9 November 2020
This year’s climate change summit may be postponed, but the 18th annual D&C Days will go ahead in an online format at the start of December
15 October 2020
Coinciding with the International Day of Rural Women on 15 October, IIED launches a new series of blogs exploring core principles that can help to strengthen women’s land rights in the global South
12 October 2020
Ever wanted to know how to engage communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade? IIED and partners are delivering seven online sessions to provide information on the application of the ‘Local Communities: First Line of Defence against Illegal Wildlife Trade’ initiative
4 October 2020
A new IIED report shows how key international legal measures could risk an increase in the cost of shifting to green energy and tackling climate change
25 September 2020
UK international environment minister Zac Goldsmith says there is no pathway to net zero emissions without a major effort to protect and restore nature
23 September 2020
A new briefing examines the importance of biocultural heritage territories, whose communities are custodians of biodiversity
21 September 2020
The chair of the Least Developed Countries negotiating group on climate change warns that climate change impacts are “clear and increasing” and calls for increased urgency and ambition to protect communities
9 September 2020
A new briefing explores the gap between statuary and customary land tenure systems in Cameroon, and suggests ways to advance land reform so that the rights of all are protected
31 August 2020
The organisers of CBA14 are hosting a range of innovative side events in the run-up to the main CBA conference – including many sessions that are open to everyone
28 August 2020
A new briefing by IIED and the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea explores the implementation of the ‘ecosystem approach’ in the international legally-binding treaty to protect marine biodiversity
26 August 2020
Join IIED and Practical Action for a Twitter chat on 8 September to discuss how to scale up local climate action. The Twitter chat will use the hashtag #CBA14
20 July 2020
A series of webinars will bring together participants from least developed countries to discuss their strategies to implement the Paris Agreement and share their diverse experiences and lessons learned
7 July 2020
COP26 President-designate Alok Sharma last week said the world does "not have the luxury of time" to take urgent action to address the climate crisis
26 June 2020
IIED is launching a new series of online articles that will synthesise global responses to the coronavirus pandemic and aim to set a holistic, cross-sector agenda for the future.
10 June 2020
IIED and partners’ submission to UN High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement calls for a complete rethinking of how government and other actors respond to internal displacement in urban areas
5 June 2020
The latest episode of the People, Planet and Public Finance podcast was recorded shortly after Cyclone Amphan hit Bangladesh and India. The storm, and the damage it caused, showed the vital importance of budgeting for climate risks – even as countries confront the coronavirus pandemic
26 April 2020
Governments and development agencies need to give greater consideration to conflicting objectives of different types of smallholder farmers when promoting sustainable agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa, says report
22 April 2020
Government and non-government institutions in Senegal, Mali, Tanzania and Kenya are working out the best and most inclusive way to get funding for sustainable climate investment to the local level. Members of this devolved climate finance alliance share their experience in a new podcast
5 February 2020
Review of the year highlights international challenges and shows how IIED worked to deliver positive change
4 February 2020
Ahead of the 2020 World Urban Forum, the third episode of IIED's ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast looks at how our local-to-global urban work developed and its current priorities
4 February 2020
A new guide for evaluators and evaluation commissioners working on the Sustainable Development Goals will be launched in New York today (4 February). It offers a timely ‘real life’ introduction to assessing progress on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at national level.
3 February 2020
Two new papers have been published by IIED calling on international climate funds to incentivise sustainable hydropower projects that support the switch to renewable energy
23 January 2020
Rural households in Bangladesh spend the staggering sum of almost US$2 billion a year to respond to disasters and climate change – and the implications of that for the lives of men, women and children in the country is discussed in a podcast launched by IIED and the International Budget Partnership today
9 January 2020
IIED is marking the ten-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake by publishing an online archive documenting post-disaster community planning work in the city of Port-au-Prince. IIED will also launch a working paper summarising the experience gained in Haiti and host a discussion meeting later this month
19 December 2019
The Paris Agreement provides a foundation for the most robust climate change transparency system to date. IIED research has identified ways to improve this reporting by aligning global and national activity
