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Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… agriculture and whether it can halt deforestation Hamid Taybo, director of ADEL discussed Sustainable Biomass Energy, discussed  tackling the supply and demand Executive director of MICAIA Milagre Nuvunga presented on sustainable value chains …
Insight, 23 December 2015
First international gathering of forest producer organisations underway
… forest landscape management and restoration," says Chris Buss, Deputy Director of IUCN’s Forest and Climate Change Programme. "It is crucial …
News, 25 November 2013
A group of people from different backgrounds greeting each other and taking photographs
Towards food sovereignty: reclaiming autonomous food systems
… autonomous food systems' was written by Dr Michel Pimbert, director of CAFS at Coventry University. It is available as a series of …
Project, 27 January 2010
The president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Saber Chowdhury spoke to IIED at the UN climate summit (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Inter-Parliamentary Union and IIED say raising the climate ambition is critical
News, 21 November 2016
Action stations: vulnerable countries and the talks
Insight, 15 December 2009
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) and the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development … of the Working Group III of the IPCC. He has also served as Research Director at the Bangladesh Institute of International & Strategic … UNFCCC, representing Academia in Bangladesh. He is working as project director of a 6-year CIDA-funded Partnership Project with the University …
News, 22 January 2013
Who will replace the much respected executive secretary of the UNFCCC, Christiana Figueres (Photo: UNFCCC, Creative Commons via Flickr)
An opportunity for LDC leadership
Insight, 03 March 2016
Barbara Ward in the audience
IIED's founder: Barbara Ward
… The video playlist below includes interviews with former IIED director David Runnalls and senior fellow David Satterthwaite, plus a …
Article, 20 August 2014
Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
… streamed, and each of the three sessions – the introduction by IIED director Andrew Norton , Roberts' lecture , and the question-and-answer …
Article, 11 October 2016
Solar panels, such as these in Bhutan, are benefiting millions of energy-poor households (Photo: Richard Furlong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Turning up the volume: five insights into aggregating finance for expanding off grid energy investment
… of energy by their customers. Clare Shakya ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Climate Change research group ; Rebecca Byrnes is a …
Insight, 03 November 2017