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Annual report 2009/10
… networks and information hubs essential for resilience. Community-based conference:  IIED held its fourth international conference on … of the organisation that became the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, and helped to give rise to a … law. The next frontier for the foundation: implementation. Human settlements Extraordinary influence:  the IIED journal Environment …
Page, 21 October 2010
Street scene of small shops and a rickshaw in a city in South India.
BRICS urbanisation provides lessons for economic growth and social equity
… in the global economy. About 40 per cent of Russia’s cities are based on a single industry, and a single employer dominates in about a … equality too. On the social side, China must address the limited rights of the third of urban dwellers who do not have permanent … Gordon McGranahan, IIED [email protected] Ivan Turok, Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa) [email protected] …
News, 05 December 2012
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
… change how investments in natural resources are made – to protect the rights of citizens and to protect the environment.  It is increasingly … natural resource investments. At the webinar, Marcos Orellana, of US-based Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) , and Jason … 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
A cup of coffee. We are drinking more coffee: the International Coffee Organisation says world coffee consumption has been rising by an average of 2.3 per cent per year (Photo: Benedicto de Jesus, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A new kind of brew: smallholder coffee and carbon
Insight, 08 December 2015
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
Event, 08 December 2018
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
Staying south – trade, aid, and the recession
… Not only that, most of the projects China has been involved in are based on big infrastructure development such as roads and power plants, … varied widely - from trade policy, fiscal spending and taxation, to human rights policy and environmental protection conditions. The largest …
Insight, 30 March 2010
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… Adaptation to climate change describes the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or … that have been undertaken. Further, these estimates have tended to be based on strong assumptions, such as perfect foresight, and there are … that are essential for successful adaptation, such as ensuring water rights to groups exposed to water scarcity during a drought. This latter …
Article, 14 November 2008