Small towns are where a large proportion of the world’s urban population live, and where the boundary between what is urban ...

"Instead those wealthy countries have kowtowed to the fossil fuel interests of just a handful of countries, and put their own ...

IIED has a portfolio of research and policy engagement on urban refugees and internally displaced peoples that also supports ...

The LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) aims to support a shift away from 'business-as-usual' approaches to a more effective and ambitious climate response. LIFE-AR is a ...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) binds over 190 countries to work together to tackle climate change. Each year the parties to the convention meet to review progress.

The failures at COP29 echo the disappointments of the UN biodiversity conference (COP16). There, critical decisions on ...

Over half of the world’s population lives in towns and cities. 1.1 billion of those people live in informal settlements ...

Join us to reflect on the nature COP16 and the climate COP29 – two key global conferences – and look forward to examine what ...

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 ...

At an awards ceremony on 13 November at COP29, IIED-América Latina (IIED-AL), IIED’s partner organisation based in Argentina, ...

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 ...

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 ...