There is a plethora of experience held by people working on urban issues that is never recorded or made available – as in ...

Despite complexities and blockages in the adaptation finance architecture, a series of case studies show how least developed countries and Small Island Developing States are innovating to develop ...

The London Climate Resilience Finance Summit 2026 is a high-level, in-person event where heads of state, senior government ...

This zine, 'What does gender justice mean to IIED and to me?', emerged from two facilitated dialogues with IIED staff reflecting on what gender justice means in principle, the language used to ...

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

Mathare is one of the world's largest informal settlements, with 245,468 people living on low incomes in poor, overcrowded housing with limited access to affordable water and sani ...

Humanitarian crises profoundly disrupt food systems. They weaken public institutions, fragment markets, limit access to land and water, erode livelihoods and reduce households’ capacity to absorb risk ...

Western economics is not only destroying the environment. It is also destroying Indigenous peoples’ holistic development models that ensure balance with nature, and provide alternative paradigms for ...

The world’s biggest capital cities have experienced a 52% increase in the number of days reaching 35°C over the past three decades, according to new analysis by IIED. It shows an overall rise in the ...

One of the areas most vulnerable to extreme climate events in Honduras is its capital Tegucigalpa. The lack of land-use plans, inadequate land management and property speculation have led to land ...

Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city, has experienced rapid urbanisation over the past 50 years. While there is some contestation about what constitutes an informal settlement (slum) in Freetown and ...

"There is no pride on a dead planet". LGBTQI+ communities have been systematically excluded from receiving government support because legal documents rely on a gender binary system (Photo: Mika ...