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A group of women farmers, with their backs to the camera, bend over to plant on a sandy field.
Where to find IIED and partners at COP17: event listing
… from 4-12 August, these were key milestones on the road COP17.  IIED and partners have engaged at key moments on the road to COP17, … solutions grounded in local experience. At COP17, we will push for gender-just, Indigenous People and local communities-led action, with … communities while protecting biodiversity Put gender justice at the heart of GBF implementation : COP17 must put women’s rights, knowledge …
Event, 19 October 2026
A women's focus group is a key part of a governance assessment at Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda. It's essential that gender equality and equity is addressed in research proposals and activities (Image: IIED)
On a learning curve towards gender mainstreaming
… development sector but when we talk about 'mainstreaming gender into institutions', what do we actually mean? There are projects … and equity for sustainable development. So far, so mainstreaming. Putting gender mainstreaming into practice We're now striving to put our … putting the right pieces in place to ensure gender equality is at the heart of everything we do, and yet, also like other GADN members, we're …
Insight, 25 January 2018
A pyramid-type structure made of foam upon which people have stuck small cubes representing ideas.
Refugee voices at the summit
… by refugees.  Funded by Open Society Foundations and implemented by IIED and the Information and Research Centre at the King Hussein …
Insight, 27 March 2024
Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
… This will help integrate and deliver essential services, address gender-based violence, exclusion and marginalisation. A … recovery. The video is also available on IIED's YouTube channel .  Putting social protection at the core: recommendations Social protection … through all five pathways: LDCs must put social protection at the heart of any recovery strategy, and to do so will need to address the …
Insight, 30 September 2021
A large number of people, with backs to the camera, are seated around a table. On the tables there are cards indicating which countries they represent
Reviewing climate action: the hidden key for greater ambition
Insight, 23 August 2021
Mary Robinson talking to Maarten van Aalst
Interview: What if our best world is still in front of us?
Article, 05 July 2022
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
… to create just, healthy and sustainable food systems. This includes putting resilient and biodiverse natural landscapes at the heart of transformation, and engaging and co-creating agri-food systems …   Government decisions over spending and taxes should cover gender and climate together.  The ‘double-mainstreaming’ of gender and …
Article, 12 November 2021
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?
… How do IIED researchers view evidence? SD: As researchers and evaluators, … – and how they relate to sensitive issues of power, inequality and gender, enabling others to choose the right tool for the job.  … Goals) Agenda recognises this and puts better evidence at the heart of its ambition. So what's for next for this initiative? SD: We …
Article, 14 March 2017
Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)
2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism
… Barbara Ward Lecture in London. The lecture series is organised by IIED in honour of the institute’s founder Barbara Ward and celebrates … scorning the principles of solidarity and justice that lie at the heart of sustainable development. They also deliberately seek to … SDGs are a riposte to the view that prosperity and security lies in putting one country “first” above others, or walling itself off from its …
Article, 15 June 2018
Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
… text be enough to keep the Paris Agreement on course? The rules for putting Paris into practice: a stepping stone to 2018 December 2018 is … action plans. New platforms for unheard voices The adoption of the Gender Action Plan (PDF)  and the Indigenous and Local Communities' … will really bring the voices of these marginalised groups into the heart of the international climate policy process. Progress on …
Insight, 21 November 2017