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2010/11 annual report: online extra
… power of shared learning and exchange of experience. Across its research groups, learning groups provide platforms for stakeholders … I was invited to join a global learning network to combine action research and learning on some of the critical challenges facing …
Page, 19 October 2011
Early morning in the Indonesian city of Jakarta reveals heavy air pollution, largely caused by its notorious traffic jams (Photo: Aaron Minnick/World Resources Institute, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How tackling climate change could tackle inequality
… street vendors hustle outside air-conditioned supermarkets. But new research has revealed that taking action to reduce greenhouse gas … than 700 studies on transport, buildings and waste management,  the research team fom the Coalition for Urban Transitions  found that …
Insight, 26 June 2018
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… principal researcher and forest team leader, IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
News, 14 March 2019
A smiling woman from Kenya sits beside her sewing machine.
Linking Worlds: linking ‘small-scale’ producers into large and formal markets
… for All initiative might best reach the poorest of the poor . This research on energy, together with ongoing work on textiles, payment for … Abbi Buxton Read Abbi Buxton ’s blog introducing the Linking Worlds research series Read our blog on how to add value to the East African …
Article, 15 January 2013
Oil platforms
Will COVID-19 leave fuel-rich African countries gasping for breath?
… associated carbon exposure risks. In a recent and widely circulated research paper (PDF)  by the United Nations University’s Institute for … companies and shareholders divesting from fossil fuels , the UNU-INRA research indicates that Africa may have to manage its exit from the …
Insight, 27 April 2020
Cover for G01818.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 10 Communities meet policy-makers through video-supported analysis: rural energy issues in Malawi
… participatory approach, using video as a tool with communities to research, reflect and In March 1997, villagers contributed to the … with policy-makers. and natural resource management by This action-research approach is an example presenting their video-based research. This for extending participation from the village article …
Publication, 20 February 1999
A woman farmer in Malawi, surrounded by maize, examines her crop
CBA12: Local experience driving climate action
… , the  Global Resilience Partnership , the  International Development Research Centre ,  Irish Aid  and  Practical Action . Connect with …
Event, 11 June 2018
Cover for G04374.pdf
Towards a Transformative Post‐2015 Development Agenda - retreat 5
… On 7-8 November 2014, the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015)—a …
Publication, 01 November 2014
Approximately 80 heads of state and government attended the UN climate change conference in Marrakech in November 2016 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How can the poorest increase the influence of their climate diplomacy? 
… as a useful tool for government officials and advisors − and the research institutes and international NGOs that support them − to think … [email protected] ) is a researcher with IIED's  Climate Change research group . …
Insight, 19 January 2017
Cover for G00393.pdf
Marketing of upland products: a study of the market structures for upland products in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
… The Research Centre of the Forest Science Institute of Vietnam and IIED, supported by Sida, carried out a research project on how markets for upland products are structured and how they function in Vietnam. The purpose of the research was to inform policymakers about how market incentives might be …
Publication, 01 January 2002