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Malawi's statistics mask struggle to meet UN goal for water and sanitation in urban areas
… scale of the problem, according to research published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development and the Scottish …
News, 13 August 2009
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019
There is no government-provided water connection in the Shivaji Nagar slum area of Raipur. Under UN definitions, a household has "improved provision" for water even if it only has access to a public tap or standpipe. (Photo: indiawaterportal.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Setting the bar too low: is there really progress on UN development goals?
Insight, 03 December 2013
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… of LDCs for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC) This is a group of fellows and international experts working on adaptation to climate change for least … America, the Caribbean, and Afghanistan . GRAIN GRAIN is a small international nonprofit organisation that works to support small farmers …
Article, 01 December 2009
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
… Busiinge, head of KRC's Information Unit, and also one of IIED's international fellows . "But we know there are many radio listeners out there who are …
Insight, 19 March 2015
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
Insight, 07 January 2013
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… Each year international negotiators gather for global talks on climate change, … The European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) aims to support international climate change negotiations by building and sustaining … Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and IIED …
Event, 06 November 2017
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… activity. Watch a video on this issue produced by IIED. Former IIED international fellow Marie Monimart and Michel Pimbert …
Project, 26 April 2011
Lagos in 2010. Under different scenarios, Lagos could have 61 million inhabitants in 2100, or over 100 million (Image: Ricardo Gomes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will Africa have the world's largest cities in 2100?
Insight, 07 October 2016