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Panel discussion at the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Four speakers are sitting on chairs behind a table on a podium with a big blue screen behind while the audience is sitting on chairs and listening.
Santa Marta conference highlights legal barriers to the energy transition
… at the centre of disputes about community displacement (in Spanish) , water diversion  and public health concerns. Legal action by Indigenous … decision suspending a mine extension that would have entailed further water diversion (in Spanish) . In 2021, the company initiated ISDS … . A major success of the conference was that it substantially raised general awareness about ISDS in climate policy circles – as one …
Insight, 18 May 2026
A group of men in felt hats and woollen capes
“Public officers are also human beings”: trust and environmental governance
… in terms of their biodiversity, and key for the provision of water for most of Colombia’s population  (Spanish language site). In …
Insight, 08 July 2020
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… Water for agriculture (2013-17) Context Over 80% of the population is … of work in Burkina Faso (2008-12), we also focused on integrated water resources management in relation to the Kompienga dam. Bagré dam … Sirba sub-basin, which was recognised as valuable by the Directorate-General for Water Resources, we contributed to the revision of the 2004 …
Project, 16 February 2018
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… to as wide an audience as possible: you can download all the publications in this top-10 list free of charge in PDF format. You can also search all our publications, both formal published works and informal literature, from the main page of our publications site . We offer libraries and resource centres in the …
Article, 31 December 2015
Woman standing in water, fishing using a big netted basket.
Reflections on UNOC3 and strengthening coastal stewardship
… This was highlighted by Editrudith Lukanga, founding secretary general of the African Women Fish Processors and Traders Network, who …
Insight, 23 June 2025
Group photo Guinea
Global Water Initiative: Guinea
… is the staple crop GWI focus dam: Fomi (in final planning stages) Water for agriculture (2013-17) We drew lessons from existing dams with … including representatives of each of the affected communities, the General Directorate for the Fomi project (DG Fomi), and the National … and compensation, as provided for in the Annexe n°1 of the NBA Water Charter. As a result of this process, a set of guidelines for …
Project, 16 February 2018
Team members from CODEC gathered for a presentation, holding a big banner.
Protecting local communities against involuntary displacement in Guinea: a lack of political will?
Insight, 15 May 2025
The logo for the Sustainable Development Goals (Image: the United Nations)
Public-private partnerships and aid's 'private turn': addressing the investment law dimensions
… sectors – from agriculture to energy, health, education, and water and sanitation.   PPPs and the regulatory framework of foreign …
Insight, 30 January 2018
South Africa: Anna with friends and family in front of her new solar water heating system. It is often more cost-effective to provide energy services to poor communities via off-grid sources (Photo: Abri le Roux, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Public and private sectors: delivering energy access for people living in poverty
… in East Africa and Nepal, providing clean, metered power and water to 10,000 people.  Klaus Rudischhauser, deputy director general at DG for international cooperation and development : the commission's directorate-general for international cooperation and development (DG DEVCO) is …
News, 04 June 2015
Water kiosks in Zambia provide safe drinking water for poor households in peri urban areas of Chipata. Careful consideration of the affordability of water services for the urban poor is vital to provide universal and equitable access to safe and affordable water for everyone by 2030 (Photo: SuSanA Secretariat, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Improved water access unaffordable for urban poor
… Goal (MDG) assessments have demonstrated that access to an improved water source has increased significantly since 1990 (PDF) . However, … the urban poor often cannot afford the improved services delivered by water utilities to low-income urban households in Malawi, Namibia, … water needs. Water users as customers By the 1980s, there was a general perception that sub-Saharan water utilities had been subject to …
Insight, 22 March 2016