A chartered accountant by profession, George has been a trustee of IIED since 2021, most of which time has been as vice chair. He also chairs Calm Mediation, London's leading community mediation and ...

Country platforms are not a new idea − but the political momentum around them is new. The G20, the Vulnerable Twenty Group’s (V20) climate prosperity plans, and the COP30 Circle of Finance Ministers ...

During adaptation planning meetings, communities also suggested other strategies to link climate resilience with food ...

The impact of climate change on nutritional outcomes is frequently overlooked, and climate adaptation actions often fail to ...

New analysis by IIED suggests that an estimated US$55m spent by the United Nations to provide a water and sanitation network ...

The Hub for Housing Justice is a collaborative initiative led by a group of civil society networks and research organisations ...

CBA19 hosted communities from diverse regions and landscapes. Their local knowledge and experience were fundamental in ...

The Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project is providing demand-led, responsive technical support to ...

The Generating Ambition for Locally Led Adaptation (GA-LLA) programme developed a set of ‘design principles’ to guide ...

IIED and partners are piloting participatory heat data collection in informal settlements to fill evidence gaps and strengthen climate resilience in sub-Saharan African cities.

The first UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) was held in 2021 in New York at the UN General Assembly. Its vision was to “launch bold new actions, solutions and strategies to deliver progress on all 17 ...

In Lima’s informal settlements, ollas comunes – community-led soup kitchens – are reviving strong traditions of self-organised crisis response and resilience among the urban poor.