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The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, headquarters building in Vienna (Photo: Michela Mazzoli, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?
… – including the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and IIED. The audio recording is available online , and highlights are … the working group’s next meeting (New York, 1-5 April 2019). Concerns about ISDS In recent years, ISDS has attracted widespread public … At its April meeting, the working group will further examine concerns about third-party funding of arbitration claims, and any 'other …
Insight, 07 December 2018
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The International Urban Poor Fund
… considerable health risks every day of their lives. ~ Find out more about one community driven strategy that has had a significant effect - … IIED …
Publication, 01 January 2006
A man peers through the lens of a camera, while receiving advice from his colleague, another ranger
Learning and action for community engagement against wildlife crime
… in the rush to tackle IWT. There is also a lack of knowledge about the different types of community-based approaches available, and … and lack the capacity and voice to engage in policy debate. What is IIED doing? The 'LeAP: Learning and Action Platform for Community … of evidence on the role of communities in tackling IWT. Using the IIED-IUCN Theory of Change for Engaging Communities in Tackling IWT  as …
Project, 30 October 2018
More than 80 representatives of slum-dwellers federations attended the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Photo: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: the World Urban Forum brought together governments and grassroots – what next?
… IIED's Diane Archer (DA), Sarah Colenbrander (SC) and  David Dodman (DD) … These are all very positive directions, but they are still primarily about the approach to be taken – rather than the actions that are … respiratory health benefits). It was clear that resilience is about much more than the physical structures: social capital, the bonds …
Article, 14 February 2018
In a video interview, IIED chief economist Paul Steele argues that the universal nature of the goals show that 'development' extends beyond aid (Image: IIED)
A step change in our approach to development
… Development Goals (SDGs) represent "a real step change" according to IIED's chief economist Paul Steele, who was being interviewed as part of the "Understanding the SDGs" series with IIED experts working on issues relating to the global goals. Not only do … understanding of development that goes "beyond aid" and that is about more than how rich countries finance activities in the developing …
News, 27 August 2015
Junior climate negotiators participate in a mock negotiation session in a training workshop in Senegal in June (Photo: Enda Energie)
Asian and Pacific officials to build their climate negotiation skills
News, 04 September 2017
Comoros, the home of LDC negotiator Fatima Athoumani, has the Indian Ocean as a close neighbour (Photo: David Stanley, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The sharp learning curve of an LDC negotiator
Insight, 12 December 2018
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Towards queer-centred urban development
… explores how queering development practice questions assumptions about gender, the home, state-society relations, and typical practices …
Publication, 13 July 2023
A Batwa man sits with his hands cupping his head
Conservation Initiative on Human Rights
… These impacts are now under particular scrutiny. But awareness about the positive contributions that nature conservation work can have … lead to people being displaced from their land. Working with Winer, IIED further developed and facilitated the process during 2008–10. The … of their human rights principles. Find out more For more information about the CIHR, visit IUCN's Conservation Initiative on Human Rights …
Project, 16 August 2013
Pastoralists in Isiolo County mapping community resources, such as water sources and good grazing areas. This pilot project developed a mechanism that allows local people to identify investments that can build their resilience to climate change. (Photo: James Pattison/IIED)
Award win highlights collaboration for Kenya climate resilience
News, 15 April 2015