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Construction of a dam and hydropower plant on the Konkouré River at Kaléta in Guinea. The new plant came on line in September 2015 (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower? 
Insight, 31 October 2016
The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the UN, Kunzang Choden Namgyel, signs the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Photo: Amanda Voisard, UN Photo)
Lessons in climate diplomacy from Ethiopia and Bhutan 
Insight, 27 October 2016
Women play a major role in the ASM sector in Ghana, as they do in all countries where ASM takes place. The dialogue meetings offered the chance to share ideas about improving working conditions and community wellbeing (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
New voices: Ghanaian miners, students and civil society representatives talk about ASM
News, 27 October 2016
The influx of migrants and refugees onto the island of Lesbos was met with an influx of responders from various sectors who often did not effectively collaborate early on in the response (Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee)
Finding space for dialogue when urban crises hit
News, 26 October 2016
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
Bimbo Osobe and Samuel Akinrolabu, members of the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation, lead a march of residents of Lagos waterfront communities threatened with eviction, to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's office to demand open dialogue with the government on alternatives to evictions of the urban poor (Photo: Andrew Maki)
Is this too easy?
Insight, 26 October 2016
Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)
Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM
Insight, 25 October 2016
Surveying residents in low-income housing in Vijinapura, India. Receiving accurate data about slums can help local authorities plan solutions (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up
News, 24 October 2016
A dust storm looms over the drylands of the Sahel (Photo: Marie Monimart/IIED)
How oceans dried out the Sahel 
Insight, 21 October 2016
Group of people sitting on the floor, discussing research in Kibera
Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda – Lessons on Understanding Risk and Building Resilience
Insight, 20 October 2016