Shaking the money pot to protect nature

Nature gives us a lot: water, timber, minerals, biodiversity, food, clean air… But the perception natural capital is endless leads to overuse and under-investment. How can we give something back?
Evaluations, reviews and assessments are key to embedding the SDGs

How can we embed the Sustainable Development Goals into development processes to reach the tipping point that we desperately need for dealing with the big challenges of our time?
Investing in natural capital to deliver the SDGs and reduce poverty

Paul Steele discusses how natural capital can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and lift the poorest out of poverty
The G20 – on climate change, better than we feared but short of what we need

Efforts in Hamburg to rally 19 countries to the Paris Agreement were successful, but deeper ambition feels further away

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An excerpt from an animation on how governments and communities affected by large dams can both benefit (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

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Deals that keep large dam building fair

Fisheries account for 12 per cent of The Gambia's GDP. The country's Atlantic coastline and the mangroves along the River Gambia estuary are vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Javier D. Creative Commons via Flickr)

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GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia

IIED's urban newsletter issued in July 2017 (Image: IIED)

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Latest urban newsletter is out now

Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable

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An excerpt from an animation on how sharing the revenue from large dams supports local development (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

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Using locally controlled funds to support the development of communities affected by large dams

A woman displays a tray of bean seeds. Researchers have introduced 15 new varieties of beans in north-western Uganda to help farmers cope with extreme conditions. Delegates to CBA11 will consider how to deliver effective local climate action (Photo: Georgina Smith/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Building our shared learning on climate action in Kampala

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