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The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)

'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese

A film documenting an international meeting of indigenous farmers in Peru's Potato Park to discuss adaptation to climate change is now available in Spanish and Chinese

16 February 2015NewsBiodiversity, Communication, Natural resource management
'Imagine Bwindi', by Ugandan musician Richard Kawesa, is expected to reach thousands of people, from local communities living around Bwindi to policymakers (Photo: PCI Media Impact)

'Imagine Bwindi' music video launched on World Wildlife Day

A music video, 'Imagine Bwindi', celebrates the wildlife of Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and highlights the links between the park and local communities
3 March 2015NewsBiodiversity, Communication
Richard Reeves uses Lego to illustrate in a video how inequality affects the American Dream, an example of Brookings' communications creativity (Image: Brookings Institution)

(Should) All systems go?

Is the desire to maximise impact through embedded systems cramping our communications creativity? Rosalind Goodrich discusses whether communicators need to relax and be more experimental and entrepreneurial

17 November 2017 BlogCommunication
World leaders who sought the advice of IIED founder, who would have been 100 on 23 May 2014, included two US presidents, and several UK prime ministers and heads of state from Africa and Asia

100 years of Barbara Ward: IIED founder and champion of sustainable development

On 23 May 2014, the International Institute for Environment and Development marked 100 years since the birth of its founder, Barbara Ward with a range of articles, interviews and videos
23 May 2014ArticleCommunication
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.

12 Christmas crackers from IIED

In case you missed them, here are IIED’s most downloaded publications from 2013, with links to any associated blog posts and press releases
27 December 2013ArticleCommunication
Mary Robinson called on the international community to focus on the human rights aspect of climate change when she gave the inaugural Barbara Ward lecture in London

2006 Barbara Ward Lecture: Mary Robinson makes climate change a justice issue

Mary Robinson called on the international community to focus on the human rights aspect of climate change when she gave the inaugural Barbara Ward lecture in London.

Event date: 
Monday, 11 December 2006Event
Shack dwellers from the eThekwini municipality protesting in Durban (Photo: Slum/Shack Dwellers International)

2008 Barbara Ward Lecture: Lindiwe Sisulu on managing relationships between the state and the urban poor

Lindiwe Sisulu looked at the often troubled relationship between the state and the urban poor when she delivered the 2008 Barbara Ward Lecture in London. Her aim was to analyse why the state and the urban poor often find it difficult to work together, and to reflect on the key elements for successful cooperation.

Event date: 
Tuesday, 15 July 2008Event
Connie Hedegaard stressed the importance of setting tough targets for reducing carbon emissions when she gave the 2010 Barbara Ward Lecture

2010 Barbara Ward Lecture: Connie Hedegaard suggests tougher targets for CO2

European commissioner for climate change Connie Hedegaard raised the issue of setting tougher targets for reducing Europe's carbon emissions at the 2010 Barbara Ward Lecture.
Event date: 
Tuesday, 11 May 2010Event
Christiana Figueres is executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She used her appearance at the 2012 Barbara Ward Lecture to call for an "energy revolution"

2012 Barbara Ward Lecture: Christiana Figueres calls for an "energy revolution"

Christiana Figueres is executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). She used her appearance at the 2012 Barbara Ward Lecture to call for an "energy revolution".

Event date: 
Friday, 9 March 2012Event
For the first time, IIED has produced a bespoke online annual report (Photo: IIED/We are Tangerine)

2014 annual report: online and in print

The 48-page 2013/14 Annual Report of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is now available – and can also be accessed online via www.ar2014iied.org
11 November 2014NewsCommunication

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