News and insight

We regularly publish news, interviews, podcasts and opinion from our experts and our partners from across the world. We also organise a range of events and frequently send out email newsletters on key issues.

Image of big #COP29 outside building in Baku

Insight

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

Tom Mitchell
28 November 2024

Man walking alongside a main road going through a small town in Uganda.

Insight

Measuring small towns – why definitions matter?

Cecilia Tacoli
27 November 2024

People walking on and around a train track in Kibera, Nairobi

Article

Wanted: Migration, mobility and displacement consultant researcher

26 November 2024

News

COP29 reaction: A wealthy few prioritised consumption and fossil fuels

25 November 2024

View from the bottom of a tree, up a trunk to the canopy of green above.

Insight

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

Ambinintsoa Heritokilalaina (Lalainà)
22 November 2024

A man standing in water and wearing a hard hat bends over as he tries to ease the flooding on a road.

Event

Unpacking the climate and nature COPs: what happened and what next?

Event on 04 December 2024

A man makes a speech at lectern in front of a big screen and surrounded by branding for Development & Climate Days.

Article

D&C Days 2024: Key messages

20 November 2024

Two people holding plants and discussing.

Insight

Related collections

Read our insight series and find out more about major events

Image of the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro.

Event

IIED at WUF12

Event on 04 November 2024

UN biodiversity conference (COP16)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities around the 16th Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP16)

Event

Better cities are possible: achieving resilient, low-carbon and inclusive urban development

A series of articles exploring the critical shifts in governance, policy and action needed to transform informal settlements on a warming planet

Series

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

Series