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Gordon Conway speaking in front of a microphone.
Remembering Gordon Conway (1938-2023)
… of Sussex. These are just a few of many academic, advisory, research and leadership roles he held in the UK and US, balancing his …
News, 06 October 2023
a goup of community workers
New series: Beyond COVID-19: grassroots visions of change
… recovery (building on IIED’s Urban Crises work ), multimedia outputs, research findings, and relevant news reports.   The work aims to push …
News, 26 June 2020
Adaptation Futures 2018 in Cape Town will be the first time this international climate change adaptation conference is held on the African continent.
IIED at Adaptation Futures
… Futures is the biennial conference of the Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation. The …
Event, 18 June 2018
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
… 2015 we have been focused on integrating gender issues across our research work and into how we operate as an institute. We carried out a … and personal life; the other 'looking out' to produce high-quality research that supports gender equality and equity for sustainable … workshops in autumn 2016, followed by more in-depth training for our research and communications staff.  With support from a gender and …
Insight, 25 January 2018
Rich countries on track to give little more than half of climate adaptation finance promised at COP26
News, 08 June 2022
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Post-disaster housing reconstruction in urban areas in Nepal: aid governance and local rebuilding initiatives
… The Urban Reconstruction in Nepal Project is a research initiative to investigate aid governance, community-driven … damaged by the 2015 earthquakes in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. This research was motivated by the lack of reconstruction progress in urban … fieldwork in five urban settlements over a period of 18 months. Our research shows that the delay in urban reconstruction was a function of …
Publication, 01 December 2017
Woman squatting in a garden, looking to the ground. She's surrounded by vegetables.
Decoloniality and the new ethics of climate and nature
… – we need to enable equitable participation at all stages of the research process, from formulating the questions to the long-term …
Insight, 23 November 2021
Dam filling up a half empty reservoir
New archive restores knowledge produced by the World Commission on Dams
… but while dams continue to be on the agenda and will be a topic of research for years to come, the WCD evidence base was no longer easily …
News, 21 December 2021
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Indigenous knowledge and values: key for nature conservation
… are critical for addressing the crisis of biodiversity loss. Recent research with Indigenous Peoples in Peru, Kenya, India and China shows …
Publication, 06 August 2021
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Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues
… Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has benefited from a body of research spanning decades, despite an ongoing lack of understanding and … cases repeating similar findings and at times updating facts. This research paper reviews the existing literature on key thematic areas, … information. Although secondary data collection is used as the main research method, the paper also benefited from the authors’ field …
Publication, 01 January 2018