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Head of media Beth HerzfeldIIED experts are available for interviews and background briefings on a wide range of environmental and development issues, from climate change and climate finance to China and development, the economics of development, urban issues and resilient cities, and the illegal wildlife trade. See a full list of our areas of work.

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1 June 2018

“Since President Trump announced the US would quit the Paris Agreement, millions of people’s lives have been devastated by the impacts of climate change.

23 April 2018

Syrian doctors, nurses and other experienced medical professionals seeking sanctuary in Lebanon are prevented from being able to work. This is leaving many people ― including refugees ― without vital medical attention and facing an over-stretched medical system, new research reveals.

23 March 2018

In response to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reports on the state of biodiversity, IIED director Andrew Norton said: "The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' revelations about the state of life on our planet are loud, clear and alarming."

17 November 2017

As the UN climate talks head towards their conclusion in Bonn, IIED director Andrew Norton said: "These talks show signs of achieving some important progress, but equally they lack the necessary decisive action on the rules for the Paris Agreement and on making clear commitments on finance."

14 November 2017

In response to the US administration advocating 'clean' fossil fuels at the UN climate talks for helping development, IIED director Andrew Norton said: "In holding this event the US administration confirms how sidelined it is.

3 November 2017

Ahead of the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany (6-17 November), IIED director Andrew Norton said: "The floods, hurricanes and wildfires that have devastated millions of people's lives from Bangladesh to the Virgin Islands must serve as a wake-up call. There is no question – climate change is here now."

30 October 2017

IIED director Andrew Norton issued a statement ahead of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Seventh Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture meeting

8 August 2017

Governments and businesses in the developing world can help protect people's jobs and livelihoods from the damaging effects of automation and rapid technological change. This can be done by refocusing their economic and social policies to make them more sustainable and fair, new analysis shows

Media mentions

On World Refugee Day, Diane Archer, IIED senior researcher on urban issues, calls for more cities to learn from Kampala's example of helping refugees living in the capital by addressing all of its residents' needs.
Ahead of speaking at IIED's Barbara Ward Lecture, Norway's former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for the world to reject 'fear and despondency' and protect hard-won gains to tackle climate change.
For conservation to be effective, wildlife needs to be an economically viable option for local people to conserve. There need to be innovative ways for communities to see that the live animals on their land are worthwhile and will benefit them, says Dilys Roe, IIED principal researcher on biodiversity.
On the final day of the International Climate Based Adaptation Conference 12 (CBA) in Lilongwe, Clare Shakya, IIED Director of Climate Change Research, said it is important that the least developing countries formulate policies that will assist them to cope with climate change.
At CAB12, Clare Shakya, IIED Director of Climate Change Research, discussed with The Daily Star, the similarities between the climate change challenges facing Bangladesh and African countries.
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