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A busy side street in the settlement of Dharavi
Invisiblising cities: the obsession with national statistics and international comparisons
… landmark 2007 working paper, ' The Transition to a Predominantly Urban World and its Underpinnings '. The updated edition will be … urban populations. Data to measure progress on the Paris Agreement on climate change also operates at this national level. Implementing international … Urban … The transition to a predominantly urban world …
Insight, 25 February 2020
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
Uganda food lab participants add their names to a declaration that came out of the lab discussions (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Food Change Labs tackle complex issues with the whole system in the room
… for a healthy, productive food system?  Hivos and IIED have run Food Change Labs in three countries, and are starting on a fourth. Our Food … to depleted soils and a national food system that is vulnerable to climate change and crop diseases on the one hand, and malnutrition (due … days of discussing and working with representatives from rural and urban low-income families, the director of Uganda’s National Planning …
Insight, 30 January 2019
The experiences of mountain communities in Kyrgyzstan were shared at a learning exchange (Photo: Alan Zulch)
Mountain communities stress the importance of biocultural heritage for global food security
… of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) flags the growing impacts of climate change on mountain communities and the vital importance of indigenous … for conserving and enhancing genetic resources for climate change adaptation. The report has been published ahead of the 17th meeting of …
News, 15 February 2019
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… first in a collection of briefings by EVALSDGs and IIED . Unlocking climate finance for decentralised energy access Achieving energy access … migration . The Urban Matters blog focuses on urban poverty, climate change in cities and rural-urban linkages. Informality and inclusive … they impact on people, the planet and the economy. Ecosystem-based adaptation: a win-win formula for sustainability in a warming world? …
Article, 02 January 2017
Syria refugees in Lebanon learn how to make fishing nets, a skill which will help them find work along the northern coast (Photo: DFID, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why urbanisation matters in responding to humanitarian crises
… approaches that link the efforts of humanitarian, development and urban actors to respond to urban humanitarian crises caused both by … head of IIED's Human Settlements Group and team leader for cities and climate change.  Note: this blog was informed by discussions at a workshop … Urban …
Insight, 15 September 2015
Delegates at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
D&C Days in Lima to highlight 'historic opportunity' to reduce poverty and emissions to zero (#zerozero)
News, 04 December 2014
Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.
Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19
… crops, maintaining and enhancing their genetic diversity to adapt to climate change. But the knowledge, innovation and resilience of Indigenous … more and more industrialised. Reviving traditional practices As urban populations around the world suffered the parallel disasters of …
Insight, 26 August 2021
Publications covers collage
IIED's best of 2019: publications
… goods and services (and are already bearing the brunt of climate change). So why does the development community often ignore biodiversity … to tackle dangerous declines in biodiversity. 2 Is ecosystem-based adaptation effective? Perceptions and lessons learned from 13 project …
Article, 23 December 2019
We must protect the world in which we live (Photo: Steve Guzzardi, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Best of 2017: blogs
Article, 22 December 2017