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A solar panel outside a rural house on stilts
Critical theme: Can China help build a global eco-civilisation?
… China’s role in global green governance is often viewed through a false binary choice: between China … by IIED and chinadialogue , featured a panel of China scholars and environmental practitioners. About the panellists Lila Buckley , senior … change and food security ' and, most recently, ' The polluter elite, inequality and the ecological crisis '. IIED and chinadialogue last …
Event, 25 September 2019
Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. IIED's Critical Theme will explore gender equality issues (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Putting gender centre stage
… wider world.  Our research and action aim to put people first on the environmental agenda. We want to empower the world's poorest and most … and approaches to address the world’s entrenched climate, nature and inequality crises. The manifesto was launched in parallel with … to the equity, inclusion and justice committee in an updated governance structure within IIED .  And in February 2025 a new equity, …
Page, 28 July 2022
A man carries a box with spring onions through a busy scene
Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward
… chains as a solution to challenges such as rural poverty, gender inequality and deforestation. Donors and NGOs have argued that if … in their farms. Inclusion has also been touted as a way to address environmental impacts linked to small-scale farming, by helping farmers … inclusion, such as reducing gender inequality and addressing environmental degradation and climate change, have also come up short. …
Insight, 15 September 2022
A group of young people, men and women, walk in line holding protest signs (saying things such as "fight for our future") as part of a march
Stockholm+50: priorities for re-energising global action
… for sharpening the focus on accountability for action in global environmental policy. … political dimension of change, and focus on combating rising inequality at all levels, to rebuild solidarity and to unlock … nature and climate Simplify access to finance Prioritise equitable governance of finance Strengthen investments in national and local …
Insight, 07 June 2022
A view from high up of a city with tower blocks, framed by the sky.
Can global reporting bring about transformation?
… regional governments – decided to focus their next flagship report on inequality, we saw it as a unique opportunity to communicate the … understanding of equality, which requires responses about governance and which move beyond sectorial silos. Then, six ‘pathways’ … economic models that recognise and optimise the economic, social and environmental value of existing local resources, and A need to engage …
Insight, 12 October 2022
Maasai men herding cattle
VITAL Climate Collective: connecting demand for climate adaptation needs with supply of climate finance
… drylands.  This has resulted in communities bearing the financial, environmental and social residual risks. Overlapping forms of … also restricts their mobility, while further entrenching poverty and inequality – particularly for women and children. What is IIED doing? … on the commercial viability of investments as well as the social and environmental returns. VITAL addresses this information gap by …
Project, 01 July 2024
Thousands of workers assemble and test fiber optic systems in a Chinese factory (Photo: Steve Jurvetson, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Governments in developing countries need to act now to avoid technology's threat to jobs
… IIED's ' Automation and inequality: the changing world of work in the global South ' shows that … lower tolerance to migration and growing protectionism. But growing inequality is not inevitable, as 'Automation and inequality' shows. … and supports provision of a range of small-scale infrastructure with environmental benefits. It is equally vital for governments to invest in …
News, 07 August 2017
A woman sits in the courtyard of a building, washing clothes in a small bowl.
Risks to health in informal settlements
… recognition, and residents typically face multiple socioeconomic, environmental and political exclusions that all contribute to ill …
Article, 09 June 2022
Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas
… But this green economy agenda risks undermining social and environmental imperatives by assuming that it can just deal with the … to their complexity. Such activities display enormous variations in environmental performance as well – for example, waste recycling versus … those parts of their supply chain whose costs are much lower if environmental regulations are not followed.  The use of the informal …
Insight, 07 December 2015
Aerial view of a flooded city with destroyed housing and infrastructure
Connecting decarbonisation and social justice in cities
… been less focus on aligning these efforts to tackle urban poverty and inequality with climate mitigation efforts at city level. … in the built environment will exacerbate socioeconomic and environmental injustices in cities across the global South. What is IIED …
Project, 10 February 2023