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2006 Barbara Ward Lecture: Mary Robinson makes climate change a justice issue
Event, 11 December 2006
Conference organiser Saleemul Huq receives the "Burtoni" award: from left to right: Ian Burton (IPCC lead author), Roger Jones (CSIRO), Atiq Rahman (BCAS), Saleemul Huq (IIED) and Richard Klein (SEI) (Photo: IISD)
2nd International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA2)
Article, 14 April 2016
Traffic in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sixty per cent of air pollution in Kathmandu is caused by traffic: tackling pollution while growing their economies is a key challenge for Least Developed Countries (Photo: Rachel, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
London to host international dialogue event: "How will the Least Developed Countries innovate to lift themselves out of poverty?"
… (IEG), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the ESRC's STEPS Centre, will explore how global efforts to … for implementing the goals gives the LDCs the opportunity to think about how they will shape their development. "Government ministries … short timeframes. Finance and planning departments are often thinking about the immediate annual budget or are working to, at most, a …
News, 09 June 2016
Approximately 80 heads of state and government attended the UN climate change conference in Marrakech in November 2016 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How can the poorest increase the influence of their climate diplomacy? 
Insight, 19 January 2017
Earth from space
Fifty years on, 'Only One Earth' rings true
… since the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) commenced its work. At that time, the idea of combining the … became the dominant global narrative. Here for the whole journey  IIED has played an important role in forging that consensus. Alongside … to meet the Ward and Dubos’ vision for urgent action.   Read more about IIED’s 50th birthday plans . …
Insight, 08 June 2021
A woman farmer bends over to tend crops in a field
One-size-fits-all policies won’t deliver sustainable farming in Africa
… A new briefing paper  published by IIED offers suggestions on how policymakers, donors and development … Burkina Faso and Malawi  during which households were interviewed about their aims and concerns over a period of two years.  The case … more productive and sustainable agricultural systems in Africa. IIED’s briefing paper says governments, agencies and others promoting …
News, 26 April 2020
Surveying residents in low-income housing in Vijinapura, India. Receiving accurate data about slums can help local authorities plan solutions (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up
News, 24 October 2016
The UN estimates that a million Somalis were displaced during 2017. Many move to informal settlements on the fringes of the capital, Mogadishu (Photo: AMISOM Public Information via Wikimedia Commons)
Providing shelter in East African cities: what works?
… How do informal settlements come about in a city, and why do they form where they do? What other housing … DFID through the East Africa Research Fund (EARF), seeks to answer. IIED is leading a consortium of partners studying shelter provision in … to scale them up. Stay tuned over the next two years to hear about what we find, and what it means for ensuring improved shelter …
Insight, 22 February 2018
Anne-Marie Trevelyan looks into a camera and speaks
UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key aim for COP26
News, 18 June 2021
A man lines up six bright water bottles under a series of outside taps
Definitions matter – part two
… This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of … affordable. The definitions and data dilemma The JMP is very careful about definitions. It has done much to improve the quality and range of …
Insight, 08 December 2021