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A discussion on protected area governance in a stakeholder workshop with a community on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (Image: Francesca Brooker/IIED)
Q&A: How can we achieve 'fairer conservation'?
Article, 27 February 2018
US President Joe Biden speaking with a microphone
Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
Insight, 20 April 2021
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Consultation of local communities affected by the Kandadji dam about long-term leases to secure land tenure (Photo: GWI West Africa)
From traditional land rights to long-term leases: fair compensation?
… in West Africa has been working with the High Commission charged with building the dam since 2009 to address the social equity and legal … this using existing legislation, which in one case dated all the way back to 1902.  Two types of lease provide a possible solution GWI …
Insight, 02 June 2015
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"
… shows unmitigated climate change could draw up to 720 million people back into extreme poverty between 2030-2050. That's as many as were … climate shocks are responsible for pushing some of those households back into poverty – associated with drought, irrigation failure, crop … up with stranded assets and catastrophic climate change. If we start building differently now, in 35 years we will have a very different …
Insight, 06 December 2015
Like many East African cities, Rwanda's capital Kigali faces the challenges of rapid growth and insufficient infrastructure (Photo: Kigali Wire, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why low-carbon urban development in African cities makes economic sense
… expenditure by US$173 million. This would allow the city to pay back any loans, with interest, within six years, while the investments …
Insight, 01 April 2016
View of a road cutting through a forest
Wild meat: is there an appetite for alternatives?
… alternatives? If projects are to be more successful we need to step back and better understand the diverse reasons that draw people to hunt …
Insight, 21 May 2019
The rugged coastline of Jeju Island, South Korea, where the World Conservation Congress is being held.
IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
Insight, 06 September 2012
Extinction Rebellion climate protesters march through London behind a big green banner proclaiming 'Rebel for life'
The Paris Agreement always needed Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg
… possible to visualise a range of countries (not all, for sure) coming back to the table with meaningful increases in ambition to tackle the …
Insight, 24 April 2019
The St Briavels wind turbine in construction (left) and completed (right). Source: Abundance
Can investment crowdfunding deliver Sustainable Energy for All?
… out of the economy through energy bills would instead be recycled back through investment returns. In addition, a 'community dividend' of … returns are variable, and there is no guarantee investors will get back all of their original capital in the event of problems. However … community-scale mini grids, according to a recent European Capacity Building Initiative report (PDF). And to date at least, those …
Insight, 20 October 2013