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Man walking with two camels over a sandy landscape.
Food aid is needed desperately — but ultimately it's not the answer
… Sustainable way of living disrupted by modern world system Underneath the high visibility famine lies an age-old and sustainable way of living that has been disrupted by a modern world … variability they face. Pastoralist land increasingly taken over by agriculture and commercial farms But in recent decades vast areas of the …
Insight, 25 July 2011
A crowd of women and men hold banners and shout in protest
Confronting structural inequalities in South-North research collaborations
… we provide through a joint initiative with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) involves collaborating with organisations …
Insight, 11 May 2022
A group of men having a discussion
Legal tools: sharing lessons from innovation
Article, 09 October 2014
Costa Rica has adapted its systems of payments for ecosystem services over the past two decades
Payments for ecosystem services: Costa Rica’s recipe
… Sustainable markets …
Insight, 29 November 2013
An open sewer runs in front of homes
City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge
Insight, 08 February 2020
A road full of congested traffic.
IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)
… international gathering for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable urbanisation. IIED’s researchers and partners shared … and resilience of the urban poor, that we will create resilient, sustainable future cities. This networking event featured Slum Dwellers … innovative approaches to cope with food insecurity, including urban agriculture and community garden initiatives, community buyers’ …
Event, 08 February 2020
Women carrying emergency shelter kits
The UK’s backward step on global development
Insight, 17 June 2020
Indigenous mountain farmers examine a map of the Stone Village water management system, showing the water channels (Photo: Irene Song)
Mountain communities call for stronger action to counter climate change
… Alejandro Argumedo, director of the Association for Nature and Sustainable Development in Peru.  The declaration, developed by the …
News, 23 June 2016
A mother struggles to feed her children in the face of flooding (Image: IIED Independent Expert Group)
What does the Paris Agreement mean for LDCs?
News, 04 January 2016
A man stands by a tree stump in Mozambique.
REDD+: What is needed to make it work for the poor?
… from SNV Vietnam showed that in some areas of low return smallholder agriculture in Lam Dong province, REDD+ compensation wouldn’t have to be … Bolsa Floresta (which means Forest Allowance), run by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation in forest reserves in the Amazonas state Brazil, … to build on this experience to apply to REDD+ in Mozambique as a more sustainable approach, as it does not rely on payments in the long term. …
Insight, 06 December 2012