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Local farmers harvesting tea leaves. They are wearing baskets for collecting the leaves on their backs.
Water stewardship – the critical need to account for water use and enable access for all
… climate resilience. The minister sees many possibilities to work with other countries but seems frustrated at the pace of change.   … to thrive. “In terms of being able to show the carbon footprint of our tea – we’re working on it!” he said. “And we definitely need to …
Article, 19 March 2025
Group of women gathered for a regular meeting on aquaculture. One woman is standing and speaking with a poster behind her, while a groups is sitting and listening.
Gender equality and climate finance: from local realities to global commitments
… gap by adopting an enhanced Gender Action Plan (GAP)  under the Lima Work Programme on Gender . However, translating these commitments into … action cannot access the financial resources needed to scale up our impact, then gender-responsive climate finance remains an illusion.  …
Insight, 05 March 2025
The Swiss ski resort of Davos, which hosts the World Economic Forum (Photo: swiss-image.ch/Michael Buholzer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The glass is half full: in 2015 we need to demand that our leaders deliver
… is going on? I think that the glass is half full and hope is one of our most important scarce resources.  We need that hope to spur us on. We need that hope to demand that our leaders deliver on reaching a climate agreement, agree and implement … COP20 in Lima , organised by IIED and partners, celebrated the work being done on the concept of zero-zero' – the idea of zero climate …
Insight, 21 January 2015
From left, musicians Wesa Kawesa, Drake and Myko Ouma learn about issues in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Photo: Wesa Kawesa)
Composing songs for conservation - our journey to Bwindi the Impenetrable
… time we arrived, night had fallen and the whole group was exhausted. Our beds for the night were in tents pitched on the edge of the forest, … and reaches the right audiences. We will, of course, be monitoring our success and will continue to share information about this project on … Composing songs for conservation - our journey to Bwindi the Impenetrable …
Insight, 05 January 2015
Group of women and young girls dressed in traditional clothing, sitting down in a wide open field, in a circle. Another person is standing and talking to them.
Promoting a gender-just economy through stronger rights to land and natural resources for women
Project, 06 November 2025
Farmers in Ethiopia checking crops in a field.
How to fix funding bottlenecks and pave the way for locally led adaptation
… back communities from delivering locally-led climate initiatives. Our experience shows that local organisations in the global South …
Insight, 04 September 2024
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Manifesto for a thriving world: IIED’s connected ambition, 2024 and beyond
… to progress towards a thriving world.  We acknowledge that achieving our mission means we cannot continue doing more of the same and instead … we generate, inputs from the community and the changing context we work in. This document was updated on 10 July 2024 with changes to the …
Publication, 14 May 2024
A group of women writing notes on a poster.
Can promotion groups help strengthen women’s access and control over land?
… strengthen their access to and control over land.   "In 2016, our local union was designated a 3.5 ha plot of land which we divided … we have organised ourselves better and gained greater awareness of our strength and place in the community. Thanks to organisations … to and control of land remains limited. Local authorities’ advocacy work can increase the plot sizes allocated to GPFs, [but] GPFs need …
Insight, 24 November 2020
A view of the migrant informal community of Marathahalli, Bengaluru
‘Participatory’ adaptation plans aren’t working for migrants in cities
Insight, 09 May 2019
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Advancing agrobiodiversity: why organisations of smallholders and Indigenous Peoples are vital
… within agricultural ecosystems. It feeds us with nutrients vital to our health. It fuels and furnishes our homes. It underpins cultural traditions. It sustains farm … and donor decision-makers need to recognise the centrality of this work, improve efforts to get climate and nature finance to these local …
Publication, 27 February 2024