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The Indonesian coastal city of Bandar Lampung is vulnerable to flooding and other climate risks. The ACCCRN programme has been working with government and community leaders to strengthen resilience (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Collaboration and communication: how research can help cities to build resilience
Insight, 19 February 2015
Partnership and participation are central to IIED's work: this exchange visit organised with our partners in Nepal allowed community foresters to share their experiences with civil society activists from the Lao PDR. (Photo: IIED)
How does IIED seek to make a difference?
… or obliged to levy a percentage of our income to pay dividends. Our staff are the organisation's greatest asset, so we strive to create a …
Insight, 24 April 2017
A meeting of community members in Bangladesh. Similar meetings will feed into an international network of government planners sharing strategies on how to mainstream climate change into development planning (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire)
Government group network on climate change mainstreaming
Project, 29 September 2014
A photo of a woman.
Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile
… (Photo: Gerardo Berrocal ADKIMVN/ Observatorio Ciudadano , CC BY 4.0 ) The Observatorio Communitario (OC) is a Chilean NGO that … protecting their rights.  With the support and facilitation from OC staff, the Colla de Pai-Ote community studied and discussed all …
Article, 17 November 2020
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)
RIP Cecil the lion – what will be his legacy? And who should decide?
… and transparent resource allocation), it is now in trouble.  Hwange staff have been radically cut, and there is little money for cars or …
Insight, 31 July 2015
Man on a dried beach. Palm trees with roots uncovered.
IIED at 50: making IIED future fit
… organisations, how we engage with donors and the make-up of our staff – all things I know we are thinking about. Another area IIED could …
Article, 20 December 2021
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
… 'Building a resilient future' event on Sunday, 22 September. IIED's staff, including director Andrew Norton , led and participated in a … people in decision-making processes for building resilience. Session 4: Accelerating resilience through scaling nature-based solutions …
Event, 23 September 2019
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
… knowledge and landscape character in Peru. It started with volunteer staff and no funding, and has grown considerably over the years. … as advocacy, mobilisation of communities and drawing key government staff into discussions. Its work has helped challenge successfully many …
Article, 01 April 2010
Awards boost world media coverage in critical year for climate change
… The international selection panel of CCMP staff from Internews, Panos and the International Institute for … date are: the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation and the Germeshausen Foundation, the World … the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Ford Foundation. Watch a short (4.5 minute) video about the CCMP …
News, 21 July 2009
Workshop participants in Mozambique discuss results from group work on how to make farming more sustainable (Photo: Lynn Boyd, ADRA Mozambique)
Five ways to make farming more sustainable
… have not been introduced to them. Research and technical extension staff need additional resources to reach more farmers, and they need …
Insight, 20 May 2015