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Watch the Karachi Rising film
The houses that Karachi's poor want
… the form of violence, crime and killings," says Farhan Anwar, Project Director of Sustainable Initiatives, in the film. The state owns …
Insight, 23 April 2014
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… civil society. In his introduction to the 2017/18 annual report, IIED director Andrew Norton says there is much for IIED to celebrate, and he …
Page, 24 October 2018
Maize cultivation along the Kafue river in Kitwe, Zambia. Water levels in the river have decreased because of deforestation in the river’s catchment area (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?
… duration of the project.   Dr Moses Osiru  is the deputy executive director of RUFORUM (the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity …
Insight, 19 December 2017
The cover of Vision 2030 Jamaica
One people, one vision
… of development.  Vision 2030 came out of a realisation by the then-Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)  that the …
Insight, 22 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
… and will include a question-and-answer session moderated by IIED director Andrew Norton. Register for FishNight 4 . …
Insight, 17 November 2016
Press photographers recording the opening plenary (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP19)
… to secure our common future COP19 video updates Dr. Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, …
Event, 01 January 2015
The first photograph taken of Earthrise by Apollo 8 in December 1968. The Apollo Programme to Combat Climate Change proposes large-scale public investment and determined political effort from powerful states to take down carbon energy sources (Photo: NASA/woodleywonderworks, Flickr, via Creative Commons)
What should a no-carbon democracy look like?
… worked for and argued for. Andrew Norton ([email protected]) is director of IIED . …
Insight, 13 July 2015
A water tap in Rwanda. Measuring sustainability of investments in water and sanitation makes more sense than focusing on annual freshwater withdrawal and access to improved water and sanitation (Photo: A'Melody Lee/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Making World Bank aid sustainable
… for decision-making). Clare Shakya ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Climate Change research group . …
Insight, 10 October 2016
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change and is at the forefront of adaptation efforts. This homestead has been designed to offer flood protection (Photo: CGIAR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Sharing knowledge to climb the adaptation ladder
… Huq  ( [email protected] ) is a senior fellow at IIED and director of ICCCAD. …
Insight, 03 July 2015
Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Data that supports local development
… are to act.   Sheela Patel ([email protected]) is the founder and director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers …
Insight, 22 September 2016