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transformation blog/We forgot to celebrate our 100th edition. Browse list of blogs on iied.org/collection/tra… Several hundred thousand downloads to date. Heady mixture of grassroots leaders, national and local government, NGOs, donors, academics….

It's #UrbanOctober! Check out the winners of the 2024 Transformative Urban Coalitions photo competition! ➡ urbancoalitions.org/en/photo-compe… Selected from 750+ submissions across 53 countries, they offer a unique lens into community-driven solutions for sustainable #urban development.

Pleased to announce a new article w/Caroline W. Kihato on #displacement & #localgovernment networks in E. #Africa & the horn. Based on work w/ Florence Lozet & the Cities Alliance, it’s free to read & share. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Mobility Governance Lab ODID ACMS Wits University Environment & Urbanization

Read the latest addition to the series The transition to a predominantly urban world - drawing on lessons from Kigalia to offer new insights into the complexities of urban climate adaptation 👇

Over the next two weeks, we'll be joining delegates from around the world at #COP16. Join us in-person in Cali. ➡ iied.org/iied-cbd-cop16 And head over to our LinkedIn where we'll post daily updates direct from COP16. ➡ linkedin.com/company/iied

Just over 3 weeks until our EOI deadline for Oct 25 issue Addressing socio-technical assistance for socially and environmentally just cities. We look forward to receiving your EOIs (by email; address below) by 15 November environmentandurbanization.org/themes-future-…

NEW ISSUE: 'Forced displacement and the city' on the need for a rights-based approach in urban displacement response: recognize cities as productive places for refugees & IDPs to live in and their need for progressive social & economic inclusion Read --> bit.ly/4h13u14

An entire IIED special issue on forced #displacement and the #city! Eleven great articles by Lucy Earle, Alison Brown, Melissa Weihmayer, Loren B Landau, Dolf te Lintelo & many others: journals.sagepub.com/toc/eaua/36/2

Today, the entire special issue in Environment & Urbanization has been published...do have a look at an undoubtedly rich set of papers on forced displacement responses in urban settings: journals.sagepub.com/toc/eaua/36/2.

Excited to be part of this new special issue, on Forced Displacement and the City in Environment & Urbanization Highlights the urban dimensions of displacement but also the potential for cities to improve conditions for people seeking refuge:

ICYMI: new issue explores how displaced people experience urban protracted displacement, & five principles of a proposed 'urban first' strategy that avoids the creation of camps where possible. Most papers including editorial free to read, download, share bit.ly/4h13u14

In this issue of Environment & Urbanization, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato and Loren B Landau examine municipal responses to #migration and #displacement, focusing on secondary cities in the Horn of #Africa

Deadline Extension: The abstract submission deadline for the Urbanisation Special Issue on Informality and Climate Change in Global South Cities has been extended to 20 December 2024. Send your abstracts to [email protected]. Visit bit.ly/3COOaF7 for

BLOG: read the latest urban insight from Cecilia Tacoli, examining the importance of definitions when it comes to small towns - where a large proportion of the world’s urban population live - and resource allocation iied.org/measuring-smal…

Mark your diaries: we announce a new call for papers for our first issue of 2026, Tomorrow’s cities: Co-designing urban futures for equitable resilience (submissions by 15 July 2025). Read the call in full: environmentandurbanization.org/themes-future-…

This latest IIED insight explores some of the issues Lucy Earle, Alison Brown and contributors address in our current issue, Forced displacement and the city. Insight --> iied.org/urban-first-wo… Special issue (most papers Open Access) --> journals.sagepub.com/toc/EAU/current

📣 Some momentous news for ACRC today... Our wonderful CEO Diana Mitlin has announced that she is planning for her retirement, which means we're looking for someone new to join the team and take over the leadership of ACRC! Could it be you..? african-cities.org/handing-on-the…

NEW | The contribution of urban reform coalitions to inclusive and equitable cities A new special issue of Environment & Urbanization, edited by Ezana Haddis Weldeghebrael and Diana Mitlin, explores how urban reformers come together to advance inclusive urban futures.

Find out more about the Environment & Urbanization special issue and ACRC's work on urban reform coalitions that led to it 👇 african-cities.org/new-special-is…