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Two of the 20 questions in last year's environment and development quiz. After learning lots of lessons, we have produced another one this year... (Image: IIED)
A quiz-ical look at Christmas content
… Over the Christmas period, the number of people visiting the IIED website typically drops to around a quarter of the usual traffic. … into our website using iframes weren't great. We also didn't like how it looked and how you were unable to see the answers until the very … on the IIED website in the future.   Matt Wright (matthew.wright@iied.org) is website planning and content manager at IIED. Consultant Nick …
Insight, 24 December 2015
ON AIR: a local farmer joins a broadcaster in the studio of KRC.FM (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Radio and text messages keep farmers in the loop in Rwenzori
… at our partner Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC) showed us how they are harnessing the upward spiral in mobile phone usage to get … Busiinge, head of KRC's Information Unit, and also one of IIED's international fellows . "But we know there are many radio … with IIED's work elsewhere. Teresa Corcoran ( teresa.corcoran@iied.org ) is senior coordinator in IIED's Communications team. …
Insight, 19 March 2015
The Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation secures houses, sanitation and land rights for members. Communication and participation are central to the way it works (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Do you have the power to influence your own life?
… to reflect on past actions and change behaviours accordingly. In IIED we prioritise partnership. We see our role as bringing local … knowledge into global perspectives. We understand agency and document how the poorest can organise successfully for change.  Our work with … and it is very well worth the effort. Liz Carlile ( liz.carlile@iied.org ) is director of communications at IIED. …
Insight, 06 March 2015
Guinea's Kaleta dam was completed by a Chinese company in 2015, ending chronic power shortages in the capital city, Conakry (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
How a new ECOWAS directive could change the way dams are built and managed in West Africa
… guarantee that the directive will be implemented across West Africa. How can we ensure the policy is put into practice?  Governments will … we can build better ones.  Jérôme Koundouno ( jerome.koundouno@iucn.org ) is the regional coordinator of the Global Water Initiative (GWI) in West Africa , implemented by IIED and IUCN. …
Insight, 08 August 2017
Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy
… A workshop in Dar es Salaam in July organised by the  Hivos/IIED Energy Change Lab brought together government agencies, energy … micro financiers, researchers and other sector experts to explore how increasing energy for productive use could transform Tanzania's … Watch this space for further updates. Basil Malaki ( bmalaki@hivos.org ) is the communication and logistics lead at the Energy Change Lab . …
Insight, 21 September 2017
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaking at the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture at the British Library (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)
Handing over the reins at a strong institution
… People are IIED's best asset – those within the organisation and across our diverse … the world. At IIED, we are all global citizens, eager to understand how to make a difference, whether it's in developing tools for more … will search for her successor. Camilla Toulmin (camilla.toulmin@iied.org) is director of IIED. …
Insight, 01 December 2014
Women collecting clean water at a water pump
Strengthening the voices of women and young people in shaping local climate action
… and climate-specific priorities of women and young people, and how well those priorities are being met. The participatory discussion … the communities’ resilience and develop an action plan. What did IIED do? We provided technical support to local partners, bringing a … with us in these and other areas, contact Sam Greene (sam.greene@iied.org). …
Project, 20 May 2019
Images for biodiversity, conservation and poverty reduction (Photos: Ricky Martin, Douglas Shiel, Tim Cronin)
Q&A: Why the PCLG website is the place to be for poverty and conservation issues
… the website provides information on the work done by the IIED-based PCLG secretariat and by the national PCLG chapters in Uganda … , including information on events, projects, publications and so on. How did the idea of revamping the site come about? Since the website was … so on. Please contact Alessandra Giuliani ( alessandra.giuliani@iied.org ) if you have material you would like to share. Can I join the …
Insight, 09 October 2014
Social learning on climate change and food security issues can take place anywhere - in schools, farmers' organisations, groups or in workshops. Credit: F. Fiondella
Making it real: social learning in practice
… our success in using this approach.  It also tells us something about how social learning has emerged and is being defined in the fields of … the working paper on Social Learning in Practice. Liz Carlile is IIED's Director of Communications ( liz.carlile@iied.org ). This post was first published on the CCAFS blog . …
Insight, 09 December 2013
A man casting a net
Achieving transformational change for the ocean
… being collected and reported on our ocean and seas, typically about how they are threatened – but the complexities of the linkages between … and under-developed as a source of learning. This is why IIED, in conjunction with a number of partners, has co-created a … your comments, please contact our team at SDG14Handbook@iied.org . …
Insight, 11 June 2019