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Save the date for 2020 Development and Climate Days
… on news, ideas and solutions on climate change and development. About the organisers This year’s event is hosted in partnership by the … (RCCC) , International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery …
News, 09 November 2020
A man transports firewood on a cart. Firewood is the primary fuel for most rural households in Myanmar. It is time consuming and expensive and there are concerns about the health impacts of indoor pollution (Photo: Soneva Foundation, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Energy poverty in Myanmar: only 34% of the population have grid quality electricity
… – the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) , IIED and the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) . Access to … primary fuel for more than two thirds of households, raising concerns about negative health impacts from indoor pollution.  Myanmar has set … Indonesia that are the first phase of a regional project by CAFOD, IIED and IESR. …
News, 10 May 2016
Workshop participants displayed and exchanged seeds from different parts of the world (Image: Yiching Song/Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy)
New film shows Chinese mountain communities protecting biocultural heritage
… Watch the video above or on IIED's YouTube channel A 12-minute film explores how farmers work … Academy of Science. The film shows how biodiversity loss may come about for unexpected reasons: when young people leave the village, older … and traditional culture. The film shows that biocultural heritage is about conserving not only biodiversity but also the link between …
News, 14 March 2017
Aerial view of forest
The Dasgupta Review needed to engage today's finance ministers: here’s how
… the launch to pinpoint the number one change the review should bring about, Dasgupta asserted “a change in the way economics teaches about nature”.  Such a change could indeed be transformative as a … implementation. [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JFUgfMFSZM] IIED chief economist Paul Steele responds to the Dasgupta Review So what …
Insight, 11 February 2021
Head and shoulders image of Alok Sharma talking to a computer camera in front of the Union flag
Ministers, NGOs, academia and grassroots discuss resilience beyond COVID-19
… of the 'Resilience in light of COVID-19' webinar or see it on IIED's YouTube channel , where time stamps to every individual speaker … Forum, and Director @ICCCAD , outlines how countries can learn about resilience and adaptation from Bangladesh. https://t.co/y9qR3sZbvS … Toxic geopolitics is a risk to building resilience. Leadership is about building cooperation, building institutions, norms and treaties …
News, 07 July 2020
The GWI website (Photo: IIED)
New website focuses on dams and family farming in West Africa
News, 15 January 2015
Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
News, 23 May 2022
The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)
'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
News, 16 February 2015
Aerial view of desert refugee camp with makeshift homes.
Silent battles, resounding strength: the lives of transgender refugees in Kenya
… often get lost when data, information and experiences are gathered about the wider LGBTQI+ community.  IIED, Amka Africa Justice Initiative , and SDI-Kenya are researching how …
Insight, 21 November 2023
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Measuring what matters in the Energy SDG
… how the energy targets must be sufficiently ambitious to bring about meaningful change and require indicators that “measure what … by the Alliance of CSOs for Clean Energy Access (ACCESS)”, of which IIED is a founding member. …
Publication, 01 May 2015