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Low-cost solar lanterns enable a boy to study at home in the small village of Shidhulai in the Natore District of northwestern Bangladesh (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)

Universal energy access: combining public and private sector efforts

Donors, governments and businesses need to collaborate more strategically to finance pro-poor energy access. This is a key message from a new IIED discussion paper Sharing the Load
30 September 2014 BlogEconomics, Energy, Sustainable markets

Participatory learning and action online archive launched

IIED's new online archive collects four decades of learning and experience documented in the Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) series. Former PLA co-editor Nicole Kenton welcomes the new site, which will provide a platform for renewed discussion and debate

30 August 2015 BlogNatural resource management
A wind farm outside Adigrat, northern Ethiopia, is an example of low-carbon renewable technologies can initiate a process of transformational change within developing countries

Green Climate Fund: a big step forward, but many decisions pending

The UN climate change convention's Green Climate Fund (GCF), aims to help countries adopt "transformational" pathways to low carbon, climate resilient development. Its 6th board meeting last week in Bali yielded mixed results for the world's most poor and climate vulnerable countries.
28 February 2014 BlogClimate change
CBA9 starts with opening speeches - but will quickly make way for films and games (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

A community of doers: celebrating the CBA conferences, and looking forward

As CBA9 delegates convene in Nairobi, Pablo Suarez, associate director at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre reflects on what makes the conference a regular event in his calendar
28 April 2015 BlogClimate change
Modern energy services are crucial to economic development. In Afghanistan, less than 10 per cent of the population has access to the electricity grid. French NGO GERES has been working to introduce low-cost passive solar building designs, reducing fuel poverty (Photo: Oriane Zera, GERES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Facing up to the awkward realities of the post-2015 agenda

The post-2015 sustainable development agenda promises a better future – but only if some awkward realities are confronted
28 January 2015 BlogPolicy and planning, Poverty
Workers build up the banks of the Teesta River in Bangladesh. Bangladesh already spends six per cent of its annual budget on climate change adaptation (Photo: International Rivers, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Musings from a first timer at a CBA conference

Bangladesh has become a "poster child" for adaptation work. For people working at a national level, attending CBA9 provides an opportunity to learn and share experiences internationally
30 April 2015 BlogClimate change, Communication
Our successful animation was devised to popularise the Sustainable Development Goals. But that doesn't mean we didn't make mistakes (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

Global goals, global audience – how well did we score?

IIED's animation about the Sustainable Development Goals took us into new territory – but what were we trying to achieve?

18 September 2015 BlogCommunication
The Poken digital data device has captured the imagination of participants at COP22 in Marrakech, and reduced the necessity for tonnes of paper publications (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Digital data trumps paper in Marrakech

It wasn't just the US election result causing upset among COP22 participants on Wednesday. Matt Wright highlights a slick new way of sharing data, creating a stir at this year's climate negotiations
12 November 2016 BlogClimate change, Communication
The publicity for our Twitter chat on 27 March 2017 (Image: Nick Turner/IIED)

Creating a conversation online

IIED recently hosted our first Twitter chat. Matt Wright reflects on getting the most out of targeted online discussions

20 April 2017 BlogCommunication
Farmers and extension workers jointly assessing an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan

Agricultural Research for Development: Are we moving in the right direction?

How far have researchers progressed in including smallholder farmers and NGOs in setting research objectives and making decisions?
7 November 2012 BlogFood and agriculture

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