Governance

Our governance work focuses on tools and tactics that can support a just and fair governance system that protects the rights of communities in local, national and global decision making

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Least developed countries (LDCs)

Forest governance

China-Africa Forest Governance Platform

Climate change negotiations

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A new climate finance goal is in the making: what must happen in 2023?

Illari Aragon
02 March 2023

IIED welcomes new chief operating officer

20 February 2023

Three women chatting

Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models

Tracy Kajumba
13 February 2023

Men and women sit around a table listening to a woman talk next to a white flipboard. behind them is a giant illustration related to climate change.

Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships

May 2022 - June 2023

A man sits awkwardly using a hammer to try and fix corrugated roofing to a house.

Loss and damage the priority for least developed countries at upcoming climate negotiations

24 October 2022

A host of people carrying placards and banners, with a prominent banner that says: "Danger: delay kills you".

From Paris to pandemic: charting the changing landscape for sustainable development

Andrew Norton
01 September 2022

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Loss and damage does not happen in a vacuum – it relates to power and politics

Anna Carthy
16 August 2022

A woman farmer, carrying a basket, inspects tea she has picked holding it in her hand.

Rising to emerging challenges: IIED reacts to findings of independent review

15 August 2022

Publications

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Whistleblowing policy

21236iied.pdf

CBA16 key messages

21221iied.pdf

Mapping COVID-19’s web of impact

21206iied.pdf

360-degree accountability: improving climate adaptation finance

21081IIED.pdf

Harnessing Nationally Determined Contributions to tackle loss and damage in least developed countries

21091g.pdf

IIED external review 2017-2020: addendum

21056iied.pdf

Urgent but overlooked: a spotlight on the long-term finance goal of the Paris Agreement

Anti-fraud, bribery and corruption policy

20976iied.pdf

Fair share of adaptation finance in 2025

20971IIED.pdf

Incremental progress but limited ambition: COP26 delivers mixed results for LDCs

Aerial view of an isle surrounded by water

A new climate finance goal is in the making: what must happen in 2023?

Blog, 02 March 2023

IIED welcomes new chief operating officer

News, 20 February 2023

Three women chatting

Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models

Blog, 13 February 2023

Men and women sit around a table listening to a woman talk next to a white flipboard. behind them is a giant illustration related to climate change.

Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships

Active Project

A man sits awkwardly using a hammer to try and fix corrugated roofing to a house.

Loss and damage the priority for least developed countries at upcoming climate negotiations

Press release, 24 October 2022

A host of people carrying placards and banners, with a prominent banner that says: "Danger: delay kills you".

From Paris to pandemic: charting the changing landscape for sustainable development

Blog, 01 September 2022

A partly visible road and bridge due to muddy water covering half of it.

Loss and damage does not happen in a vacuum – it relates to power and politics

Blog, 16 August 2022

A woman farmer, carrying a basket, inspects tea she has picked holding it in her hand.

Rising to emerging challenges: IIED reacts to findings of independent review

News, 15 August 2022

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Making sustainable development a reality – movements that inspire change: Make Change Happen podcast episode 17

Article, 21 June 2022

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Enhanced Direct Access to climate finance: "I wish I knew that at the start!"

Event on 01 July 2022