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Stakeholders, including IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis (right), brainstorm to provide actionable solutions to challenges facing women in ASM during a workshop in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
IIED at the 2017 Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development annual meeting
… IIED hosted a session on 'Women and artisanal and small-scale mining … mining and linked entrepreneurs, and to lead sustainable livelihoods. IIED senior researcher Fitsum Weldegiorgis  presented  recent research … in the national sustainable development agenda.  Get more information about the IGF's annual meeting . …
Event, 16 October 2017
The sun glints on smoke above Beijing. China is on course to see overall coal consumption peak this year (Photo; GadgetDan via Creative Commons)
If the coal industry really cared about helping poor countries, it would shut itself down
… industry is in trouble. And like a shipwreck survivor, it is flailing about desperately trying to find a lifeline. The latest attempt at … countries for forcing the poor away from coal. Organisations such as IIED, which exist to support the poor in their drive to develop, are … Brisbane airport banned an advertisement promoting awareness about climate change as being "too political", while allowing adverts …
Insight, 17 November 2014
IIED will be participating in a range of event at Habitat III, the global UN summit on urban issues
IIED at Habitat III: event listing
… Identifying and addressing new and emerging challenges. The work of IIED IIED has already been participating in the Habitat III process for much … Institute (WRI) The half-day event served as a forum for discussion about how to shift from a global narrative on equal cities to tangible … IIED at Habitat III: event listing …
Event, 20 October 2016
Our new interactive visualisation plots countries’ incomes per capita against their levels of urbanisation
Let's see what the BRICS teach us about urbanisation and economic growth
… Governments tend to love economic growth, and be very ambivalent about urbanisation. Yet countries don't become wealthy without … and South Africa),  the economic darlings of the early 2000s, tell us about transcending this policy conundrum?  We have followed up a recent … is the second of two recent cities-focused data visuals from IIED's Human Settlements Group . The previous one illustrated the scale …
Insight, 16 September 2014
Flooding at Otumara Settlement.
Better Cities II: Transforming informal settlements on a warming planet
Article, 30 October 2024
Camilla Toulmin: "The IPCC report.. concludes that no parts of the world are free from the risks of 'severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts'" (Photo: Google licence)
IIED responds to IPCC climate change report
News, 03 November 2014
Head and shoulders photo of a woman alongside the words: "Green Climate Fund executive director Mafalda Duarte" and "Barbara Ward Lecture 2024"
Global climate finance leader to deliver 2024 Barbara Ward Lecture
… and climate-responsive investments, and her work aligns with IIED’s mission to ensure that climate finance is accessible to those … after witnessing climate impacts in countries in Africa and learning about climate science. IIED’s Barbara Ward Lecture Series , hosted in honour of world renowned …
News, 19 March 2024
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IIED submission to the EU public consultation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
… This report collates the comments submitted by IIED to an online public consultation on the investment chapter of the … and investment. Negotiations started in July 2013. Public concerns about the investment chapter of TTIP, particularly about investment protection standards and investor-state arbitration, …
Publication, 01 July 2014
Miombo woodlands in Southeast Tanzania. But can remote sensing technologies accurately detect the woodlands (Photo: Samuel Bowers)
How much can the eyes in the sky really tell us about deforestation?
… to combat deforestation? According to a recent study commissioned by IIED , the answer is that it depends: these technologies have to be used … should be used with caution. Xiaoting Hou Jones (xiaoting.hou.jones@iied.org) is a researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group ; Samuel Bowers … How much can the eyes in the sky really tell us about deforestation? …
Insight, 11 January 2017
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Poverty and biodiversity: evidence about nature and the nature of evidence
… Poverty and biodiversity: evidence about nature and the nature of evidence …
Publication, 01 March 2014