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Condensed housing borders a grassy area which has litter strewn over it.
Keeping urban health on the agenda in the 1980s and 90s
Insight, 27 September 2023
Farmer looking at coffee cherries in Belize
The benefits of backing family agroforestry businesses – food for thought
… Coffee  is christened after the Mayan name – Oxmul Kah – for his home town, renamed by the Spanish as San Antonio. James’ family business …
Insight, 01 October 2024
Woman farmer checking tomatoes on her farm in Uganda. She is wearing a bright pink top and a skirt.
How hidden barriers exclude marginalised groups from creating and sharing knowledge, critical for climate adaptation
… showed that women and girls often carry a heavy workload at home, alongside gender norms that restrict their movement. We must be …
Insight, 03 September 2025
An aerial view of a seascape, dotted with islands full of trees.
Vulnerable island nations turning to pricey private debt as climate disasters escalate
News, 13 September 2023
Aerial view of two side of farming land, split down the middle by a river. the left side is the community land that has been planted with oil palm and the right side is the Padang Sugihan Wildlife Reserve - Sebokor, whose large trees are no longer visible.
New deforestation regulations must consider smallholder farmers
Insight, 09 July 2025
A street in a village with a house and a blue window and clothes hanging from a wire.
Further data tales: decoding land ownership and other challenges
… tackle the ‘scale’ problem). Perhaps nowhere does this reality hit home harder than in the implementation of mega-sized, slum land-titling …
Insight, 25 October 2023
Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities: governance for a more resilient urban future
… Convention on Climate Change, and the New Urban Agenda. Asia is home to many of the countries that are most vulnerable to climate change … are centred on an overarching understanding that adaptive urban governance is necessary for climate resilience. This requires engaging … Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities: governance for a more resilient urban future …
Publication, 01 January 2017
Cover for 10588IIED.pdf
Governance, migration and local development
… the amount of money remitted by migrants to their families at home exceeds official development assistance flows. But it can also … and challenging transformations in the dynamics of power back home. There are predictions that by 2050, the constraints imposed by … Governance, migration and local development …
Publication, 01 April 2010
A small brick building with two steps leading to a corrugated iron door houses a pit latrine.
The case for sewers
… basic, sanitation needs include access to a toilet (preferably in the home) that can be used safely and in privacy – and where one’s dangerous … matter, toilet paper and household wastewater, are removed from the home and neighbourhood. But choosing sanitation responses is more … There is clearly no point in having a sewer connection to the home if the water supply needed for flushing is irregular. But it’s also …
Insight, 19 November 2021
Aerial view of flooded town
Alliance of least developed countries, Small Island Developing States to create national facilities to address loss and damage
… and damage looks different for every person but can include loss of home or land, loss of employment or productivity, or loss of cultural …
News, 05 March 2023