Policy and planning

We use research and action to support evidence-based research, policy and planning that can deliver sustainable development

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Blog

Rethinking rural electrification: are cooperatives best for delivery?

Kevin Johnstone and Frank Bergh
25 September 2023

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News

Refugee camps failing as a safety net against hunger, homelessness and ill-health

22 September 2023

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Blog

Adaptation's turning point: can we set global targets in time for COP28?

Lina Yassin and Binyam Gebreyes
20 September 2023

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Article

Case studies on urban density from Karachi, Bangkok and Kathmandu

25 August 2023

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Blog

Reform the global financial system to support transformational adaptation

UnaMay Gordon
03 July 2023

News

Bangladeshis brace for return of monsoon and reveal true toll of last year’s record rainfall

28 June 2023

Blog

Telling a different story – 'Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir'

Brianna Craft
21 June 2023

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Blog

We need a new, layered approach to debt relief and climate financing

Ritu Bharadwaj and Tom Mitchell
19 June 2023

Global research priority tracker

New research by IIED Europe shines a spotlight on the policy priorities for the European Union as determined by experts from the Majority World

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IIED Europe Global Research Priority Tracker

EU policies and the Majority World

25 January 2023

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IIED Europe

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UN climate change conference (COP27)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2022 UNFCCC climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh

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Mobilising money to where it matters

A programme of work helping to initiate a positive shift in the quantity and quality of climate finance reaching the local level to support locally-led solutions that address climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss

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Stepping up global ambition for climate action and justice

A programme of work showing how IIED is supporting the most vulnerable countries to increase global ambition to stay below 1.5°C

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Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development

A series of blogs and case studies scrutinising approaches to tackling the nature and climate crises

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Publications

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D&C Days at 20

Manual for SAGE facilitators

Scaling up locally led adaptation in Bangladesh: three action areas

Urgent preventative action for climate-related suicides in rural India

Towards housing justice

EU policies and the Majority World

Non-economic loss and damage: closing the knowledge gap

ALL ACT now! Progressing locally led action on loss and damage

City planning with displaced communities: the benefits of inclusion

Mapping COVID-19’s web of impact

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Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers

Blog, 14 March 2023

Alliance of least developed countries, Small Island Developing States to create national facilities to address loss and damage

Press release, 05 March 2023

Global partnership agrees new priorities for sustainable wildlife management

News, 03 March 2023

IIED Europe appoints first development director

News, 23 February 2023

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Environment & Urbanization Better Cities Day

Event on 16 March 2023

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Natural Capital forum: better data for better decisions

Archived Project

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New IIED Europe tracker sets the agenda for EU policy change

News, 25 January 2023

IIED Europe Global Research Priority Tracker

Article

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Climate change, economics top agenda for Majority World experts seeking EU policy change

Press release, 25 January 2023

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Why does so little aid seem to go to basic needs? – part two

Blog, 24 January 2023