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Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… environment and the Indigenous knowledge that has conserved nature for millennia.  Ironically, the same Indigenous economies that have … by [COVID-19] restrictions on movement. 3 Locally-led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey January : In … and collectively).  6 Putting gender, intersectionality and social justice at the centre of transformative responses to climate …
Article, 23 December 2021
sandbags holding back river water
CBA14: Same great conference, entirely new environment
Insight, 07 July 2020
People sit on chairs two metres apart while listening to a man at a lectern
COVID-19: IIED in the media
… health crisis will have significant and long-lasting repercussions for communities, markets and sustainable development around the world. … Markets research group, writes its policies need to be green and social so the Sustainable Development Goals can be met and 20 years of … of the 2020 UN climate summit, and could also impact social movements’ ability to organise. 22 March 2020 | Al Jazeera – As Bangkok …
Article, 14 April 2020
An image of youth climate leader Greta Thunberg on a mural, with her speech: "You all come to us young people for hope. This is all wrong"
Development and Climate Days 2019
Event, 08 December 2019
An irrigation pond.
CBA14: From local solutions to global action
Event, 20 September 2020
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… The latest in IIED’s biennial Barbara Ward Lecture  was scheduled for June 2020, with Rebeca Grynspan as the guest speaker. This latest in … was my supervisor when I worked as a senior regional advisor for climate change and development with Ireland DFAT, and what stood out for … forestry’. "The same year FECOFUN finalised its gender equality and social inclusion policy and led a 16-day national level campaign against …
Article, 15 June 2020
Solar-radiation management aims to reduce the amount of solar energy warming the planet by blocking the sun with tiny particles (Photo: Mike, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Geoengineering and development – what price on equity and justice in the coming climate culture wars?
… The debate on geoengineering as a potential approach for addressing climate change has been hotting up over the last year. … This is a radical proposition and currently more the territory of social movements than orthodox politics – at least outside of a few highly … Climate change … and development – what price on equity and justice in the coming climate culture wars? …
Insight, 20 December 2017
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
Event, 02 December 2020
A woman explains the importance of guarding against future encroachments on her community's common land in Northern Uganda (Photo: LEMU)
Protecting land and community resources in Africa
… to speculation by national elites, rising population densities, climate change, and national infrastructure mega-projects. For the practitioners and advocates working to support these … use it to ensure that all voices are heard. Target print, radio and social media to spread messages out to the wider region, nation and …
Insight, 07 March 2016
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… from sustainable agricultural intensification to the potential of social assistance policies in the context of increasing challenges of … articles are behind a paywall and cannot be accessed without a paid-for subscription. Please contact your local library or institution to … systems to defend or reclaim their ancestral lands, and agrarian movements’ advocacy for the recently adopted United Nations Declaration …
Article, 23 September 2020