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Neglected energy source can fuel giant leap forward in developing nations
… says Duncan Macqueen, a senior researcher in IIED’s natural resources group and co-author of the report. "Instead government should embrace … "Fossil fuels are running out and threatening our global climate in the process, so the hunt is on for greener more sustainable … to capitalise on the potential for biomass fuels to tackle climate change and poverty, and create energy security, jobs and sustainable …
News, 09 March 2011
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Large scale irrigated rice farming: the state must take farmers' perspectives into account
… family farms to reduce the risks attached to economic and climatic change, but does not necessarily result in the increased production …
News, 03 June 2014
An interactive data visual that illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation that research by IIED has sought to document and describe
IIED's best of 2014: multimedia
… for future growth up to 2030. Produced by our Human Settlements Group in conjunction with Kiln , this was widely shared through social … stocks due to the effects of habitat destruction, over-fishing and climate change. The animation produced by our Sustainable Markets Group  was …
Insight, 12 January 2015
A resettlement site in Guiuan, in the Philippines, almost three years after super typhoon Haiyan with 'temporary' shelters that have been adapted by residents (Photo: Elizabeth Parker)
Post-crisis urban planning: lessons from Southeast Asia
… city government official, such as the mayor, as this gives the group greater authority and credibility. A key role of the task force … consultant whose research focuses on humanitarian response, climate change and urban development. The research referenced above is also …
Insight, 06 December 2017
The logo of PAGE and information about the conference on 27-28 March 2017
IIED at ministerial green economy conference
… speakers included Ashok Khosla, chairman of Development Alternatives Group and Dirk Messner, director of the German Development Institute … by Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary of Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment, also examined how to achieve efficient and … artisanal enterprise. IIED's  Shaping Sustainable Markets research group   is working to improve the governance of these sectors. The …
Event, 27 March 2017
Shift power to people to preserve natural world, urges report
… systems that provide the clean water, food, medicines and stable climate that are essential for human well-being. "Biodiversity is being …
News, 08 October 2008
Solar panels, such as these in Bhutan, are benefiting millions of energy-poor households (Photo: Richard Furlong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Turning up the volume: five insights into aggregating finance for expanding off grid energy investment
… customers. Clare Shakya ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Climate Change research group ; Rebecca Byrnes is a legal research and communications …
Insight, 03 November 2017
More people, more trees
… harvest enough grain to meet all their needs, with extra to sell. The group-led approach used for building terraces to control soil erosion … to make rural livelihoods more resilient to the likely impacts of climate change in the years to come. Watch the video trailer above and tell us …
Insight, 29 October 2010
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… sanitation practices, with a view to fostering long-term behavioural change, and Improve knowledge and methods of natural-resource … levels. Our aim throughout was to foster long-term behavioural change. This was in the context of new institutional and legislative … equipping and raising awareness of IWRM and the effects of climate change, especially among vulnerable groups Reducing pressure on …
Project, 16 February 2018
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
… a variety of goods and services, from regulating water flow and the climate to providing food, medicines and other useful products. The … afford school fees and emergency health care. The farmers can only change if they have an alternative. So, in 2010, the Chimpanzee … mapping the forest boundaries of 413 land owners in the 'treatment group'. Village local leaders supported the forest owners to verify that …
Insight, 10 March 2014