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A man carries buckets filled with water from a water tanker in Retiro, a shanty town in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Basic service provision shouldn’t just be a money maker
Insight, 08 October 2012
Can beans and dice change lives? The potential of serious, fun games
Insight, 19 November 2013
Climate Communications Day at Doha: New approaches to reach new audiences
News, 13 December 2012
A woman miner in Tanzania, who features in a film on stories of change on artisanal and small-scale mining (Image: IIED)
Best of 2017: videos
… a 12-minute film profiling China's Stone Village, which is home to 220 Naxi ethnic families and is a living example of the value of …
Article, 12 January 2018
Street in Karachi, Pakistan with overflowing sewage.
The real issue is universal access to affordable basic services
… are 50 people to one toilet seat. Nairobi’s informal settlements are home to at least 30% of the city’s population. On average, 71 people …
Insight, 14 August 2012
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
… the development deficits that underpin climate vulnerability in the home, workplace and neighbourhood; and create employment and skills …
Insight, 07 December 2015
A street in Freetown, Sierra Leone: involving growing low-income urban populations in urbanising countries will help result in more inclusive urbanisation (Photo: bobthemagicdragon, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
In the world's poorest countries, cities could be the Sustainable Development Goals test
… SDG targets look suspiciously like prizes you can only win and take home one of. Do you want seven per cent economic growth per capita? Or …
Insight, 07 June 2016
A community-based green energy project: Sinteyo and the women's group with solar panels at the greenhouse in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Annie Bungeroth/CAFOD)
Sharing the load: who pays for energy access?
… tend to agree that off-grid energy, such as mini-grids or solar home systems, are often cheaper and more sustainable than extending the …
Insight, 29 May 2015
Deforestation and fire ravage a forest area in Uganda (Photo: Paul Hatanga)
Random trials in Uganda to show if payments for ecosystems services really work
… food, medicines and other useful products. The forests are also home to many wild species, including a chimpanzee population that will … getting extra benefits such as securing land tenure, improved forest governance and accountability, and engaging in forest-based enterprises. …
Insight, 10 March 2014
Awards boost world media coverage in critical year for climate change
News, 21 July 2009