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Central Malawi: Belia Sikelo farms groundnuts using 'conservation agriculture', a set of practices including no-till farming, designed improve soil structure and help resist erosion. (Photo: T. Samson/CIMMYT)
2015: the International Year of Soils
… land use and management practices, pollution, overgrazing and climate change. The current rate of degradation threatens the ability to meet … or managed for feed, fibre, fuel and medicinal products Soils support our planet's biodiversity and they host a quarter of the total Soils … key role in the carbon cycle Soils store and filter water, improving our resilience to floods and droughts, and Soil is a non-renewable …
Article, 09 April 2015
An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
… natural capital into policy decisions and planning at all levels. Our growth, our economy, our prospects are all driven by natural capital. – Ronald … maximise the points of synergy between projects. Communicating for change The term ‘natural capital’ is in itself a difficult concept to …
Insight, 09 January 2019
A market in Fort Portal (Photo: Sister Haiti, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Making sure Fort Portal's 'modernisation' plan feeds the poor
… growth of the town in an inclusive and sustainable way, shifting the focus to 'softer' infrastructure (e.g. services). Their entry point for … that is based on the use of communication for development. Through our radio station, the KRC FM, we are mobilising more than 200 … of Fort Portal to discuss the issues around food and nutrition. Our main interest is to understand what people are eating, why they are …
Insight, 11 December 2015
A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture
… discourse on the best routes to food security. The project will focus on Zambia, Ghana and Ethiopia, while working with a wider group of … allows stakeholders to simulate the complex factors (e.g. climate change, population growth and urbanisation) that affect agriculture and … which focuses on farm and household level decision making. Our interdisciplinary research process will be accompanied by activities …
Project, 10 August 2017
The first photograph taken of Earthrise by Apollo 8 in December 1968. The Apollo Programme to Combat Climate Change proposes large-scale public investment and determined political effort from powerful states to take down carbon energy sources (Photo: NASA/woodleywonderworks, Flickr, via Creative Commons)
What should a no-carbon democracy look like?
Insight, 13 July 2015
A woman farmer in Malawi, surrounded by maize, examines her crop
CBA12: Local experience driving climate action
… met at CBA12 to discuss how to promote local action on climate change. Read the  key messages that came out of the discussions . … needed for scaling-out and up; and ways to further strengthen our community of practice. On day four the UNFCCC and the  Least … . Previous CBA conferences Community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA) focuses on empowering communities to use their own …
Event, 11 June 2018
Young man on an empty street looking back.
Displacement and the pandemic
… Beyond COVID-19: grassroots visions of change This article is part of a new IIED series that offers … responses on key themes during the pandemic, drawing on our partners' insights and providing a platform for voices from the … some of these continuities and discontinuities in refugee lives. We focus on displaced persons’ experiences of the pandemic, as an …
Article, 19 August 2020
International experts on gender and employment participating in an IIED gender workshop in 2014 (Photo: Lucille Robinson/IIED)
Gender in the workplace: do families always have to lose out?
… This year's International Day of Families , with its focus on gender equality, could not have been more timely for IIED. We … in research, in the way we communicate, and the way we operate, from our front desk through to our IT. We want to recognise that we are not … developing countries, who are struck by natural disasters and climate change, who live in challenging environments and climate, or who do …
Insight, 15 May 2015
A man stands as he speaks to a seated group of people surrounding him
How to get the most out of dialogue
… how society works. It presents us with an opportunity for meaningful change.  In this context, dialogue can have a truly transformational … to national slum dwellers’ federations (SDFs) . Defining dialogues  Our review first sought to understand how dialogue is framed and … the voices of habitually marginalised actors – has a much narrower focus.  Assessing dialogues  To assess the effectiveness of IIED’s …
Insight, 03 June 2020
Sweden’s deputy prime minister calls for fair and environmentally sustainable blue economy at IIED London meeting
… forward in global awareness and climate challenges in how we treat our oceans, the urgency to do more has never been more acute. "The focus of IIED's conference is highly relevant. Achieving an inclusive … mean that more of the ocean is being exploited and climate change is adding to the damage being done to precious ecosystems. It is …
News, 25 February 2019