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A family guards their crops from wild animals on the boundary of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Conservation works better with social justice
… gorillas, living in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi is home to around half of the world's population of this critically … the poor? The poorest people live in the 'frontline zone', extending about 0.5km from Bwindi's boundary where crops and livestock are … what was a revolutionary idea to encompass issues of human rights, governance and power into mainstream political, legal and academia …
Insight, 20 August 2014
Jockin Arputham, once an itinerant carpenter who slept outside, gives HRH Prince Charles an insight into urban development issues and a tour of Dharavi (Photo: SPARC)
From slum-dwelling carpenter to US$1.25 million prize winner
… an itinerant carpenter who slept outside, and Janata colony was his home. Only when Janata was threatened with eviction, even though its … knowledge and capacities of the urban poor. For further information about SDI: http://www.sdinet.org/ . An account of how Jockin became a …
Insight, 08 April 2014
Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… The concept of the common good and its importance for "our common home" – and for the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , finalised … at all in the actual SDGs. SDG 17.9 on capacity building is all about international support for national plans.     The deficits in …
Insight, 12 October 2015
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
… access. In many cases conflicts arising over water are not so much about scarcity but about political and institutional issues. For example, overlapping … is a senior researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at IIED. …
Insight, 05 April 2016
Rows of plants on a rooftop make up an urban garden.
COVID-19 highlights three pathways to achieve urban health and environmental justice
… the risk of infection and mortality. While much is being said about increasing cities’ resilience to future outbreaks through measures … narratives that urban density aggravates outbreaks like COVID-19, home overcrowding and unsafe housing conditions are emerging as the real …
Insight, 27 August 2020
Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)
Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC
… Change as the who's who of people tasked to stop climate change, the group represents nations you might not expect.  While the European … engaging in climate diplomacy. Successful climate diplomacy begins at home Gaining domestic constituencies that see climate action as a core … the Guardian in May, Minister de Brum plainly and passionately spoke about climate change's impacts on his people, saying: "Some islands and …
Insight, 06 August 2014
A local blackout in Dar Es Salaam. Power outages in Tanzania's capital are often caused by old cables and transformers (Photo: jay grandin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Improving Tanzania’s power quality: can data help?
… Survey (PDF)  showed that power outages in Tanzania cost businesses about 15% of annual sales. In contrast, a more reliable electricity … being used by multiple stakeholders and is forcing political debate about supply quality to be based on evidence, rather than just polemic … Monitoring Initiative (ESMI) was pioneered by the Prayas Energy Group in India and championed in the global space by the World Resources …
Insight, 29 June 2018
Climate activists march to the entrance of Georgetown University before President Obama's speech on climate change. Photo: 350.org via Flickr
IIED views on Obama's climate change plan
… on carbon markets. Obama needs at the same time to get much more open governance and transparency about political lobbying, so that the overwhelming weight from fossil … Federal government has announced significant adaptation actions at home, reflecting the fact that – importantly – Obama recognises that the …
News, 25 June 2013
Workshop participants were briefed on the climate negotiating priorities of the Least Developed Countries (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Negotiators from developing countries get skills boost ahead of UN climate talks
… Jember Endalew, the chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group  at the UNFCCC negotiations. The LDC Group represents the 47 … not supported by IIED. I think that's the point we need to recognise about this initiative. It would have been really a very big vacuum from … I would be the only woman in the team. This helps me because at home I help with the COP preparation, and the high-level statement, and …
News, 13 November 2017
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