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A view from high up of a city with tower blocks, framed by the sky.
Can global reporting bring about transformation?
… largest global network of local and regional governments – decided to focus their next flagship report on inequality, we saw it as a unique … yet. But there are some things that we do know, so we can reflect on our approach to the report’s process and the key factors that made our … and other ongoing locally-led efforts to bring about transformative change. We see GOLD VI as part of a much wider, equality-driven, global …
Insight, 12 October 2022
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Q&A: Strengthening community voices to tackle illegal wildlife trade in Tanzania and Zambia
… For example, we’ve seen an increasing need to look at how climate change and human-wildlife conflict are impacting motivations to engage … communities? ZF: It is particularly important to engage young people. Our survey work during the LeAP project showed that this demographic is … Currently the National Taskforce for Anti-Poaching has a narrow focus of how they are going to address IWT (primarily through law …
Article, 24 March 2022
Women carrying emergency shelter kits
The UK’s backward step on global development
… Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh and an IIED senior … months, three priorities stand out: First, to maintain the existing focus of UK Aid on the poorest people and the poorest countries. DFID … take effective global action to confront the key global challenges of our time. It is more important than ever that we seize them. This blog …
Insight, 17 June 2020
Combine harvesters in a wheat field
Is adaptation the missing ingredient from the new UN biodiversity action plan?
… can be retained; how many species can be saved from extinction. The focus of discussions to date has been on reducing the rate of … also plan for adaptation to biodiversity loss.  Learning from climate change debates  In the language of climate change, taking action to halt … 60% of global human food requirements . But this lack of diversity in our diets seems perfectly normal to the majority of the world’s …
Insight, 24 February 2020
Men practice an oral testimony interview during workshops in Karachi, Pakistan (see Article 4 of PLA 63) Photo credit: Panos, London
Telling stories: the uses and misuses of communicating for change
… talking to, and what medium we are using.  I was reminded about how our stories change depending on who we’re talking to when watching a play put on by … people’s stories is open to even more misrepresentation. We bring our own subjectivity, our own cultural perspective and our own agenda to … Telling stories: the uses and misuses of communicating for change …
Insight, 06 December 2011
Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. IIED's Critical Theme will explore gender equality issues (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Empowered women = happy planet? Gender equality in a changing environment
… are getting increasing attention in global discussions on climate change, sustainable development and the green economy. The international … (men exercising power) or an opportunity for championing real change? Considering related inequalities (socioeconomic differences, … its staff. The meetings feature a wide range of speakers and topics.  Our most recent meeting looked at Pollution and social media in China . …
Event, 20 May 2015
Conversation between a woman with a notebook and a man, with trees in the background
The Nobel and poverty alleviation: "A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure"
… of an international policy research think tank – just coming up to our 50th birthday – many of the things they have talked about resonate … Nobel 2019 While the kind of research that we do in IIED does not focus on randomised control trials – we are mainly social scientists – … to prioritise action research on development issues leading to policy change or policy implementation. The close partnership with different …
Insight, 23 October 2019
Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… many of the flaws, vulnerabilities, and inequalities inherent in our governance and economic systems. While many are hopeful that the … impacting and influencing responses to issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and achievement of the Sustainable … the quick-fix solutions that rely on harmful investment practices and focus instead on using investment to support truly sustainable growth. …
Insight, 29 January 2021
A seated man cleaning a crutch.
Disability, inclusion and cities: can COVID-19 trigger change?
… Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment  conducted in 2019 as part of our ' Community-led solutions: assistive technologies in informal … Indonesia and Freetown, Sierra Leone. It was carried out by our partners, Indonesian NGOs Kaki Kota  and Kota Kita  and the … Disability, inclusion and cities: can COVID-19 trigger change? …
Insight, 01 October 2020
People planting vegetables and trees.
Rubbish dump turned lush urban farm
… current and future health and economic impacts, and demands our attention and commitment to work together to overcome it. This blogs … its borders to tourism, we visited the Mae Kha communities to see how our friends were doing. Those with tourism-related jobs – making … and families who want to share a collective garden bed. The focus was on enabling vulnerable communities to produce their own …
Insight, 03 December 2020