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Street in Karachi, Pakistan with overflowing sewage.
The real issue is universal access to affordable basic services
… would mean that this MDG goal would be achieved on paper. But what about the lives of the other 90% of slum dwellers? Of course, setting … 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 … for all.   Find out more about the work of the Human Settlements group …
Insight, 14 August 2012
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
City without limits: keeping pace with the urban poor
… D’Cruz, coordinator of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), talks about her work with IIED Imagine this. You share your source of drinking … often wake up thinking this is the day you might be evicted from the home and the neighbourhood you have painstakingly built. This is reality … with IIED? I was a resident fellow with the Human Settlements group at IIED in 2004 for six months. This helped me better understand …
Article, 18 November 2008
Informal settlements such as this one in Durban, South Africa, are adversely affected by climate-related impacts (Photo: David Dodman)
Climate-related 'loss and damage' in cities: exploring a new urban frontier
Insight, 23 October 2014
Global warming will push Asia into reverse says new report
… set to reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, home to over 60 per cent of the world’s population. The report is … vulnerable to sea-level rise driven by global warming. * Asia is home to 87 per cent of the world’s known 400 million small farms - all … part in trying to halt dangerous climate change and to help bring about a global solution that is fair and rooted in human equality, …
News, 19 November 2007
Elephant yams growing on a forested slope in Myanmar.
Myanmar: Could an unusual yam help the march of community forestry?
… out shifting cultivation, they are also establishing more permanent home gardens boasting a rich diversity of agricultural and tree crops … conditions for Elephant Foot Yam. Compared to an income per acre of about US$ 215-320 for maize, the income per acre from Elephant Foot Yam … to offer small grants to strengthen forest and farm producer group’s capacity for profitable business using different crops and in …
Insight, 17 May 2013
Awards boost world media coverage in critical year for climate change
… in vulnerable countries the vital opportunity to engage their home audiences,” says Rod Harbinson of Panos. The CCMP fellows at the … worldwide. At both summits the CCMP formed the largest single media group, providing politically independent journalistic scrutiny of the … “The fellowships will strengthen journalists’ skills and knowledge about climate change and provide access to world class experts that they …
News, 21 July 2009
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 … ineligible. We visited the eligible villages to inform people there about PES, how the forest cover was changing, and different ways to … getting extra benefits such as securing land tenure, improved forest governance and accountability, and engaging in forest-based enterprises. …
Insight, 10 March 2014
Participants at the CGIAR Climate Social Learning evidence gathering workshop, including IIED director of communications Liz Carlile (standing) (Photo: CCAFS)
Which factors are key for successful social learning?
Insight, 14 July 2014
Timbuktu, Mali: A woman pours water from an irrigation canal onto her garden. Mali's climate-resilient agricultural plan will promote better irrigation systems (Photo: Marco Dormino/MINUSMA)
Least developed country leaders say "follow us" to tackle climate change
… and low ambition. As a result of this situation, the Chair of the LDC group at the climate negotiations, Prakash Mathema, urged the LDC … of low-carbon resilient development. They now have 3.2 million solar home systems and more than 1.5 million improved cook stoves across … the LDCs are demonstrating that every country has to be serious about climate change. If they can do it, surely wealthier countries, …
Insight, 06 October 2014