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Panel discussion at the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Four speakers are sitting on chairs behind a table on a podium with a big blue screen behind while the audience is sitting on chairs and listening.
Santa Marta conference highlights legal barriers to the energy transition
… alternative livelihood systems. The spread of renewable energy projects, particularly wind power, is a potential new source of income … in ISDS, based on the Colombia-Spain BIT, over new consultation and environmental requirements that delayed issuing operating permits (in … as a barrier to climate action, which were met with interest from environmental ministries, NGOs (PDF)  and trade unions (PDF) . A major …
Insight, 18 May 2026
A group of men of different nationalities, all in formal dress, clap and smile as they pose for a photo.
Critical minerals: reflections on the G20 Leaders’ Summit
… Participants also discussed supporting development of ‘investable’ projects and using sovereign wealth funds to mobilise patient capital for long-term economic transformation.  Mindful of the environmental degradation and impoverished communities left behind by … highlighted the need to protect rights, tackle social and environmental harms and ensure that ‘beneficiation’ reaches the …
Insight, 02 December 2025
Building with a mural of a young girl.
Forced displacement and the city
Event, 26 September 2023
Men stand on lorries loading and unloading sacks at a busy market.
Trade and sustainable development
Project, 14 June 2022
A solar panel outside a rural house on stilts
Critical theme: Can China help build a global eco-civilisation?
… by IIED and chinadialogue , featured a panel of China scholars and environmental practitioners. About the panellists Lila Buckley , senior … Innovation Studies at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing and works on aid policies and practices and … in China-Africa South-South Cooperation. About the Critical theme series IIED set up the 'Critical theme' discussion series to …
Event, 25 September 2019
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)
Addressing risks facing informal workers
… between these in relation to public health, occupational health and environmental health? How do the current and projected impacts of … initiatives to address risks, strengthen assets and promote public, environmental and occupational health, while also enhancing their … can thrive even in the face of occupational, climate-related and environmental health risks. In June 2022 three case studies were …
Project, 01 October 2018
Cover for 16537IIED.pdf
Turning green the strategic way: the role and potential of strategic environmental assessment in securing a green economy
… Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is a powerful process for integrating … concerns into policy-making, planning, programme development, mega projects and development decision-making. Over the last 20 years there … conference in 2012, the emergent green economy concept was a central theme, but it was agreed that nationally (as opposed to globally) driven …
Publication, 01 May 2013
Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics
… Our March Critical Theme meeting looked at the environmental and political issues raised by the film 'Under the Dome', … of the online environmental magazine chinadialgoue.net . The Critical Theme meeting was led by Lila Buckley, a senior researcher in IIED's … Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics …
Event, 16 March 2015
People point to a computer screen.
ELLA - sharing Evidence and Lessons from Latin America
… the learning alliance on climate resilient cities, which will take an environmental perspective. It will be focusing on three questions: What … of my institution (CSIR-STEPRI) is planning a socio-economic and environmental impacts study of mining activities in Ghana, specifically, … the ELLA learning platform. Dr. Leonard Unganai, from the Zimbabwe Environmental Management Agency, is involved with a UNDP/GEF supported …
Insight, 12 November 2012
Governance of oil and gas contracts in Kazakhstan
… of sustainable development (ie an integrated approach to securing environmental, social and economic benefits) offered a valuable entry … could make a visibly enhanced contribution to economic, social and environmental sustainability Greater sensitivity to sustainable …
Project, 23 September 2010