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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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8 August 2018

Inadequate forest laws, corruption, and illegal and excessive logging have destroyed much of Mozambique’s forests. Improving regulation within the country and in its trade with China, and better law enforcement, are key to reversing this, a new IIED report says

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

Media mentions

The UN's negotiations to draft the first legally binding treaty to protect and regulate international waters have begun. Essam Mohammed, IIED’s principal researcher on oceans, says it is more urgent than ever to fill the governance gap. Economic activities are increasingly taking place in these waters. Most are unregulated, threaten marine biodiversity and hit the poorest countries.
Over-fishing, warming oceans and plastic pollution dominate the headlines. Essam Mohammed, IIED’s principal researcher on oceans, writes how this week the world has a new opportunity to move a step closer to protecting all of the ocean as UN negotiations on a treaty to protect the high seas get underway.
With most of the destruction to Mozambique’s forests caused by excessive logging, corruption and weak laws, IIED’s Duncan Macqueen examines the scale of the problem and what can be done to save these trees.
Mozambique's forests are facing the threat of destruction. With the launch of a new IIED report on the issue, Duncan Macqueen, a principal researcher on forests at IIED, highlights the opportunities that a new agreement with China presents to help save its forests and develop a sustainable timber industry.
A UK parliamentary committee inquiry found climate adaptation was not adequately coordinated. The same goes for developing countries. Achala Abeysinghe, principal researcher on climate change at IIED, says that political commitment is a must for the least developed countries, where the ability to adapt to climate change is critical to their survival.
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