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Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)
Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining
… to drive the reform process. This was the premise for designing IIED's mining dialogue methodology .  Reflecting on IIED's in-country dialogues  So far, IIED has rolled out the methodology … bring forward their ideas for reform. We received positive feedback about the methodology's approach of providing an inclusive and …
Insight, 26 February 2018
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… On 24 November, IIED hosted an  online discussion  about urban planning, particularly in … is challenging, but not impossible. We need to shift how we think about participation, and always remember who is left (or pushed) out of …
Article, 10 December 2021
The gender balance of the panel of special guests at the opening of IIED's 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) attracted criticism from the institute's staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Gender lens: putting on the spectacles
… What are the practical approaches that research organisations such as IIED can adopt to ensure that they are taking equality of gender … seriously? This is one of the big questions we are asking at IIED, as we embark on a 'gender audit'. I am part of a small core team … to our work and in the ways we work. And to ask, what should we do about it? Other organisations must have faced similar challenges: how …
Insight, 26 May 2015
Head and shoulders of four smiling people
Shared vulnerabilities? Connecting climate and health in cities: Make Change Happen podcast episode 7
Article, 06 August 2020
Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 per cent of world gold production (Photo: Travis Lupick, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Delivering solutions through multi-stakeholder dialogue
… mining companies, NGOs and donors have roles to play in bringing about this change, but cannot act alone. Such change requires holistic, … and beginning to view it in a new light. Solutions through dialogue IIED's multi-stakeholder dialogue for ASM is offering a space for … and stakeholders on the ground. Newsletter Keen to learn more about our work to support inclusive and responsible mining and receive …
Project, 05 February 2015
Many residents of Dar es Salaam live in informal settlements and are vulnerable to a wide range of climate threats, including sea-level rise and coastal erosion and flooding (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
4th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA4)
… world – and particularly Africa – to share and discuss knowledge about community-based adaptation (CBA) planning and practice.  … as well as cross-cutting issues such as funding, communicating about CBA and policy.  The first plenary session focused on agriculture … also diversified into poultry production. Conference materials Watch IIED senior associate  Saleemul Huq previewing CBA4 below, or watch the …
Article, 02 February 2010
Woman cooks using wood fire
Feeding all city inhabitants
… This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of … have grown to 821 million: that’s one in every nine people, with about two billion people experiencing moderate to severe food … blog , stressed the importance of eating greens. It’s not only about income But income poverty is only part of the picture. Inadequate …
Insight, 27 June 2021
A stone gabion constructed to control erosion across a gully in the Namaqualand region. (Photo: Halcyone Muller / Conservation South Africa)
EbA Evidence and Policy: South Africa
Project, 31 May 2018
Workshop participants undertake a participatory resource mapping exercise for community enterprises (Photo: Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources - ANSAB)
Forest and Farm Facility launches Phase II
… (FAO) , the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , IUCN   and AgriCord  – will announce plans to significantly … on gender equality, indigenous people's rights and youth engagement.  IIED will lead efforts to generate new knowledge about good practices and lessons learned through joint publications and …
News, 20 July 2018
City without limits: keeping pace with the urban poor
… D’Cruz, coordinator of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), talks about her work with IIED Imagine this. You share your source of drinking water — a single … and other informal urban settlements. But what is less publicized about the ‘bottom billion’, as some call them, is the quiet revolution …
Article, 18 November 2008