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

"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 ...

D&C Days 2024 focused on four themes that need to be addressed to speed progress on climate change: Here are the key messages ...

A series of insights and interviews designed to share the experiences of community leaders, professionals, researchers and ...

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 ...

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

Indeed, Zambia has faced profound economic challenges in recent years, including a contraction in GDP, rising inflation and ...

The Natural Resources research group works to support and shape fairer, more sustainable governance of natural resources by generating the evidence needed to improve key policies, institutions 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 ...

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 ...