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A woman miner in Tanzania, who features in a film on stories of change on artisanal and small-scale mining (Image: IIED)
Best of 2017: videos
… artisanal mining Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is known for poor practices – but that is not the only story. We recorded a … . [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0yVQ1-Z0Y] You can watch all the videos in this series in this playlist . Informing decision … This video was part of a joint IIED/Hivos project on sustainable diets for all . Everyday realities: cotton contracts in …
Article, 12 January 2018
A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
… the country's most important crop and the primary source of calories for rural and urban dwellers alike, a bumper harvest will do little to … International, FAO, UNEP and WFP.  This effort is part of the Sustainable Diets for All  programme, which builds capacity among local … Natural Resources research group ;  Felia Boerwinkel is food and energy change lab coordinator for Hivos …
Insight, 05 June 2017
Assessing REDD+: beyond carbon measurements
… and improve people’s lives. Strategies to reward developing countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and for … and • efficient production, processing and use of biomass to meet energy needs. Making each of these work in practice relies on managing … well is important. For example, the Improved African Hut for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Well-Being of the People …
Insight, 08 September 2011
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
… of charge: to find out more, please contact us . Here is our top 10 for 2017: Delivering real change: getting international climate finance … finance reaching the local level delivers effective, efficient and sustainable results.  This 48-page working paper explores the flows of … JUMEME, a new and sophisticated private initiative that aims to build energy use and bring a strong added value to rural areas. It gives …
Article, 28 December 2017
Representatives of Indonesia communities discussed ways to improve urban conditions at the third Urban Social Forum (Photo: Fabrizio Salvatori)
Indonesian civil society discusses its urban future
… activists, academics, students, and volunteer groups came together for the third Urban Social Forum. This annual event draws people from … to develop a shared urban agenda and collective vision for more sustainable, inclusive and democratic urban development. This year there … occasion. Youth represent an important source of ideas and dynamic energy. They are not only concerned about urban issues, they are also …
Insight, 21 January 2016
The event was held in the Africa pavilion at the Paris climate summit (Photo: IIED)
COP21 side event discusses how to unlock climate finance for developing countries
News, 02 December 2015
Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… , also called on African governments to manage their resource wealth for positive transformation, rather than squandering it. But following … of 2013, the question remains about how to make transparency work for sustainable development, particularly for the local communities living … researcher in IIED's  Sustainable Markets Group and leader of the energy team. …
Insight, 28 May 2014
Seydou Kassojue, 47, has a garden plot where he grows lettuce close to the Sélingué dam in Mali. The Global Water Initiative has been working with smallholders in the area since 2009 to find out how the dam affects the livelihoods of local farmers and what improvements could be made (Photo: Mike Goldwater/GWI)
Can dams work for local communities alongside national good?
… often the subject of negative headlines, due to their impact on local sustainable development. The Global Water Initiative (GWI) in West … at a region where multi-purpose dams are a key government strategy for addressing national food security and energy needs, particularly in the context of increasing climate …
News, 18 August 2015
View of a forest with a volcano in the background
2021 Barbara Ward Lecture: Rebeca Grynspan says nothing is ever so small that it cannot make a difference
… of trustees , giving the lecture in IIED’s 50th birthday year and for the first time in an entirely virtual environment, started by … set up big public programmes and institutions for basic needs such as energy access, water and sanitation and for social protection. In the … – and that was part of our success – we learned from our mistakes.” Sustainable development, welfare forever Grynspan summarise by saying …
Article, 16 December 2021
Adapting to climate change in Bangladesh
Insight, 30 March 2011