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Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… at all in the actual SDGs. SDG 17.9 on capacity building is all about international support for national plans.     The deficits in provision …
Insight, 12 October 2015
IIED founder Barbara Ward, who would have been 100 on 23 May, set out the case for a fairer, more just world system
A vision of our world that is sustainable, fairer and realisable: memories of Barbara Ward
… not only now, but also for future generations. The birth of IIED The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) was her …
Insight, 27 May 2014
Pope Francis is providing global leadership in the battle to take action on climate change (Photo: Raffaele Esposito, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A papal message reaching out to everyone
Insight, 18 June 2015
Pakistan: floods and after
… Arif Hasan , a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), is an … Centre (URC) in Karachi. He currently serves on the board of several international journals and research organisations, including the … Rights. He is also a member of the India Committee of Honour for the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and …
Insight, 01 September 2010
Climate fight must enlist biodiversity and communities
News, 18 February 2008
Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… more effectively? Samer Saliba, urban learning manager at the International Rescue Committee, set out  guidelines on how to improve … in which he discusses adaptation and mitigation, and previews the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA). The main …
Article, 22 December 2015
COP20 chair Manuel Pulgar Vidal, centre, was highly praised for his efforts to produce the Lima Call for Climate Action
The long and winding road to Paris
… gas emissions by 31 March. After that date, a legally binding international agreement on how to get below the 2°C threshold will be … days between now and Paris. IIED senior fellow and director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) …
News, 19 December 2014
A host of government leaders made pledges at the 2015 UN Climate Summit hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (Photos: Saleemul Huq/IIED)
A week that may change the world
Insight, 25 September 2014
CBA12: Key messages
… of grassroots and indigenous women into local, national and international decision-making on climate action. These key points …
Article, 11 June 2018
The Multidimensional Poverty Index only has one indicator to assess housing quality – whether floors are made of dirt, sand or dung. So these houses in Manila would not be classified as sub-standard (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
The Multidimensional Poverty Index: Another underestimate of urban poverty
… Our efforts to eradicate poverty are little served by another international dataset that simply draws on the (inadequate and often …
Insight, 18 June 2014