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Local must lead action to tackle world’s multiple interconnected challenges
Insight, 08 October 2020
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‘Building back better’ means ‘building back fairer’ after COVID-19
… how COVID-19 has aggravated multiple pre-existing inequalities for marginalised groups and individuals. The webinar focused on people … grassroots networks have provided a dynamic response to the virus. Communities and constituencies that have gone through processes of … by the maxim “Nothing about us, without us” (central to WIEGO’s New Urban Agenda ) involves securing inclusive, participatory …
Insight, 31 July 2020
Covers of best publications 2021.
IIED's best of 2021: publications
… South.   Local governments and grassroots organisations have led urban responses that have been pivotal in shaping the pandemic’s … people – especially women, youth, children, disabled, displaced and marginalised ethnic groups – and putting agency over their own … involved in the response to the climate, biodiversity and poverty crisis.   And the least developed countries are leading a call …
Article, 17 December 2021
In 1992 the United Nations called Mexico City "the most polluted city on the planet". City authorities took radical steps to cut pollution, but Mexico City still has smog and is increasingly vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Fidel Gonzalez, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Should cities invest in climate mitigation?
… levels of climate change. To achieve sustainable and inclusive urban development, grassroots organisations must play a leading role. A … decision-makers do not privilege climate mitigation over alleviating poverty or ensuring climate resilience.  One in seven of the world's … the burden of climate action does not fall on low-income and other marginalised groups of people.  A conventional regulatory or …
Insight, 21 September 2015
A green mangrove forest on the edge of a lake, with the roots of the mangroves exposed
Nature-based solutions: building blocks for green recovery and climate action in least developed countries
… societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty and inequality. This is not new to LDCs – they have been leading … crop varieties, establishing green belts around large urban centres and restoring mangrove systems. The majority of … alongside rapid decarbonisation plans and do not disadvantage marginalised communities. Where is the money? A key risk is that none of …
Insight, 31 August 2021
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
… on the margins of society may find themselves slipping further into poverty. Does resilience mean that person is able to recover and bring … shocks or stresses, but to move out of existing struggles. In an urban context, we worked with the Dhaka South City Corporation to help … the rural and urban context, efforts to support the development of marginalised groups involves tackling inequality and redressing the …
Article, 25 May 2016
Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… a ban, saying it could have unintended consequences for communities and wildlife. This blog generated considerable debate and … or pesticides.  Stopping rural people going to cities only makes poverty less visible, and stripping migrants of rights makes it worse … concerns that large numbers of rural migrants transfer poverty to urban areas, Cecilia Tacoli made the case for citizenship rights and …
Article, 22 December 2015
Diagram showing change at different scales (Image: Stefano D'Errico/IIED)
Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development
… develop their assessment skills Supporting the most vulnerable and marginalised communities to produce their own evidence and use it … the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights has redefined global and local poverty lines by accounting for the multiple levels and the multiple dimensions of poverty. The study was conducted by the urban poor themselves with rigorous methodologies.  IIED has also …
Project, 01 March 2017
People sit on chairs two metres apart while listening to a man at a lectern
COVID-19: IIED in the media
… crisis will have significant and long-lasting repercussions for communities, markets and sustainable development around the world. Our … biodiversity loss together. Large-scale debt swaps would help tackle poverty and environmental destruction as debtor nations must do what … are hitting Asia hard. Cecilia Tacoli, IIED's principal researcher on urban issues, says much more needs to be done to help the urban poor to …
Article, 14 April 2020
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… long been known that informal economies are closely connected with poverty, human rights violations and environmental degradation. But … of processes of inclusive formalisation: authorities working with marginalised workers in e-waste; dialogues that relocate street-vendors … in formalising street vendors as part of its process of inclusive urban transformation.  Using a dialogue-based approach and formally …
Article, 21 July 2015