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Images such as this of a culvert constructed to allow villagers to cross the River Mahenya in Kenya, but which proves insufficient at times of extreme rainfall, are often used to tell the story of climate change in Africa. But Fatima Denton will challenge that narrative in her Barbara Ward Lecture (Photo: Robin Wyatt, http://www.robinwyatt.org/photography/)
Room for optimism on Africa, the "hopeful" continent
… Ward, IIED's founder , said: "We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to … Hedegaard , European commissioner for Climate Action, talked in 2010 about the challenges of climate politics following the Copenhagen … on the continent. Denton thinks it's time we told the real story about Africa and climate change by making the narrative shift from …
Insight, 21 October 2014
Algeria unveils its renewable energy strategy; Africa has a "huge appetite for renewable sources of energy that will power its industries" (Photo: Magharebia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
But, what is the Africa position?
Insight, 28 November 2015
Surveying residents in the settlement of Tank Mohalla, Bangalore, India (Photo: CSTEPIN, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local democracy as a substitute for data (and rather a good substitute too)
… It is a means of informing those with the powers and responsibilities about these needs. But most of the official data sets used to assess who … local civil society organisations and other local agencies about needs in each street or ward. Local, local, local Almost all … data. Or a mobile phone. David Satterthwaite ( david.satterthwaite@iied.org) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 16 January 2015
The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
… And we know that diversity in diets is good for our health. But what about diversity of voices, in shaping our food system? As we approach … Many initiatives are under way around the world to do just that. IIED and Hivos, together with the Kabarole Research and Resource Centre … of local conditions and priorities. Uganda's plan for growth: what about food? Uganda, in common with other African countries, is planning …
Insight, 10 October 2016
Chinese timber business in Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa trade and investment: benefiting Africa's rural informal economy?
… businesses to Africa's burgeoning informal economy. Before talking about the impacts of Chinese trade and investment, we need first to … natural resource extraction and production in rural Africa. Talking about informality does not mean approving Chinese or local businesses … in these countries. Utilising our strength in grassroots research, IIED researchers are starting to do this. The initial interviews I …
Insight, 31 March 2015
People sitting around a table
Unleashing the potential of local organisations in linking conservation and development
… and creating conditions that bring out the best from them. What did IIED do? Building directly on IIED’s experience of working on community-based approaches to … conservation, and also for local community development. Read more about why working with local organisations can be an important entry …
Project, 16 August 2013
A woman farmer tends her crops, surrounded by her crops
Locally-led action essential for achieving global biodiversity goals
… of the world’s half-billion Indigenous Peoples, who manage about a quarter of the world’s land. Indigenous worldviews, cultural … of the GBF. Showcasing solutions; locally-led action in practice IIED is committed to showcasing locally-led solutions and working with …
Insight, 14 February 2022
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati consists of 33 atols and reef islands. Here, adaptation includes coastal protection measures such as mangrove re-planting, as well as strengthening laws to reduce soil erosion and population settlement planning (Photo: AusAID)
How to measure a global goal for adaptation?
Insight, 27 March 2015
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… is that even champions of energy access feel rather shy to shout about it at times. It sounds woolly and anodyne; typical development blah blah.  Ministers want to talk about innovative financial mechanisms or wonder technologies and … Far from it: there are endless initiatives or institutes – including IIED – involved in information-sharing, connecting and training people …
Insight, 22 September 2014
A borehole in Zambia, among the countries to have started thinking about NAPs, is developed for domestic water and irrigation as part of climate change adaptation measures (Photo: Pascal Manyakaidze via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Least developed countries take climate adaptation to next level
… But how do they go about this challenge when they have so few resources and so many other … first countries — others are Cambodia and Zambia — to start thinking about its NAPs. It has opted to use the process to develop several NAPs … the roadmaps with each other. Susannah Fisher is a researcher in IIED's climate change group ( Susannah.fisher@iied.org ). …
Insight, 11 March 2014