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Woman holding rice plants
COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance
… and wider communities. In the African continent, climate change research reveals that rural women are the biggest food producers and …
Insight, 24 November 2022
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COVID-19 and children in urban contexts
… This evidence into action brief summarises the state of research on the topic of urban children and COVID-19, and proposes ideas … address complex urban poverty challenges. This paper is part of the Research Series: Cities for Children and Youth. …
Publication, 01 August 2021
Person bending over to pick up crops in a rice field
Sowing the seeds for a just transition
Article, 05 May 2023
A number of women wearing brightly coloured clothes tend crops with mountains in the background.
Do women have a meaningful role in global value chains, and why does this matter?
… objective under the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 . IIED’s recent research  – based on an extensive review of literature and interviews …
Insight, 13 October 2022
A woman market trader hands over a bag of produce to a male customer, who is giving her money in return
Financial summary 2021
… of its projects, including the ability of partners to carry out research. Although COVID-19 did impact the delivery of some projects, … significant. The primary COVID-19 related impact was the loss of  UK Research and Innovation  funding to two major programmes, but one was … to 140 (2019:133), with further expansion in the institute's research activity (core staffing remained static). Payments to …
Page, 30 November 2021
A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
… are already achieving zero hunger for many Indigenous Peoples, as research  by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … knowledge and holistic worldviews – but are enhanced by respectful research with scientists. Indigenous food systems from Chad to China are … can be imprisoned for practising rotational farming even though research has shown this method is sustainable, biodiversity-rich and …
Insight, 23 October 2020
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Loss and damage – recognising the costs of climate change: Make Change Happen podcast episode 10
Article, 02 March 2021
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Engaging youth in climate action: recommendations from Ireland and Tanzania
… action in Ireland and Tanzania SAUTI-Youth Inclusive Participation Research I World Vision finds that a lack of time, finance and respect …
Insight, 15 December 2022
Piles of bags and jerrycans. Men pick some of them up.
Tackling loss and damage: who is most vulnerable to disaster displacement?
… displacement risk, especially at global level. But IIED's latest research has found the tools are limited in providing detailed data on … or how they may be impacted differently. Mind the data gap Our research found that most displacement risk assessment methodologies only … and climate risk management communities have done a huge amount of research and developed many practical tools that can be used to assess …
Insight, 17 November 2021
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Prioritising action on health and climate resilience for informal workers
… facing informal urban workers in India and Zimbabwe drawing on recent research. It describes the main challenges and identifies priority areas …
Publication, 12 July 2022