Evaluations, reviews and assessments are key to embedding the SDGs

How can we embed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 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 (SDG) 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
Deals that keep large dam building fair

The Global Water Initiative (GWI) West Africa has released a new animation explaining how agreements between government and affected communities can ensure large dams bring benefits to all
GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia

Finance from the Green Climate Fund is helping The Gambia build resilient communities and sustainable livelihoods – and adapt to climate change

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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

A volcano can erupt with little warning, and have significant impact on its surrounding environment (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

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Supporting organisations facing disruptive change

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President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement in front of an audience of administration officials and supporters who had been gathered in the White House Rose Garden (Photo: Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House)

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US Paris withdrawal: where now for climate action?

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