New analysis by IIED suggests that an estimated US$55m spent by the United Nations to provide a water and sanitation network ...

The Hub for Housing Justice is a collaborative initiative led by a group of civil society networks and research organisations ...

CBA19 hosted communities from diverse regions and landscapes. Their local knowledge and experience were fundamental in ...

The first UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) was held in 2021 in New York at the UN General Assembly. Its vision was to “launch ...

The Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project is providing demand-led, responsive technical support to ...

The Generating Ambition for Locally Led Adaptation (GA-LLA) programme developed a set of ‘design principles’ to guide ...

Communities at the frontline of climate change impacts such as floods, droughts and other extreme weather events have critical knowledge on how best to cope, and what is needed to enable this climate ...

IIED and partners are piloting participatory heat data collection in informal settlements to fill evidence gaps and strengthen climate resilience in sub-Saharan African cities.

Marine and coastal resources are vital to many impoverished communities, but fisheries have been ignored by mainstream policymakers for many years. IIED’s ‘Inclusive blue economy’ programme aims to ...

Costa Rica has adopted a mix of economic and regulatory policies to protect its forests – the eclectic mix of ingredients could be judged a recipe for success.

The concept of climate justice – increasingly becoming part of mainstream climate conversations − recognises unfairness associated with the causes and responses to climate change. It points to ...