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Report urges forestry industry to tackle conflict with local people
… of violence. It most often follows disputes over rights to land and resources but can also arise over conservation priorities, pollution, …
News, 08 July 2009
RIP BoP?
… the BoP Protocol encourages businesses to invest not only financial resources in the producers in their value chains but also to go through …
Insight, 19 September 2010
A storm rages over downtown Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, in the early evening (Photo: Jeff_Holmes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Three ways developing nations can close the climate finance gaps
Insight, 04 April 2014
2015 is a critical year for sustainable development: IIED is tracking the route to Paris and COP21 in December (Image: IIED)
Walking along the road to Paris
Insight, 15 June 2015
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Taking a more rigorous approach to evaluation
Article, 18 May 2017
A community-based green energy project: Sinteyo and the women's group with solar panels at the greenhouse in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Annie Bungeroth/CAFOD)
Sharing the load: who pays for energy access?
… New York, where we held a similar session with CAFOD and the World Resources Institute (WRI). With speakers from the SELCO Foundation , the …
Insight, 29 May 2015
An image of the outside of a Malawi bank, showing a ramp installed for wheelchair users. Generally the country is lagging behind in terms of provisions for people with disabilities (Photo: Steve Sharra)
People with disabilities struggle in Malawi's cities
Insight, 06 June 2016
Vanuatu is one of the Least Developed Countries, and is increasingly affected by climate change. Here local people are constructing a river crossing using rocks and coral after flooding destroyed a bridge (Photo: 350.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Financing climate change adaptation in LDCs
Insight, 22 April 2015
Aceh, Indonesia, in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the ninth anniversary of which is on Boxing Day. Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Reading into the future this Christmas
… What tactics might we adopt consciously to limit our use of key resources? In fisheries, for instance, this might include imposing time …
Insight, 23 December 2013
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… more inclusive finance within its entire programme. Its Natural Resources research group has helped FAO, IUCN and Agricord design a …
Article, 12 March 2019