Twenty-five per cent said they’d been unable to work due to hot weather, while 40% said they’d been prevented from sleeping properly. Overall more than two-thirds of people (70%) said they had ...

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 ...

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 ...

Agroforestry is increasingly recognised as a means of solving, in one integrated approach, three global challenges: poverty and hunger, climate change and biodiversity loss. Agroforestry mixes trees ...

The energy transition is increasing demand for ‘critical minerals’ such as cobalt, copper, lithium and nickel. Making sure landholders’ and workers’ rights are protected, and communities and the ...

Over the past two decades, efforts to integrate forest and farm smallholders into modern value chains have aimed to achieve positive social and environmental impacts. However, business partnerships ...