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Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… and, perhaps most importantly, political will.  Read more: IIED's Human Settlements Group is working with partners around the world to …
Article, 31 December 2015
Mary Robinson addresses the Development and Climate Days, with (from left to right), Katharine Mach, IPCC; Claudia Martinez, CDKN; Janos Pasztor, UN (Photo: Climate Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mary Robinson: global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis
Insight, 09 December 2015
Lagos in 2010. Under different scenarios, Lagos could have 61 million inhabitants in 2100, or over 100 million (Image: Ricardo Gomes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will Africa have the world's largest cities in 2100?
… ([email protected]) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group and visiting professor at the …
Insight, 07 October 2016
Closeup of the flame of a small oil lamp.
Energy equity: can the UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative make a difference?
… fuels clean, safe and efficient. This has a crippling effect on human wellbeing and development potential. In countries such as Malawi, …
Insight, 29 March 2012
Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… of 187 countries listed in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report 2013 . Participants also agreed that the …
Insight, 18 July 2013
Seeds carefully picked from a pile of rotting and old beans in Mali.
Food waste: can grassroots initiatives stop us throwing good food in the bin?
… The world produces 4 billion metric tonnes of food for human consumption each year. But according to figures published earlier …
Insight, 04 June 2013
Informal settlements in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The World Bank estimates that some 29 million Indonesians live in urban areas with poor access to basic services (Photo: Axel Drainville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban risks: where are the top five biggest blind spots?
…  ( [email protected] ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group  and visiting professor at the …
Insight, 18 April 2017
The Roșia Poieni copper mine in Romania, one of the largest copper reserves in Europe (Photo: Cristian Bortes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Investor-state arbitration: Lessons from civil society advocacy
… investment treaties and arbitration, and elaborated on how human rights issues may be at stake. He also shared lessons from CIEL's …
Insight, 19 May 2014
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… and, perhaps most importantly, political will.  Read more: IIED's Human Settlements research group is working with partners around the …
Article, 02 January 2017
A dilapidated road is repaired in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India (Photo: Rikynti Marwein via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Transforming growth for least developed countries
… is called the Istanbul Programme of Action. The LDCs have the lowest Human Development Index ratings and low levels of socio-economic …
Insight, 10 March 2014