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When infrastructure is not provided, or not affordable, the urban poor find their own way around the problem, as in Delhi, India, where electricity is tapped
Urban crisis response needs a humanitarian sector shake-up
Insight, 15 December 2017
Example of bucket and pulley system on a traditional well - Senegal
Global Water Initiative : Sénégal
Project, 16 February 2018
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… and the impacts of biocultural innovations on food security and adaptation. Two women farmers from China presented the Stone Village …
Event, 04 December 2016
Fishermen offloading their morning catch from a fishing boat in Kalindi, West Bengal (Photo: Souvik Das Gupta, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Creating waves for small-scale fisheries
… address this gap:  Include the small-scale fishery sector in National Adaptation Plans Promote action on DRM in the small-scale fishery sector …
Insight, 17 November 2016
Richard Reeves uses Lego to illustrate in a video how inequality affects the American Dream, an example of Brookings' communications creativity (Image: Brookings Institution)
(Should) All systems go?
Insight, 17 November 2017
A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
Insight, 01 July 2020
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
Insight, 21 October 2014
Sub Saharan African woman drying fish. Photo: Patrick Dugan via WorldFish on Flickr
The missing 't'
Insight, 13 July 2010
A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… align Africa's maritime security with climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions in the continent and beyond.  Essam Yassin …
Insight, 13 October 2016
A huge selection of photos are displayed in a Peru supermarket (Photo: Teresa Stanton, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Nourishing diversity in our food systems
Insight, 10 October 2017