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Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
Insight, 16 February 2015
A woman stands with three goats in shadow amid a dusty terrain
Introduction to drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity
… Covering about 40% of the Earth’s land surface, the drylands are home to 2.3 billion people. By developing strategies for managing the …
Article, 17 December 2012
Three people with a pile of vicuña wool
Who’s listening? Community voices on illegal wildlife trade
…  (IWT). Commonly overlooked in discussions on IWT, the region is home to a number of species threatened by illegal trafficking, including …
Insight, 06 November 2019
An expanse of water next to a bank of soil
Policymakers take note: climate displacement is driving millions into slavery
Insight, 05 July 2021
Women buying bushmeat at a food stall.
How is COVID-19 affecting wild meat consumption in rural Cameroon?
… the virus” and Ester explained that “…when [you] eat [wild] meat at home, don’t eat it the same day – wait a day and then eat when well …
Insight, 02 November 2020
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Democratising forest business: a compendium of successful locally controlled forest business organisations
… Forests are home to 1.3 billion people, they have to cater to the multiple needs for … best handled democratically. Because of this, installing good forest governance has been much in vogue within recent sustainable development …
Publication, 01 August 2015
The flag of the United Nations raised above the headquarters of the Habitat III Conference, held in Quito in Ecuador (Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador)
Sustainable cities: the nexus between resilience and resource efficiency
… will require more integrated and responsive urban planning and governance.  Yet we also find that achieving resilience and resource …
Insight, 05 May 2017
A block of unfinished buildings, open to the elements
A world without refugee camps? IIED launches research on urban refugees
… their difficult situation in an orderly way, until they can return home. Their use is also a way of fundraising for the much-needed …
Insight, 06 April 2020
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Towards more effective humanitarian response in urban areas
… different groups of migrants to Kampala), and enhancing post-disaster governance (such as in Nepal following the 2010 earthquake). Yet these … has had largely positive, but mixed, effects on people working in home-based enterprises. …
Publication, 01 October 2017
Mary Robinson talking to Maarten van Aalst
Interview: What if our best world is still in front of us?
… switch the switch for electricity will have clean energy in their home. The 900 million who cook in Africa on dirty cooking alternatives …
Article, 05 July 2022