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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

I hate queues – for stealing my time, and often drawing on my income. Electronic queues have taken this to another level, ...

A series of articles exploring the critical shifts in governance, policy and action needed to transform informal settlements on a warming planet Hamdi, an urban refugee from Somalia, sells tea on the ...

A series of articles exploring the critical shifts in governance, policy and action needed to transform informal settlements on a warming planet Villa 31 in Buenos Aires (Photo: Christoph Wesemann) ...