Saltwater crocodiles regularly kill people and livestock in australia, but a scheme enabling people to earn money from farming them has helped to change local attitudes
The Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Diets of Hanoi’s Urban Poor
The urban poor in vietnam depend heavily on informal food systems. How will COVID-19 lockdown measures impact their food security and what will be the knock-on effects for daily life?
The urban poor in vietnam depend heavily on informal food systems. How will COVID-19 lockdown measures impact their food security and what will be the knock-on effects for daily life?
Dealing With COVID-19 in the Towns and Cities of the Global South
Diana mitlin looks at the particular challenges the COVID-19 outbreak will pose to people living in informal settlements, what steps can be taken to reach the populations in need, and how community organisation networks can be supported to scale up their efforts.
Diana mitlin looks at the particular challenges the COVID-19 outbreak will pose to people living in informal settlements, what steps can be taken to reach the populations in need, and how community organisation networks can be supported to scale up their efforts.
Covid-19: On the Front Line Where Crisis Meets Normal
It is time for the development community to rethink its attitude to risk. COVID-19 shows the need to challenge vertical hierarchies and top-down responses to global crises.
It is time for the development community to rethink its attitude to risk. COVID-19 shows the need to challenge vertical hierarchies and top-down responses to global crises.
Climate Justice and the IPCC Special Report on Land
The IPCC’s new report detailing how climate change is impacting land is a significant warning for climate justice, writes IIED director Andrew Norton.
The ipcc’s new report detailing how climate change is impacting land is a significant warning for climate justice, writes iied director andrew norton.
Evaluating Change Can Be Challenging; It Starts With Quality Data Collection
Conservation through public health, a ugandan NGO, has some lessons to share with other small ngos and – spoiler alert – it all begins with good data.
Conservation through public health, a ugandan NGO, has some lessons to share with other small ngos and – spoiler alert – it all begins with good data.
Development Organisations Beware! Biodiversity Loss Is Not Just an Environmental Issue
Dilys roe explains why development organisations can no longer remain absent from debates on how to tackle dangerous declines in biodiversity.
Dilys roe explains why development organisations can no longer remain absent from debates on how to tackle dangerous declines in biodiversity.
Covering Elephant Tracks: Can Insurance Compensate Farmers for Wildlife Damage?
A new iied-led project in Kenya and Sri Lanka is exploring whether insurance schemes can compensate women and men small-scale farmers for crop and property damage caused by human-wildlife conflict, primarily from elephants.
A new iied-led project in Kenya and Sri Lanka is exploring whether insurance schemes can compensate women and men small-scale farmers for crop and property damage caused by human-wildlife conflict, primarily from elephants.
Climate Activism and Cities: A Shared Agenda
In the second blog in our series considering the role social movements play in promoting climate action, anna walnycki reflects on where the climate movement and inclusive cities agenda meet, and why climate activists should look south to learn from long-standing urban community actors.
In the second blog in our series considering the role social movements play in promoting climate action, anna walnycki reflects on where the climate movement and inclusive cities agenda meet, and why climate activists should look south to learn from long-standing urban community actors.
COP25 Policy and Activism: We Deserved Better
In the first of a new series considering the important role social movements play in prompting climate action and protecting nature, sejal patel reflects on cop25, both as a researcher seeking to influence policy and as an individual passionate about climate justice.
In the first of a new series considering the important role social movements play in prompting climate action and protecting nature, sejal patel reflects on cop25, both as a researcher seeking to influence policy and as an individual passionate about climate justice.
Coronavirus Threat Looms Large for Low-Income Cities
Weak infrastructure would leave urban settlements in low-income countries highly vulnerable, should the rapid spread of COVID-19 continue.
Weak infrastructure would leave urban settlements in low-income countries highly vulnerable, should the rapid spread of COVID-19 continue.
Jobs, Nature and the Green New Deal: Lessons From the Global South
A new article in the 'journal of philosophical transactions b' explores how experiences from large-scale social protection programs in the global south could help us link two important elements of ideas for a green new deal.
A new article in the ‘journal of philosophical transactions b’ explores how experiences from large-scale social protection programs in the global south could help us link two important elements of ideas for a green new deal.
Coronavirus and Climate Change Are Two Crises That Need Humanity to Unite
The coronavirus pandemic is a global tragedy on a scale that is still uncertain, and the possibilities are hard to fully grasp.
The coronavirus pandemic is a global tragedy on a scale that is still uncertain, and the possibilities are hard to fully grasp.
2020: The Year to Get Money Where It Matters
From the gobeshona conference, andrew norton and saleemul huq explain why a reimagined climate finance system that gets money into the hands of certain people must be high on the 2020 ‘super year’ agenda.
From the gobeshona conference, andrew norton and saleemul huq explain why a reimagined climate finance system that gets money into the hands of certain people must be high on the 2020 ‘super year’ agenda.
How Can We Incorporate Local Knowledge Into Climate Planning and Policy? …Maps!
In kenya, participatory mapping makes it possible for indigenous knowledge to be included in planning and policy where for too long it was excluded, showing technology can bring people’s voices to power.
In kenya, participatory mapping makes it possible for indigenous knowledge to be included in planning and policy where for too long it was excluded, showing technology can bring people’s voices to power.
How Can We Avoid Another ‘Lost Decade’ in the Climate Fight?
As 2020 begins, iied director andrew norton considers what it will take to galvanise meaningful action on climate change against a ticking clock and political reticence.
As 2020 begins, iied director andrew norton considers what it will take to galvanise meaningful action on climate change against a ticking clock and political reticence.