When cities get hot, the most vulnerable communities are hit hardest: people living in informal settlements must endure the ...

This case study by Teurai Anna Nyamangara and Marcelle Mardon examines the intersection of gender, extreme urban heat and ...

Mathare is one of the world's largest informal settlements, with 245,468 people living on low incomes in poor, overcrowded ...

Throughout the upcoming CSW70, IIED and partners will host and participate in a range of key events. This page provides more ...

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

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 ...

As the Business of Conservation Conference kicks off in Nairobi, Kenya, IIED is launching a series of short videos, telling the story of biodiversity credit – biocredit – schemes that have been ...

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.

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 ...

Designed for both experienced and new trainers who have an interest in training others in the use of participatory methods, whether they are researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, villagers or ...

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 ...