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

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

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

In five years, we will be in sight of 2030, a make-or-break date for global sustainable development ambitions. This is our moment to step up and go further. This strategy was published in 2019 and ...

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 ...

Market-based approaches to environmental management are increasingly common in all sectors of the economy. Forestry is no exception. Governments around the world have opened the door to private sector ...

As a globally recognised force for climate and social justice, IIED has been building a fairer, more sustainable world for more than 50 years. But it’s time for a fresh take on sustainability as it ...

The Sahel is often recognised as a hotspot of violent conflict. As climate change becomes a leading global political issue, an emerging and increasingly powerful policy narrative presents global ...

Payments for environmental services (also known as payments for ecosystem services or PES), are payments to farmers or landowners who have agreed to take certain actions to manage their land or ...