It is thanks to this concept that we now know that it can take up to 83,000 litres of water to manufacture a car, or 10,800 litres for one pair of jeans: an extremely water-intensive process. For ...

This project supports companies, governments and financial institutions to deliver fair water usage in their supply chains, ...

IIED researchers and partners will be attending the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development from 30 June to ...

This page sets out IIED's legal ground for processing personal data. Under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 we need to tell people in advance how we will process their personal data and on what ...

Applying a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to data will ensure that the knowledge contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local ...

At the end of February, the 16th Conference of Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) reconvened in Rome ...

There is an emerging consensus that urbanisation is critically important to international development, but considerable confusion over what urbanisation actually is, whether it is accelerating or ...

IIED Europe was created to contribute to efforts to achieve major progress towards the goals of sustainable development. Registered in the Netherlands as a not-for-profit foundation in late 2020, its ...

See how IIED is working with diverse partners, including governments, donors, academia and other NGOs, to promote locally-led approaches that advance justice and resilience for people, climate and ...

Climate change disproportionately affects the poorest people in the world. We work with policy and research partners to redress the balance by helping the poor in low and middle-income countries ...

IIED and Anti-Slavery International are exploring how climate-driven migration and displacement puts people at an increased risk of trafficking and slavery. The research will inform policy ...