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A solitary tree on an island surrounded by water. Some people and cattle stand and sit underneath the tree.
Climate-induced migration illustrates loss and damage already being felt by communities
Insight, 30 October 2021
The 2016 Bonn climate change Conference featured a workshop and numerous informal consultations on gender-responsive climate policy (Photo by IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
LDC women in world climate talks: building a cohort of champions
Insight, 02 May 2017
Pilot projects including the Bolsa Floresta forest stipend scheme in Amazonas, Brazil, help to combat deforestation in Brazil (Google re-use licensed)
How to assess what people want from REDD+
Insight, 31 March 2014
This IIED data visual shows the scale and speed of global urban transformation (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Visualising urbanisation
… might mean in the future. One innovative way we have done this is to work with Kiln , a data visualisation and interactive studio. Combining all our skills of research, detailed knowledge, data analysis, mathematics, …
Project, 04 September 2014
Cover for G04051.pdf
ASM Dialogue Briefing and Agenda
… ASM supports national dialogues in ASM countries across the world. Our approach is to foster multi-stakeholder collaboration through … the sector and increase trust between stakeholders on how they can work together to drive change~• To effect changes in policy and practice …
Publication, 01 January 2016
Esther Msafiri demonstrates using electricity for oil pressing in Njombe region, Tanzania (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Powering local development in Tanzania
… the local economy.  Research published by IIED and Hivos as part of our Tanzania Energy Change Lab initiative found impressive innovation in … rely on standardisation or scale to keep their costs down. But, as our research concludes, government and donor grants can effectively … opportunities, such as chilling fish or pressing sunflower oil, and work with expert local partners to develop the businesses. 2. Support …
Insight, 24 February 2017
About 1.5 million Syrians are currently in Lebanon. The influx has added complexity to an already fragile system of water provision (Photo: Loan Diep)
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict
… systems of water provision that are vulnerable to further impacts.  Our report argues that there is a crucial need to break patterns of … practices.  How can service providers improve their resilience? Our case studies from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Palestine …
Insight, 12 December 2017
Cover for G04251.pdf
Making the right choice: comparing your rural water technology options
… In our quest to improve access to clean water, we engaged communities in … Niger and Senegal, to help them discuss which technologies would work best for them. There are four options to consider for rural West …
Publication, 01 September 2012
A hippo in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. IIED is helping the Uganda Wildlife Authority to address wildlife crime through community engagement (Photo: Mirko Eggert, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Park action plans: increasing community engagement in tackling wildlife crime
… from surveys on community attitudes in order to assess the impact of our interventions. This work was led by the Wildlife Conservation Society , Uganda   Built a … and reporting. Download the training materials and read feedback on our 2018 training workshop and the proceedings of the 2019 training …
Project, 30 October 2017
Women including mining engineer Judith Akorfa Buaba (centre) employed at the Dakete mine, in Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores Zavala)
Can mining dig rural women out of poverty in Ghana?
… number of women are part of the workforce. The women in Tarkwa often work in lower paid, less physical roles, working mostly as loaders … only option. This is a story told by many of the women we met during our four days learning and dialogue series in Tarkwa. It is the story of … through the mines in Tarkwa you realise that more should done for our women to get out of poverty. The lack of regulation and …
Insight, 08 March 2016