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A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… The Urban Climate Change Research Network organised the event in collaboration with the … around the world, Bangladesh being an example, can be shared to our mutual benefit. In the case of climate change vulnerability, impacts … and priority must be given to the most vulnerable in a society. Focus should be on empowering people and helping them to deal with …
News, 22 January 2013
Working with local journalists: a mutually beneficial partnership
Insight, 16 December 2011
The 36-page print version and online Annual Report highlight IIED's wide range of work to ensure global fairness (Image: IIED/We Are Tangerine)
IIED's 2014/15 annual report: shaping a fairer future
… citizens young and old are mobilising to demand action on climate change, the environment and social justice. "With our huge strengths in global partnerships, analysis, evidence and … agenda around the SDGs, and in particular the impact that climate change could have on the planet's ability to achieve the 17 goals. He …
News, 15 October 2015
Man looks at two chimpanzees on a forest path
Q&A: New policy champions communities in the push to conserve Uganda’s wildlife
… other emerging key issues and threats to conservation such as climate change. Q: What are some of the policy’s key elements? GO:  It’s an … do not understand the fines and penalties involved. So there’s a big focus on educating local people. But, most importantly, the policy … all the necessary training. We also want to build the capacity of our own staff working to implement community conservation programmes …
Article, 21 July 2020
International Biodiversity Day logo
Putting biodiversity centre stage in government policy
… This year's International Biodiversity Day will focus on 'mainstreaming biodiversity'. But what does this mean? As … Goodrich , IIED's communications and research manager, explains: "Our mainstreaming work is all about considering development issues in … taken and the strategies that had proved successful in influencing change. In Uganda , we discovered that the National Environment …
News, 20 May 2016
The faces of some of the experts who contributed their thoughts about a green economy (Image: GEC)
Leading experts set out their vision for a green economy
… ambition for humanity". He says this ambition aims to "ensure that our decision-making processes give full value to nature and what it … of the Club of Rome, says he hopes that the GEC will speed up the change to a green economy. He says: "My hope is that both the growth of the GEC and its new website will help accelerate the much needed change. Only a green, inclusive economy offers hope for the future!" …
News, 12 September 2017
Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… food and nutrition security in the face of factors such as climate change. She advocates mainstreaming the perspectives and knowledge of … told me: “Hybrid seeds, pesticides and fertilisers began to enter our village in the 1970s. Had women been asked or informed we would have never allowed these to enter our villages, houses or fields. These poison us and our environment.” …
Article, 30 October 2018
A discussion on protected area governance in a stakeholder workshop with a community on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (Image: Francesca Brooker/IIED)
Q&A: How can we achieve 'fairer conservation'?
… is because the goal posts inevitably move as context and expectations change, so I think what we are talking about and need to understand is … of material benefits and costs – a cost-benefit equation.   As in our own society in the UK, disadvantaged people are resentful of a … means in practice.  Why should assessments of equity and conservation focus on governance?  PF: Because social science and legal theory, …
Article, 27 February 2018
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
… that. The key is that evidence is used, that it influences positive change. That's what IIED's research evidence is all about, supporting … and interpreting facts, information and perceptions to challenge our own assumption, and unpack what has happened, how, and why. To do … collect and review the evidence with those affected, and adapt our strategies accordingly.  Responding to climate change, achieving …
Article, 14 March 2017
A demonstration of solar PV products by the Energy and Environment Partnership in Tanzania's southern Iringa Region gathers an audience of all ages (Photo: EEP Southern and Eastern Africa, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bringing solar out of the shadows
… is to achieve its target of 75 per cent electrification by 2033.    Our new research, ' Money is power ', found that investments in the grid … (DfID)) and France (AfD), while countries such as Japan and Korea focus exclusively on the grid.  It is a huge split. But what really … Plus the renewable sector got a boost at last year's UNFCCC climate change conference in Marrakech when Tanzania joined other members of the …
Insight, 20 February 2017