The politics of critical minerals is undergoing profound transformation as the control of key minerals and their processing ...

Payments for environmental services (also known as payments for ecosystem services or PES), are payments to farmers or landowners who have agreed to take certain actions to manage their land or ...

Tomé Açu is not well known outside of Brazil. Within Brazil, it has become a byword for sustainability. It is home to the Sistema Agroflorestal Dendê – known locally as SAF Dendê – a pioneering mixed ...

Social movements and civil society organisations have long been mobilising to defend housing rights and improve access to decent housing for marginalised communities in Brazil’s largest city. These ...

How secure is the world’s food supply? And what happens when the climate changes? The world’s most comprehensive assessment of food security, this index covers 162 countries and measures availability, ...

CBD COP17 will take place in October in Yerevan, Armenia and mark a crucial moment towards achieving the Kunming-Montreal ...

Most issues of Participatory Learning and Action have a special theme section, as well as a selection of general articles and regular features. Special issues draw on the expertise of guest editors to ...

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 ...

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David has a background in anthropology with a research focus on pastoralism and the drylands (East Africa), water governance, the impacts of large scale development projects (dams), and indigenous ...

In the first of a new blog series, IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite looks at the world’s 100 largest cities, and how their changing distribution reflects social, political and economic shifts ...

David Satterthwaite examines global trends in the size, growth and distribution of the world’s urban population. He also considers climate change and COVID-19. The transition to a predominantly urban ...