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About 1.5 million Syrians are currently in Lebanon. The influx has added complexity to an already fragile system of water provision (Photo: Loan Diep)
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict
Insight, 12 December 2017
Building an embankment in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has been forced to learn how to cope with the realities of climate change (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Does "leave no-one behind" risk too narrow a focus?
… any soldiers falling into enemy hands. I also have some misgivings about what 'leaving no-one behind' actually means in a development … the need for transformation – in the way that we do things at home, as well as in other countries.  Tom Bigg  ([email protected]) is head of IIED's Strategy and Learning Group . …
Insight, 01 March 2016
Keeping the forests we've got
… on higher ground Vrede is a member of Hesi (Quick), a community group which helps flood victims. The government's help came late. It … coordinator of the Union of Saramacca Chiefs. "Nobody is talking about moving yet. Some who can afford it intend to build another floor … developing countries, instead of making more expensive reductions at home. They gain carbon credits: the developing countries can earn money …
Insight, 30 April 2009
Costa Rica's Peñas Blancas Reservoir is the focus of work involving payments for ecosystem services (Photo: Dr Ina Porras)
Payments for ecosystem services: We can't leave people out of the equation
… as far as Costa Rica, Uganda, Indonesia and Mexico, to share lessons about how to make payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes fairer … something remains common to them all.  The message that really hit home to me is that while PES schemes are about economics and the … Namaalwa and Gorettie Nabanoga tackled this question by using a group-based choice experiment to understand the preferences of local …
Insight, 28 March 2014
A man in Uganda stands by a digger sitting next to a dirt road.
US Supreme Court dims a light in corporate accountability
… Transnational court litigation – that is, suing a company in its home country, or in a third country for the activities of its … the Cambodia Legal Education Center , a Cambodian public interest law group, on behalf of villagers affected by a Thai-owned sugar cane … in Africa's land rush: what role for legal empowerment Find out more about our Legal tools for citizen empowerment project …
Insight, 01 May 2013
Adaptation to climate change faces major constraints in urban areas
… move from hazardous sites, but only if they are involved in decisions about where to move and how the move is organised." "But there are often …
News, 13 November 2007
Hope from action
… and housing. They are mostly unsupported, unprepared and uninformed about the complexities of climate change. That does not come across as … along the way. This is an important message for all of us to take home from Durban. We may not necessarily know where to start, given the … policy analysis unit and a visiting fellow with IIED’s Climate Change Group. …
Insight, 09 December 2011
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
… Introduction About the Gatekeeper series   GK137: Understanding and Supporting the … August 2008 Casa Pueblo began in 1980 as a grassroots citizens’ group opposed to the Puerto Rican government’s plan for large-scale … destructive planning process. It created an information base about Karachi’s development that informs a network of professionals and …
Article, 01 April 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron has helped the UK provide global leadership on addressing climate change. But he has decided to resign after the European Union referendum vote, and there are fears that the UK will become more insular (Photo: Russell Watkins/DFID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ten ways the UK can maintain international leadership on climate change
Insight, 01 July 2016
Solar-radiation management aims to reduce the amount of solar energy warming the planet by blocking the sun with tiny particles (Photo: Mike, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Geoengineering and development – what price on equity and justice in the coming climate culture wars?
… is roughly where the world currently is) seem substantial – driven home for many by the wave of extreme weather events the world … emissions technology'), has been baked into technical assumptions about how the world might stay within 2°C. Does the science suck? The … research is regulated and governed. The Least Developed Countries Group has been a powerful voice for global social justice in the climate …
Insight, 20 December 2017