a pot with more greens.

Household energy: a missing ingredient in nutrition debates

Insight, 21 February 2022