The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is an independent research organisation that aims to deliver positive change on a global scale.
IIED’s mission is to build a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action and influence, working in partnership with others.
Over half of the world’s population live in low-income and informal urban communities and this proportion is growing. Despite the higher socioeconomic risks, people living in cities have less access […]
As a critical component in batteries used for electric vehicles, demand for cobalt continues to surge. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and […]
IIED and partners are aiming to identify the conditions under which high-profile tree-planting campaigns might work – resulting in the right trees in the right places, with the right incentives for […]
