This paper examines why women’s meaningful participation in community engagements around land-based investments is essential ...

Following reports that the US Environmental Protection Agency is to announce the repeal of its 'endangerment finding' relating to greenhouse gas emissions, Tom Mitchell, executive director of IIED, ...

Observer Network of Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities brings together organisations ...

As mineral prices rise, Peru is witnessing a mining rush, legal and illegal, artisanal and industrial, that is causing ...

Many governments see national parks as sources of tourism income and conservation funding. However, they often adopt a model ...

The work of the Hunnarshala Foundation following the Kutch earthquake demonstrated how traditional, vernacular building practices could be combined with seismic‐resistant techniques, reducing costs ...

Generating finance to protect and restore nature is crucial to address the worsening global biodiversity crisis. However, ...

Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate risks increasingly affecting the lives of urban residents in cities across the ...

Growing demand for ‘critical minerals’ and geopolitical rivalries between large economies are fuelling a scramble to secure ...

Water is a hugely strategic resource for most companies and its increasing scarcity creates significant business risk.

This report examines the promise and reality of including smallholders from developing countries in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development. Drawing on an extensive literature review ...

Adaptation finance is critical to developing countries for adapting to the increasing impacts of climate change and to support the rapid shift to climate-resilient development pathways. At COP26 in ...