The introduction of wealth taxes would be welcome but it will also take a lot of time and investment of significant political capital.

Ahead of the 30th annual UN climate meeting, COP30, we sat down with three conveners from the MSc Climate Change Development & Policy.

The articles in this IDS Bulletin highlight cases of advocacy being used to strengthen community voices to make the processes of consultation more inclusive and empowering of marginalised perspectives ...

Peter Mwesiga, MSc Climate Change, Development and Policy, Class of 2024-25, runs an interview series on climate change. Ahead of COP30, we asked Peter to share some of the insights from people he has ...

Zimbabwe’s new agrarian structure arose out of a political deal during the land reform of 2000 when land was allocated to both smallholders (A1 areas) and medium-scale farms (A2). A2 farms were ...

Tommy Gee, who was head of the IDS administration from its foundation in 1966 until the mid-1980s, died peacefully at his home in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex on Friday 31 October 2025.

Esteve Corbera (Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA-UAB), Ian Scoones (Institute of Development Studies) ...

The relationships between climate change and land issues are complex. If we are to direct financing appropriately, these ...

During COP30, IDS is co-hosting a side event on The Central Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Just Energy Transitions ...

Ten years ago, the O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance called for a major effort to discover and develop new antimicrobials. It outlined a strategy for achieving this through a combination of ...

The threat of infectious diseases that resist treatment with available antimicrobials is growing. Nearly a decade after the O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) called for systemic reform ...

Across the African continent, professional qualification is perceived as a panacea for youth employment, particularly if the ...