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Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
Article, 11 October 2016
The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
Insight, 10 October 2016
A water tap in Rwanda. Measuring sustainability of investments in water and sanitation makes more sense than focusing on annual freshwater withdrawal and access to improved water and sanitation (Photo: A'Melody Lee/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Making World Bank aid sustainable
Insight, 10 October 2016
A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
Article, 10 October 2016
Lagos in 2010. Under different scenarios, Lagos could have 61 million inhabitants in 2100, or over 100 million (Image: Ricardo Gomes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will Africa have the world's largest cities in 2100?
Insight, 07 October 2016
Shaping the agenda and demanding action
Shaping the agenda and demanding action
Long read, 07 October 2016
Downtown Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania is on track to have a population over 50 million (Photo: Babak Fakhamzadeh, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The shifting power of cities
Insight, 05 October 2016
The European Parliament agrees to the ratification of the Paris Agreement on 4 October (Photo: Martin Schulz, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Paris Agreement ratification a huge step forward, but the poorest must not be left behind
News, 04 October 2016
Old Indonesia coins. In Indonesia, like the UK, the income of the poorest 40 per cent has to grow at twice the rate of the national average if the income gap is to stay the same (Photo: Anis Eka, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
How serious are the SDGs about tackling inequality?
Insight, 04 October 2016
Lillies spread over a pond; cities must be governed and managed well to ensure population growth is sustainable (Photo: hqworld)
Cities on the twenty-ninth day
Insight, 03 October 2016