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Macaroons topped with crickets and mealworm chocolates prepared for participants at the food session (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
May we suggest a cricket crostini? Mealworm chocolates?
Article, 08 December 2015
A group of women use a ladder to climb up to an imposing well to collect water in a desert-like landscape
Integrating gender and intersectionality in social protection programmes
… world’s largest public works-based social protection programme. The research revealed the following impacts of COVID-19: Reduced work … and vulnerability of women, girls, and other excluded groups. The research discussed in this blog is funded by the Infrastructure for …
Insight, 07 September 2021
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Towards a Transformative Post‐2015 Development Agenda - retreat 3
… On 6-7 April 2014, the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015) – a collaboration of leading sustainable development research institutes from across the globe – hosted the third in a series …
Publication, 01 April 2014
Maureen O'Neil and Rebeca Grynspan, the incoming and outgoing chair of IIED's board of trustees, discuss the institute's key challenges and successes over the last six years (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Trustee chairs in conversation: Maureen O'Neil and Rebeca Grynspan
… strategy. The former president of the International Development Research Centre added that another key success was moving IIED towards … June. O'Neill was formerly president of the International Development Research Centre. She said that when she joined the IIED's board she had … incoming trustee chair Grynspan made clear that the combination of research and action on the ground was a rare and powerful combination, …
Article, 11 August 2014
Farmers in Nepal. Nepal has introduced a range of strategies and policies to tackle climate change (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Author Q&A: Trends in climate change legislation
… Subhi Barakat is a senior researcher in IIED's Climate Change research group . He is an expert on public international law, …
Article, 08 May 2018
IIED will be participating in a range of event at Habitat III, the global UN summit on urban issues
IIED at Habitat III: event listing
… IIED director Andrew Norton , members of IIED's Human Settlements research group  and their research partners attended the conference. IIED and partner events … a presentation by David Dodman, director of IIED's Human Settlements research group, looked at the prospects for young people in rapidly …
Event, 20 October 2016
A group of men and women outside a building
Peer learning resources for Community Conservation Wardens in Uganda
… on insights from UWA’s frontline staff and management, as well as research conducted by IIED. Specific data and case studies used in the … Conservation Unit) and Agrippinah Narama (consultant, socio-economic research). The monitoring and evaluation module was designed and …
Article, 16 June 2020
The timber depot of a Chinese-owned timber concession licensed to operate in Nampula, Mozambique. While some replanting takes place, they do not currently replace all they cut. Photo: Mike Goldwater.
China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry
… the launch, the platform partners will also present and discuss new research, which IIED will publish later this year, about Chinese impacts … negative impacts of these trends is often weak or inaccessible. The research shows that whilst some Chinese companies comply with corporate … land, and illegally and excessively exploit forest resources. The research explored the way Chinese government agencies and banks not only …
News, 27 February 2013
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
… new ambition for humanity Prof. Paul Ekins, co-director of UK Energy Research Centre, says the green economy represents "a radical new … Policy at the University of Sussex, and co-director of the STEPS research and policy centre, says there are many possible futures that … Georgina Mace, head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research at University College London, says: "As an ecologist I like to …
News, 12 September 2017
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Chinese aid for African forestry: progress, problems and prospects
… development programmes, including in the forestry sector. This research explores both provider and recipients’ experience of the …
Publication, 01 September 2017