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Men practice an oral testimony interview during workshops in Karachi, Pakistan (see Article 4 of PLA 63) Photo credit: Panos, London
Telling stories: the uses and misuses of communicating for change
… by Kate Newman and Hannah Beardon. When a pebble is thrown in the water, it has a visible impact - or splash - and then the ripples spread …
Insight, 06 December 2011
A wholesale fish market in Cox's Bazar on the Bay of Bengal. Fishing communities need access to finance and infrastructure such as clean water, refrigeration and transport (Photo: Aftab Uzzaman, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Untangling the net: what does 'leave no one behind' mean for fishers?
… ice and refrigeration, transport links to bigger markets, clean water, and so on.   Onshore fish handling in small-scale fisheries often … ' Leaving no one behind by 2030 '  'Leave no one behind' is the theme of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development …
Insight, 11 July 2016
Mary Robinson addresses the Development and Climate Days, with (from left to right), Katharine Mach, IPCC; Claudia Martinez, CDKN; Janos Pasztor, UN (Photo: Climate Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mary Robinson: global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis
Insight, 09 December 2015
Men from Blitar, a city in East Java, Indonesia, sit in a circle on mats.
Climate change communication: 'A' is for audience
Insight, 07 December 2012
A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… to collaborate The need for cross-sector collaboration is a recurring theme. An energy developer may have limited knowledge of end-user needs … with other non-energy services such as transport, women's rights, water or information and communication technologies.  Energy developers …
Insight, 12 September 2016
An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice
Insight, 27 April 2016
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… and expert evidence to smuggle in their pet themes – food security, water and sanitation, energy, health, gender and so on. It will … SDG 2. Locally controlled business models and health systems SDG 3. Federations that represent localised democracies SDG 4. …
Insight, 20 December 2013
A woman using a hoe
Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
… production costs increase (for example when implementing soil and water conservation measures), while the benefits only occur after a few …
Article, 17 February 2020
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
Insight, 11 December 2014
Cebu, Phillipines
6th World Urban Forum: will the agenda of slum and shack dwellers ever get considered?
… poor. The 6 th World Urban Forum was held in Naples this week; its theme was The Urban Future. Organized by the United Nations Human … government-supported improvements including provision for piped water and toilets  (referred to as ‘upgrading’ in the sector). A session …
Insight, 07 September 2012