26 May 2022
A new report explores the evolution of sustainable development since 1972 and reflects on the impact of IIED’s partnership-based approach by charting ten key movements for change
23 May 2022
A new report from IIED, commissioned by Sida, urges governments to recognise the role of locally-led action in supporting the sustainable agenda at Stockholm+50, and shows that more is needed to get finance and decision-making power to the local level
23 May 2022
IIED partners and staff pay tribute to an inspirational leader and fighter for rural women’s rights and entitlements in India and worldwide
28 April 2022
A recent ‘how-to’ guide on debt instruments for debt managers and environmental decision-makers in developing countries has now been made more widely available in Arabic and Mandarin
20 April 2022
In the third and final episode of podcast mini-series ‘Sustainable Development Goals – Evaluating progress for a brighter future’, Kassem El Saddik, co-chair of EvalSDGs, hosts a discussion on what country-led evaluations can bring to assessing progress towards the SDGs
4 April 2022
IIED today announced the appointment of Dr Tom Mitchell as executive director, replacing outgoing director Dr Andrew Norton at the beginning of September 2022
31 March 2022
IIED and Land Portal have launched a new blog series on the governance of land-based investments in the global South. The series will explore practical strategies and approaches adopted by rights defenders and others to address common challenges surrounding these investments
17 March 2022
China has a leading role in building large hydropower dams in developing nations, partly in the name of sustainable development. New research examines Chinese investments in the least developed countries – the practices of hydropower companies and their financiers, and what drives social and environmental safeguarding practices
2 March 2022
IIED is undertaking a review of the impacts of biodiversity loss on women and girls and has launched a survey to capture views on these impacts, the policy gaps and barriers to participation in decision making
23 February 2022
IIED’s animation ‘Untold stories of climate change loss and damage in the LDCs: Solomon Islands’ is a finalist in the Charity Film Awards. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in March 2022
17 February 2022
In the second episode of podcast mini-series ‘Sustainable Development Goals – Evaluating progress for a brighter future’, Dirk Hoffmann and Nataly Salas Rodríguez from DEval host two discussions, one in English and one in Spanish, about how an SDG evaluation is done
27 January 2022
IIED is bringing a focus on climate and the environment to a popular internet word game by launching A GREENER WORLDLE
1 January 2022
IIED director Andrew Norton has hailed Saleemul Huq as a "tireless climate justice champion" after he was awarded an OBE by the Queen in the New Year's Honours List for his services to combating international climate change
21 December 2021
An archive has been launched containing more than 200 documents produced by the World Commission on Dams, whose work culminated in a series of recommendations for best practices in dam planning, construction, operation and decommissioning.
17 December 2021
The IIED animation ‘Untold stories of climate change loss and damage in the LDCs: Solomon Islands’ has been nominated for the Charity Film Awards.
14 December 2021
A hard-hitting film telling the stories of Nairobi’s urban refugees in their own words has won best documentary at the Eldoret Film Festival. Made by young Kenyans in an informal settlement, IIED premiered the film in September 2020, timed to coincide with the opening of the UN General Assembly
13 December 2021
In episode one of a new podcast mini-series, IIED hosts a discussion about the principles, practice and challenges of considering climate risks in evaluation of programmes aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
9 November 2021
Development and Climate Days 2021 kicks off today (November 9) with a record number of participants, bringing together grassroots leaders, researchers, development practitioners and policymakers to explore how to build a climate-resilient future for all
8 November 2021
At the COP26 Resilience Hub on 8 November 2021, the recently launched informal Champions Group on Adaptation Finance, together with representatives from the UN Secretary-General's office, took stock of progress on adaptation finance over recent months and committed to further action heading into 2022
8 November 2021
Danida, Sida, USAID and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the latest donor agencies to endorse eight principles for locally led adaptation, developed to help ensure that local communities are empowered to lead sustainable and effective adaptation to climate change at the local level
29 October 2021
Rebeca Grynspan, the first female secretary-general of UNCTAD and, until recently, chair of the IIED board of trustees, will deliver this year’s Barbara Ward Lecture on 6 December 2021
21 October 2021
IIED and the Green Economy Coalition launch a new thought-provoking series of blogs to scrutinise the dominant approaches to solving the nature, climate, and inequality crises
12 October 2021
Key creditors of African countries, including China and international private investors, need to engage with innovative debt instruments to support indebted countries tackle the triple crisis of a high debt burden, climate change and nature loss. That’s the message of a new issue paper from IIED and UNECA.
22 September 2021
A new Champions Group on Adaptation Finance, launched at the UN General Assembly in September 2021, has issued a clear political commitment to work with developing countries to accelerate adaptation finance and invited other climate finance providers to join them.
17 September 2021
A new briefing examines how productive use(s) of energy (PUE) can support more sustainable and resilient livelihoods in least developed countries, and offers case studies showing that finance, skills development and dismantling structural issues that prevent uptake are essential to drive demand for and development of PUE
