IIED issued a mixed verdict on the outcome of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, which ended last weekend ...

As momentum builds towards the UN climate change conference (COP29), IIED’s Tracy Kajumba looks at how the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) is ...

As the project reaches its midway point, and as we embark on a new initiative on civic media practices with partners in India and Nepal, we can share three takeaways that have emerged as we bring ...

The informal settlement of Kisenyi in Kampala district has the highest concentration of refugees in Uganda: the majority being Somali, Congolese, Rwandese and Eritrean. Over recent months my ...

Climate risk is expected to continue to grow and concentrate in cities with low adaptive capacity, and particularly in ...

The torch has been one of the most useful components of the toolkit. Honeyguide has found that when it has been deployed in ...

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a pivotal moment for advancing climate action and securing the scale of finance ...

Queues mean different things to different people across the world – from being a nuisance to compromising personal safety and limiting access to essential services. The transition to a predominantly ...

A series of articles exploring the critical shifts in governance, policy and action needed to transform informal settlements on a warming planet Ocupação Jorge Hereda, São Paulo, Brazil in 2023 (Photo ...

A series of pages related to IIED's activities around the 16th Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP16) A person from the Indigenous community Callería embroiders art in the traditional ...

Experienced communications professional with a specialist knowledge of housing justice organising and campaigning. With an academic background in chemistry, Anabel has experience as an environmental ...

As we enter the second week of COP16, the UN biodiversity negotiations, the two-week countdown to COP29, the UN climate negotiations, begins. At this critical juncture between the two summits, Nicola ...