Insight
Breaking the ‘research aristocracy’: why climate resilience must be co-produced
Sheela Patel
11 September 2026
11 September 2026
IIED is an independent research organisation that delivers positive change on a global scale
Spotlight
Strengthening forest and farm producer organisations
Forest and farm producer organisations play a huge role in global food production, reducing poverty, conserving biodiversity and adapting to climate change. Explore how IIED helps to deliver finance and technical support to strengthen these vital organisations
What we’re working to change
Our six priorities focus our research, partnerships and influence on tackling climate change, nature loss and inequality, and the unfair systems that drive them
- Help migrants, including displaced people, to have brighter futures
- Shift trade, finance and investment to benefit people and planet
- Evolve cities as places of inspiration and justice
- Promote forest, farm and fisheries systems that feed and nourish people and planet
- Transform climate action and governance so people and nature can thrive
- Champion community-led nature governance and stewardship
What we’ve changed together
Explore how IIED and our partners have helped shape policies, strengthen rights and support locally led action. Visit our impact page to find more
Indigenous women in Jharkhand were helped to make over 100 land rights claims, while removing procedural barriers and strengthening political support for their rights
IIED helped equip municipalities to put land rights, local voices and justice at the heart of South Africa's just transition from fossil fuels
