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Thousands of scientists attended the March for Science in Washington D.C. to protest against political attacks on climate science and evidence-based research. Similar protests were held in over 600 cities around the world (Photo: Adam Fagen, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Marching into May talks: LDCs lead the way on climate change
… limiting our efforts to reduce poverty and hunger, build up our infrastructures and cities, and make strides to promote the …
Insight, 04 May 2017
Laos is heavily dependent on traditional agriculture and is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as flooding (Photo: Magalie L'Abbé, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How I learnt to make my voice count at the UN climate negotiations
… in Bonn – for which I thought I had come well prepared – I ended up running from one negotiation to the next. I was confused and … to tackle many of the challenges I’d faced in Bonn. I signed up at once!  ‘Mock’ negotiations: hard stances and compromise My … sharing experiences and issues, we learned from each other and ended up forming strong bonds. It is likely that our group will meet again and …
Insight, 23 July 2018
50 years
IIED at 50: protecting people and planet for half a century
… decolonialises aid, further diversifying our workforce and living up to our ambition to support ‘business unusual’ approaches . … build a fairer and more sustainable future? To join the conversation: Sign up to the IIED newsletter for updates on events and activity Connect …
Article, 08 June 2021
Drylands landscape with cattle in the background
CBA15: Can adaptation be a superhero in the 'super year' for climate and nature?
Insight, 17 February 2021
Cover for G03490.pdf
EITI and sustainable development: perspectives from Aktau, Kazakhstan
… Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2005 and passed the five sign-up requirements to become a Candidate country in 2009. It hopes to pass …
Publication, 01 January 2013
IIED's animation explains what the Sustainable Development Goals are and highlights why they matter (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Animating the universal ambition of the SDGs
… ambition put forward in the SDGs and urges world leaders not only to sign up to this transformational development agenda – but also to make these … that ambition as widely as we can." The animation, produced by Hands Up , was launched at the 20th Poverty Environment Partnership meeting …
Article, 03 June 2015
Delegates discuss the final draft text for COP21 in Bonn (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Least Developed Countries: Paris must not be the beginning of the end
… is not enough to only ask a commitment to the process, countries must sign up to a legal agreement of implementation and results that benefit us … and donor countries are not made clear, with a call for scaling up mobilisation of finance, rather than the finance itself.  There is …
News, 20 October 2015
People sitting on outdoor chairs gather around and contribute views as one person writes up their points on paper pinned to the wall
CBD COP14: a breakthrough on understanding and assessing equity in conservation
… giving solid grounds for hope that we will see substantial scaling up of the tool’s use over the next two years – likely driven further by …
Insight, 27 November 2018
MMSD – further reports
Article, 03 March 2009
A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.
Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice
Article, 11 December 2020