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.

The world’s biggest capital cities have experienced a 52% increase in the number of days reaching 35°C over the past three decades, according to new analysis by IIED.

In the first of a new blog series, IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite looks at the world’s 100 largest cities, and how their changing distribution reflects social, political and economic shifts ...

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.