On the surface, regional commitments and action on the environment, #HumanRights and gender appear impressive... There are limits to the way the region appreciates, addresses and celebrates unity in diversity. And we #LGBTQIA + peoples know this best...

Struggling, silenced and (barely) surviving the perfect typhoon --> iied.org/struggling-sil…

Queer environmental academic-activist Joel Mark Baysa Barredo reflects on how to address the systemic oppression and challenges faced by #LGBTQIA + people in Southeast Asia.

DIARY: This month IIED will publish analysis of how private investors are profiting from #Debt in #Climate vulnerable countries ahead of the World Bank IMF Meetings. More on our current work here: iied.org/iied-media-cal…

Forest & farm producer organizations must play pivotal role in leading efforts to combat land degradation & build climate resilience in Africa, according to the Sokodé Declaration issued last week.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3ZFttCQ

#ForestFarmFacility #GenerationRestoration

When did you last read an IIED policy briefing? Did you know that each #briefing provides four useful policy pointers, and at only four pages each, they're easy to read on the move?

Here's a selection of our latest briefings, from IIED and our partners — download them now! ⬇

On #UrbanOctober , Sonia Dias & WIEGO, encourage us to build cities with diverse & inclusive economies that “ ensure access to secure livelihoods and decent work for all” #RightToTheCity
Read the IIED article 'Building resilient cities with #InformalEconomy workers'👇👇

To mark UN Habitat’s #WorldHabitatDay and #UrbanOctober , join us on October 11 (6:30-8:00pm) as we present the main findings of four strategic papers developed by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) and partners.🌎

Find out more and register: bit.ly/48Azy7w

#Nepal : Traditional knowledge combined with innovative new approaches improves local agrobiodiversity and smallholder farmers' resilience

Read the story of the Chabeli farmer group and download IIED new report 👉fao.org/forest-farm-fa… via #forestfarmfacility

WEBINAR TODAY: Humanitarian urbanism: thinking of crises transnationally --> cbrl.ac.uk/event/humanita…

This discussion hosted by CBRL is part of a series of seminars in the 'Data Justice for Refugees' project, led by IIED in collaboration with Information and Research Center. Register now!

'Recognising street vendors, domestic workers, home-based workers and waste pickers by acknowledging their key role in urban economies and their co-production of urban plans, will help create cleaner, greener, socially responsive, vibrant, and ultimately resilient #cities .'

Building resilient cities with the resilience of informal workers --> iied.org/building-resil…

On this #WorldHabitatDay , guest blogger Sonia Dias states the case for an approach to #urban resilience that puts informal workers front and centre.

ICYMI: Action to halt #ClimateChange is being blocked by a range of #HiddenHandbrakes that the public are broadly unaware of.

Want to know more? Catch up with #ClimateWeekNYC 'Hidden handbrakes: tracking the invisible barriers slowing climate action' --> youtube.com/watch?v=9hKYCG…

ICYMI: Rethinking rural electrification: are cooperatives best for delivery? --> iied.org/rethinking-rur…

With rural #electrification rates still stubbornly low across sub-Saharan Africa, the world is not on track to deliver #SDG7 . Could electric cooperatives be the answer?

ICYMI: Keeping urban health on the agenda in the 1980s and 90s --> iied.org/keeping-urban-…

This blog takes a look at the range of measures taken to further knowledge of #urban #health issues in informal settlements, including setting up Environment & Urbanization.

ICYMI: Download 'Why the international community is failing urban refugees: four myths about protracted displacement' --> iied.org/21631iied

This paper challenges stereotypes about protracted displacement, and questions received ideas about #refugee camps.

ICYMI: Beyond the city’s borders: water and sanitation access for refugees in Mafraq --> iied.org/beyond-citys-b…

ReemHaddadin of WANA Institute examines the link between land classification and WASH access, and what this means for Syrian #refugees living in Mafraq, Jordan.