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Sewage and water runs down the centre of a makeshift 'drain' surrounded by sandbags and wood
Do urban populations benefit from urban bias?
… Do urban dwellers benefit from an urban bias in the policies and funding allocations of government and international agencies? This was … This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of … potential biases to consider.  Surely those who wrote approvingly about urban bias must have seen the very poor living conditions and …
Insight, 01 September 2021
Ol Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya is home to four of the seven northern white rhino left in the world. The park is using SAPA as part of its community programme (Photo: Guy Lemal)
Piloting Social Assessment of Protected Areas: some initial reflections
… who manage the area, and helps build consensus among those involved about reducing poverty and avoiding harm. With funding from the Darwin … impacts across different social groups is likely to reveal that the general picture is hiding important differences within and between … initial results from the two pilot sites. Phil Franks ( phil.franks@iied.org ) is a senior researcher within IIED's Natural Resources Group …
Insight, 23 September 2014
Our successful animation was devised to popularise the Sustainable Development Goals. But that doesn't mean we didn't make mistakes (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals, global audience – how well did we score?
… channel  – that we created three months ago to raise awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential of the … that the 17 SDGs were too long and complex to be communicated to a general audience, we wanted to address this challenge head on. We wanted … to use an animation reflected a significantly different approach for IIED. Rather than highlighting specific areas of our own expertise or …
Insight, 18 September 2015
An elderly woman bends over while planting rice
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
… Estrella ‘Esther’ Penunia (EP) is secretary general of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural … and biodiversity COPs, what are your main messages to decision-makers about involving forest and farm producers in finding solutions to these … AFA receives funding from the Forest and Farm Facility – for which IIED is working with forest and farm organisations to share best …
Article, 03 June 2021
A scientist studies mangroves in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Mangrove ecosystems support fisheries, prevent coastal erosion and store large amounts of carbon (Photo: Kate Evans/CIFOR)
Call for feedback: inventory of tools to support ecosystem-based adaptation
… strengthening the evidence and informing policy  implemented by IIED, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC .  The project focuses on gathering the … is not exhaustive and the feedback call aims to garner information about any tools not included, plus potential gaps in tools and … for feedback from the users themselves to improve understanding about which tools work, where, how and why," said Sylvia Wicander, …
News, 19 December 2016
Q&A: climate negotiations
… funded adaptation safety net”. What innovative options are there for funding adaptation? A. Aside from the Adaptation Fund in terms of going … 8 dark years of the Bush regime, where they were in practical denial about the problem, refusing to take any action, the new President and … countries and LDCs have been exposed to the climate change issue. IIED’s media programme together with Panos and Internews have been doing …
Article, 17 March 2009
Bowls full of hilsa placed on a table
Investing in hilsa fishery as economic infrastructure for Bangladesh
… fishers to change their unsustainable fishing practices. What did IIED do? As part of the effort to enhance the effectiveness of the … – it was rarely given the attention it deserves in policy decisions about economic development, poverty alleviation, food security, … alleviation; 2) ecology or hilsa population and biodiversity in general; and 3) local economy – such as food price and labour market …
Project, 29 June 2015
View of a forest with a volcano in the background
2021 Barbara Ward Lecture: Rebeca Grynspan says nothing is ever so small that it cannot make a difference
Article, 16 December 2021
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa opens COP22 (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: Key decisions needed at COP22
… has not yet been done.  Subhi Barakat , a senior researcher in IIED's Climate Change research group , explains: What is COP22? SB: The … UNFCCC regime and when most people refer to the COP, they are talking about the entire climate change conference, including all the different … under the Kyoto Protocol regime and an important source of funding for developing countries). Parties will also look to formally …
Article, 11 November 2016
Urban poor transform slums in 100+ cities in 15 Asian nations
… budget of US$3,000, which forces people to economise and think hard about how to spend the money. After two years of the three-year ACCA … are never scaled up," says Somsook Boonyabancha, the ACHR's secretary general. "ACCA is different. It supports city-wide activities and … by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. IIED …
News, 14 September 2011