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UN climate negotiations video update: Forest day
Insight, 04 December 2011
Coming in for lunch in the rice fields near Inle Lake, Myanmar. Online databases can provide verified data on land conflicts and help resolve disputes and improve governance (Eric Brochu, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using online technology to empower communities facing land deals
… it is difficult for the communities involved to access information about the nature of the deals and land conflicts. A recent IIED webinar heard how online technology can be used alongside other … relation to investment decisions that affect them, they need to know about the deals that are being made. This means deals need to be made …
Insight, 04 August 2016
The UN Climate Action Summit
Real climate ambition means switching to 'business unusual'
Insight, 04 October 2019
Illustrator Jorge Martin creates a 'living graphic' to chart the conversations on 'tough talk on poverty and climate' at the 2015 Development & Climate Days (Photo: IIED/Matt Wright)
Participants in Development & Climate Days focus on "bold action needed now"
Insight, 06 December 2015
A mother struggles to feed her children in the face of flooding (Image: IIED Independent Expert Group)
What does the Paris Agreement mean for LDCs?
News, 04 January 2016
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
Article, 25 January 2017
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… It is impossible to talk about Myanmar without acknowledging the persecution of the Rohingya by … society member organisations of the Kachin Conservation Working Group about a wide range of support activities, including seedling and nursery … in numbers of FFPOs themselves.  Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research …
Insight, 05 December 2017
Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Business as usual – or business with purpose?
… investors, and the head of Oxfam International are both talking about the potential for business to help achieve inclusive and … traditional ESG metrics and to the ends of their supply chains. IIED’s new five-year strategy, Make Change Happen , recognises that … that can really lead to development impact. Partnership is central to IIED’s DNA  and we want to build more and deeper partnerships with …
Insight, 17 April 2019
According to an African saying, "when two elephants fight, the grass gets trampled". When it comes to climate justice, the Least Developed Countries are the grass (Photo: Stephen Baines, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Author Q&A: Climate Justice in a Non-Ideal World
Article, 03 August 2017
Camilla Toulmin has led IIED since 2004
Camilla Toulmin to step down in 2015
… of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), I will be stepping down next year.    I am both sad and happy to … a research role is not linked to a particular deadline.    I joined IIED in 1987 to set up the drylands programme, which grew in strength … for leading IIED into the future. Should you wish to know more about the recruitment process, please be in touch with head of HR Nick …
Insight, 29 October 2014