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The faces of some of the experts who contributed their thoughts about a green economy (Image: GEC)

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Leading experts set out their vision for a green economy

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Green Economy Coalition

Garment workers in Bangladesh - increasing automation threatens low-cost manufacturing jobs in developing countries (Photo: NYU Stern BHR, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development

A migrant bamboo farmer harvests bamboo shoots in Tianlin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The UN PAGE conference was told China is reskilling one million workers from forestry into other industries (Photo: Nick Hogarth/CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

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Highs and lows of the transition to an inclusive green economy

Chris at his roadside food stall. His day starts at 4pm and lasts until 10pm (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos. Pictures for IIED and Hivos)

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Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies

The focus of Green Economy Coalition convener Oliver Greenfield is on the SDG targets and indicators, and how that can lead to a green economy (Image: IIED)

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Sustainable goals for a sustainable green economy

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Forest business incubation: the heartbeat of healthy landscape livelihoods

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Automation and inequality: the changing world of work in the global South

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Managing the environmental and social risks of hydropower: private and public roles

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Informality and inclusive green growth

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Pro-poor, inclusive green growth: experience and a new agenda

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Increasing private sector involvement and investment in forestry in Nepal

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CANARI’s Radar tool helps small and micro enterprises assess their impacts. Here Kemba Jaramogi from Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project in Trinidad and Tobago presents their Radar. (Photo: CANARI)

Time to turn the PAGE?

Blog, Jan 2019

Fishing in Kenya's Lake Naivasha provides income for local people, but fish stocks have declined sharply due to over-fishing and the diversion of water for agriculture (Photo: Cheryl Q, Creative Commons via Flicker)

Green lessons for the blue economy

Blog, Dec 2018

Plastic debris litters the beach on Clipperton Island, a tiny uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean (Photo: Clifton Beard, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Transitioning towards a plastic free world

Blog, May 2018

Populations of bees, butterflies and other pollinators are declining, posing potential risks to important world food crops (Photo: Brian McGill)

The economics of mass extinction

Blog, May 2018

Watching fishermen at the end of the day on the beach of Kotchi, Kerala, India (Photo: Antoine Collet, Creative Commons via Flickr)

IIED to host Twitter chat on oceans

News, May 2018

The faces of some of the experts who contributed their thoughts about a green economy (Image: GEC)

Leading experts set out their vision for a green economy

News, Sep 2017

Garment workers in Bangladesh - increasing automation threatens low-cost manufacturing jobs in developing countries (Photo: NYU Stern BHR, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development

Blog, Aug 2017

A migrant bamboo farmer harvests bamboo shoots in Tianlin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The UN PAGE conference was told China is reskilling one million workers from forestry into other industries (Photo: Nick Hogarth/CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Highs and lows of the transition to an inclusive green economy

Blog, Mar 2017

Smallholders in Kenya pack flowers for the UK market. IIED and partners are looking at how to develop fair and sustainable trade and economic development (Photo: IIED)

IIED to host Twitter chat on how to move to economies that are green and fair

News, Mar 2017

IIED at ministerial green economy conference

Article, Mar 2017

A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Why social inclusion matters for green growth

Blog, Aug 2016

An image of an artisanal fisher in Kiribati casting his net into the water; 90 per cent of all fishers are small-scale or artisanal (Photo: Quentin Hanich/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Towards an inclusive blue economy

Blog, Jun 2016