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Liz Carlile holding a microphone
Liz Carlile: thank you and goodbye!
… Today is my last day in IIED as director of communications and I want to take a moment to say thank you … unparalleled and will not be forgotten. I hope that my strategy as director of comms has gone some way to reflecting this diversity of …
Insight, 29 June 2022
Headshots of four people over a rainbow and the text '2021'
No time to lose – collective action for our common future: Make Change Happen podcast episode 9
Article, 05 January 2021
Montage of Kristalina Georgieva, Mia Mottley and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The third woman – getting trade back on track
… And it’s coming from women. Kristalina Georgieva , the IMF’s managing director, is championing more support for highly indebted poor … make and role it will play. That could be about to change with WTO’s director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala pushing to incorporate climate …
Insight, 26 April 2023
World Bank, IMF meetings must address debt, climate and nature in Africa
… to climate change and biodiversity loss.  Andrew Norton, the director of IIED, said: “Instead of seeing increasing debt purely as a … warming but have done the least to cause it.” Jean-Paul Adam, the director for climate change at UNECA, said: “We have seen first-hand in …
News, 07 October 2021
Two people holding plants and discussing.
Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions
… degraded.  Prioritising sustainable housing for all UN Habitat’s new director, Anacláudia Rossbach, has said that creating affordable, …
Insight, 20 November 2024
An aerial view of a refugee camp, with housig stretching over a vast area in the desert.
Life much tougher for refugees living in camps rather than cities
… apartments, and the rest in makeshift shelters.  Lucy Earle, acting director of research on human settlements at IIED, said: “In many parts …
News, 06 December 2022
A man in a suit holding a microphone laughs along with a woman standing next to him behind a podium.
IIED deepens links with largest global network of local governments
… at UCLG’s annual retreat in Barcelona last month, IIED executive director Tom Mitchell stressed the potential of the partnership to …
News, 12 March 2024
Gordon Conway speaking in front of a microphone.
Remembering Gordon Conway (1938-2023)
… on HIV/Aids. A personal recollection Camilla Toulmin , former IIED director and now a senior associate, shares her memories: "When I joined …
News, 06 October 2023
A woman stands behind a market stall of fresh vegetables, smiling proudly.
Investing in biodiverse agriculture in Ecuador’s highlands: UNORCAC and the Santa Anita cooperative
Article, 31 May 2024
This Guatemala-Peru exchange visit was part of a project that promoted partnerships and networking for forestry-dependent communities
Working in partnership with others
… far more than we could achieve alone. In the video below, Tom Bigg, director of strategy and learning at IIED, explains how IIED works in …
Page, 28 July 2022