The Commission on the Status of Women is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion ...

Biocredits are a measurable and credible way for companies and individuals to invest in nature. Meanwhile, communities gain from the benefits that nature provides to wellbeing, livelihoods and culture ...

The findings of the assessment (PDF) point to the urgent need for structural changes in the biodiversity data chain, and led ...

Where do you start to rebuild a city when it’s been all but erased? This question was on everyone’s minds after multiple large-scale earthquakes hit the ancient city of Antakya, in southern Türkiye, ...

Registration is now open for the 20th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA20), which will take place from 11-14 May 2026 in Manila, Philippines.

Farmer Rukmani Bai introduces her community to the CRISP-M tool, which uses AI as a partner to increase climate resilience (Photo: H&K Communications/IIED) ...

Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles – produced by IIED and partners – that feature in IIED’s Gender Environment Hub, highlighting the complex links between gender inequalities ...

A new report has highlighted the ways in which women-led and community-based organisations are generating vital, gender-responsive biodiversity data through their everyday engagement with ecosystems ...

Conventional energy planning is frequently top‑down and siloed, and focuses narrowly on grid connections while overlooking the diverse priorities of local communities, especially those of marginalised ...

Access to electricity remains a major challenge for millions living in informal settlements. A new approach is needed, built around understanding the complex social and economic realities in play and ...

Long-term research throws light on how and why change happens, and questions simplistic assumptions about the origins of conflict between groups. A study of one village in central Mali over more than ...

A series of insights and interviews designed to share the experiences of community leaders, professionals, researchers and government from the global South Street waste pickers are those who suffer ...