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A man points to a wild chimpanzee up a tree
Markets and payments for environmental services
… Uganda are under threat as their habitat is lost to agriculture and human settlements. Central to this problem is the attitude of most farmers …
Project, 03 October 2008
A rally protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) takes place in Wellington, New Zealand (Photo: Neil Ballantyne, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The rise of civil society advocacy on investment treaties in Malaysia and the Philippines
… covered by an investment treaty that link to their work (e.g. mining, human rights or corporate accountability issues). Building the campaign …
Insight, 26 March 2015
International days are used to promote awareness and action on important topics. But how does IIED engage with them? (Image: IIED)
Seizing the day without falling off the bandwagon
… online library, pointed people towards a job vacancy as head of our Human Settlements Group  (posted the previous day), drew attention to a data …
Insight, 19 November 2015
Construction of new homes designed with community inputs in Gorakhpur, India (Photo: Nivedita Mani and team)
Urban communities are devising their own solutions to build resilience
… Anne Tadgell ( [email protected] ) is a visiting fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 24 February 2015
Urban-rural linkages have been 'beefed up' in the latest draft of the UN's Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
OWG 'zero draft' is a huge step forward: now let's get practical
… of the SDGs 'zero draft' for issues such as energy, forests, human settlements and marine resources. On 7 July 2014, IRF2015 will be …
Insight, 20 June 2014
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
… from the climate change group, communications, natural resources and human settlements who provide support, ideas and organisation for a range of … Goals (SDGs). I joined Achala Abeysinghe , IIED's principal researcher in the climate change group, and her team for breakfast with …
Insight, 11 December 2014
Lagos in 2010. Under different scenarios, Lagos could have 61 million inhabitants in 2100, or over 100 million (Image: Ricardo Gomes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will Africa have the world's largest cities in 2100?
… ([email protected]) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group and visiting professor at the Development …
Insight, 07 October 2016
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… Adaptation to climate change describes the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or … to development, including access to economic, ecological, social and human resources, and inadequate institutions, governance and … education and health services, improving living conditions in urban settlements, and providing access to financial markets and technologies, …
Article, 14 November 2008