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Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… governments have the capacity to formulate these frameworks and push back against short-term pressures is vital. Instead of rolling back social and environmental protections in the hopes of attracting … of which COVID-19 is only one. We have the tools and ability to build back better. Let us avoid the quick-fix solutions that rely on harmful …
Insight, 29 January 2021
People of all ages marching holding posters. One poster reads "protect all like on our planet"; another poster reads "no more blah blah blah"
COP27 and the important year ahead
… will actually have to deliver on mitigation. That means coming back to COP27 in Egypt with stronger Nationally Determined Contributions …
Insight, 22 November 2021
Aerial view of a floded town
Climate-vulnerable indebted countries paying billions to rich polluters
News, 10 July 2023
Screenshot of a video call with 25 participants.
Local must lead action to tackle world’s multiple interconnected challenges
Insight, 08 October 2020
Two women sewing face masks
Business with purpose in the era of COVID-19
… and inclusive business practices fully into the mainstream. Building back better Companies of all sizes, across all countries and most … agri-food systems to rapidly deliver jobs, growth and contribute to building more resilient societies. Without business leadership and …
Insight, 18 May 2020
Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… the role and value of locally led action. 4 Nature-based solutions: building blocks for green recovery and climate action in least developed … cobalt better  September : While the post-COVID-19 world looks at ‘building back better’, little has changed for artisanal cobalt miners in the …
Article, 23 December 2021
Women and three donkeys walk in a desert
LIFE-AR: inspiring change within IIED
Insight, 09 April 2021
Woman bends over a seedbed.
IIED at the 2022 Nature-based Solutions Conference
… to global Storymap: Ecosystem-based adaptation and green recovery: building back better from COVID-19 Blogs Locally-led nature-based solutions can …
Event, 05 July 2022
Cover for G02844.pdf
Circling the point: from ICT4D to Web 2.0 and back again (PLA 59)
… implementation. Yet key issues remain: access, connectivity, capacity-building, literacy and language. Esterhuysen argues the need to … Circling the point: from ICT4D to Web 2.0 and back again (PLA 59) …
Publication, 01 June 2009
Women cross a river
Time to move unseen foresters into the limelight
… of sustainable forest management by local communities  – aims to step back from the approach of making SFM work for international markets and … change is needed for a cleaner, fairer future. The calls to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19 imply the same. 'Unseen foresters' shows …
Insight, 14 July 2020