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Representatives of communities from Peru, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea have formed an International network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Photo: Lhab Tshering)
Indigenous mountain communities call on governments to support traditional knowledge-based adaptation
News, 18 June 2014
People stand by a drought-stricken lake in Xinjiang Province, north-west China.
MPs: the missing pieces to national action on climate change
… , Vol. 49, Issue 2 (2012), page 354 Barry Smith is a consultant with IIED’s Climate Change Group. Corinne Schoch is a researcher in IIED’s Climate Change Group. Want to find out more? Read the briefing: …
Insight, 01 August 2012
Aerial view of informal settlement
Reducing urban poverty – lessons not learnt?
… This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of …
Insight, 10 August 2021
Temegnush Dhabi owns a two-hectare farm in central Ethiopia, growing chick peas. "I’m no longer seen as a poor widow but a successful farmer" (Photo: The Gates Foundation via Flickr)
Women's land rights and Africa's development conundrum – which way forward?
… which may have the potential to improve women's land rights. More IIED projects on gender and land Securing land rights in West Africa IIED is embarking on a project exploring and promoting practical …
Insight, 12 December 2014
Sustainability agenda ignores democracy at its peril
… the support of a diverse group of founder signatories that includes IIED --  could set a course for change. Its six Principles focus on …
News, 20 March 2013
Rural welders use mini-grid electricity to generate income (Photo: Energy Change Lab)
Power that changes lives: three lessons from a rural energy champion
… brighter. A peer-to-peer learning journey in Dodoma As part of the IIED/HIVOS Energy Change Lab , in collaboration with Power Corner and …
Insight, 19 September 2018
The hidden byway to recovery?
… A recent report from the Commonwealth Foundation , authored by IIED ’s Steve Bass and Tighe Geoghegan , indicates two areas of focus …
Insight, 20 January 2010
Unspoiled Seychelles landscapes and their rich biodiversity shouldn't be harmed by development (Photo: tiarescott, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Finding the best outcomes for biodiversity and development
… an opportunity to consider how this island nation – a member of the IIED/UNEP-WCMC NBSAPs 2.0 Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development …
Insight, 22 May 2014
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Une série de blogs s'interroge sur les grands principes qui contribuent à renforcer les droits fonciers des femmes
… les droits fonciers des femmes. Au cours des six dernières années, l'IIED a travaillé à la promotion d'une gouvernance foncière équitable …
Insight, 15 October 2020
A house on stilts, surrounded by flood water
Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games
Insight, 04 December 2019