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A woman on a protest march holds up a sign that says "enough"
Our progress towards being an anti-racist organisation
Article, 15 December 2021
Mass of people walking with flags and posters. A sign reads "pay your climate debt"
Responsible operations and environmental sustainability 2022
… See IIED's latest responsible operations and environmental sustainability update … sustainability and responsible operations. Based on an internal review conducted by staff in 2020, the five objectives are to: Promote … to support our environmental policy, and Complete an audit with an external assessor to maintain ISO14001-certified environmental …
Page, 08 February 2023
Women stand in a line with empty bags. A man wears a white vest with a red cross on the back.
Connecting humanitarians and climate change
… in their policy, operations and communications. What did IIED do?   IIED supported Start Network to better understand how to … in the run-up to COP26.   This included reviewing Start Network’s programming approach and policy positions to identify opportunities … into both its internal programming and policy, as well as its external advocacy, such as contributions to the loss and damage agenda. …
Project, 16 February 2022
Men and women sit around a table listening to a woman talk next to a white flipboard. behind them is a giant illustration related to climate change.
Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships
… research institution working to achieve social and economic justice, IIED risks perpetuating the dynamics of inequality by not acknowledging … work aims to change this dynamic.  Partnerships are central to IIED’s vision and mission . But good practice on partnerships has proved … We will use this process to influence the practices of internal and external stakeholders. Using deliberative dialogues to assess existing …
Project, 27 October 2022
About our Publications Library
Article, 13 January 2021
Partnership and participation are central to IIED's work: this exchange visit organised with our partners in Nepal allowed community foresters to share their experiences with civil society activists from the Lao PDR. (Photo: IIED)
How does IIED seek to make a difference?
… Since I took over as director of IIED in mid-2015 I've often been asked "how does IIED make a difference in the world?", and "what are IIED's distinct characteristics?". There's a real danger of hubris in … as is conducting policy research and providing expert advice. – external review 2017 How the organisation works is at least as important …
Insight, 24 April 2017
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GWI in West Africa - Capitalising on the lessons of 10 years of interventions in the governance of large water infrastructure schemes: a review of experience
… supported by the Howard G. Buffet Foundation and implemented by IIED and IUCN, has been active between 2007 and 2017. The objective of … the irrigation schemes. This report follows on from the independent external review carried out of GWI in 2016 which analysed the results of … on policy. It looks at the lessons learned from ten years of GWI’s work through a selection of the ten main successes achieved by the …
Publication, 01 December 2017
A woman market trader hands over a bag of produce to a male customer, who is giving her money in return
Financial summary 2021
… Throughout 2020/21 and into 2021/22, IIED has been closely monitoring the delivery of its projects, including … increased to 140 (2019:133), with further expansion in the institute's research activity (core staffing remained static). Payments to … a coronavirus response team to monitor and respond to internal and external risks and issues. Other than a brief return to the office in …
Page, 30 November 2021
Headshots of four people over a sunrise over a lush forest
Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our … consider how little support smallholders doing this work receive from external sources. United we stand? Local leadership and a supportive … businesses ' by Anna Bolin et al (2019) Small, but many, is big: a review of issues in assessing the collective scale of small and …
Article, 13 September 2021
IIED's 2017 strategy update
Our strategy: 2014-2019
Page, 29 July 2022