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A rally protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) takes place in Wellington, New Zealand (Photo: Neil Ballantyne, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The rise of civil society advocacy on investment treaties in Malaysia and the Philippines
… covered by an investment treaty that link to their work (e.g. mining, human rights or corporate accountability issues). Building the campaign …
Insight, 26 March 2015
Outdoor workers in Da Nang are prone to heat stress. Credit: COHED.
To build climate resilience cities must assess diverse drivers of vulnerability
… Diane Archer ( [email protected] ) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group   …
Insight, 30 October 2013
A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
… written with contributions from David Dodman , acting head of IIED's Human Settlements Group , and Mike Day , visiting researcher at IIED.  …
Insight, 24 November 2015
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
… as giving predictions for future growth up to 2030. Produced by our Human Settlements Group in conjunction with Kiln , this was widely shared through social …
Insight, 12 January 2015
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
Insight, 11 December 2014
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
… Diep ( [email protected] ) is a consultant working with IIED's Human Settlements research group . She was previously project officer and researcher for WSUP …
Insight, 12 December 2017
Old Indonesia coins. In Indonesia, like the UK, the income of the poorest 40 per cent has to grow at twice the rate of the national average if the income gap is to stay the same (Photo: Anis Eka, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
How serious are the SDGs about tackling inequality?
… Colenbrander ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group ; Andrew Norton ([email protected]) is director of IIED. The …
Insight, 04 October 2016
An aerial view of London. Southwark, on the left, is surprisingly undense (Photo: David, Bergin, Emmett and Elliott, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
How can compact cities keep house prices under control?
… ([email protected]) is senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group and senior economist with the Coalition for Urban Transitions . …
Insight, 14 September 2017
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
… about land grabbing. The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia found evidence of ‘serious and widespread’ human rights violations associated with land concessions. Litigation … Lorenzo Cotula is a principal researcher in IIED’s natural resources group. Next week he will publish a handbook —free to download from …
Insight, 14 November 2013
Study reveals immense importance of ‘invisible’ water to urban poor
… depend on local wells,” says Dr Gordon McGranahan, head of IIED’s Human Settlements Group. “Far more needs to be done to support the efforts of local …
News, 12 November 2010