For the second year in a row, social protection, loss and damage and debt relief are the hot topics in IIED’s 10 most ...

Sudan is typical of other least developed countries in Africa in being highly vulnerable to climate change and climate variability. The interaction of multiple stresses—endemic~poverty, ecosystem ...

Climate change disproportionately affects the poorest people in the world. We work with policy and research partners to redress the balance by helping the poor in low and middle-income countries ...

See how IIED is working with diverse partners, including governments, donors, academia and other NGOs, to promote locally-led approaches that advance justice and resilience for people, climate and ...

The high and volatile food prices that triggered a renewed interest in food security since the 2008–09 crisis are expected to continue because of factors that include the impacts of climate change.

Illegal transnational wildlife trade is currently attracting considerable international attention. This is partly due to conservation concerns but also to suggestions of links with organised crime and ...

Society’s poorest, most marginalised and excluded people have little say on the triple crisis of climate change, nature’s degradation and poverty; yet they are most affected by it. Climate finance is ...

In rural Africa, ‘water poverty’ can destroy lives and livelihoods. Children under the age of five are especially susceptible to waterborne diseases. While a broken waterpipe in London may be a ...

Rather than looking separately at urban and rural areas and what matters to each of them, it is vital to look at the linkages between them: it is from here that lasting change will come. Ejura Market ...

IIED Europe was created to contribute to efforts to achieve major progress towards the goals of sustainable development. Registered in the Netherlands as a not-for-profit foundation in late 2020, its ...

Conservationists are increasingly seeing the importance of carrying out social impact evaluation to ensure accountability and to learn what works for both biodiversity and human wellbeing. A single ...

IIED's Human Settlements programme works through partnerships to create towns and cities that are sustainable, prosperous, resilient, healthy and safe, and inclusive and equitable. We do this by ...