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Connecting for common goals: exploring 50 years of IIED and sustainable development
26 May 2022 A new report explores the evolution of sustainable development since 1972 and reflects on the impact of IIED’s partnership-based approach by charting ten key movements for changeCountry-led evaluations: revealing the progress of Agenda 2030 – third episode of podcast mini-series
20 April 2022 In the third and final episode of podcast mini-series ‘Sustainable Development Goals – Evaluating progress for a brighter future’, Kassem El Saddik, co-chair of EvalSDGs, hosts a discussion on what country-led evaluations can bring to assessing progress towards the SDGsDefining and scoping an SDG evaluation: how do you get started? – second episode of podcast mini-series
17 February 2022 In the second episode of podcast mini-series ‘Sustainable Development Goals – Evaluating progress for a brighter future’, Dirk Hoffmann and Nataly Salas Rodríguez from DEval host two discussions, one in English and one in Spanish, about how an SDG evaluation is doneAdaptive evaluation: considering climate risks in theory and practice – first episode of a new mini-series
13 December 2021 In episode one of a new podcast mini-series, IIED hosts a discussion about the principles, practice and challenges of considering climate risks in evaluation of programmes aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.Podcast: Improving climate budgeting during COVID-19
5 June 2020 The latest episode of the People, Planet and Public Finance podcast was recorded shortly after Cyclone Amphan hit Bangladesh and India. The storm, and the damage it caused, showed the vital importance of budgeting for climate risks – even as countries confront the coronavirus pandemicGuide to national-level SDG evaluation launches
4 February 2020 A new guide for evaluators and evaluation commissioners working on the Sustainable Development Goals will be launched in New York today (4 February). It offers a timely ‘real life’ introduction to assessing progress on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at national level.Monitoring climate change adaptation: the importance of linking global and national reporting
19 December 2019 The Paris Agreement provides a foundation for the most robust climate change transparency system to date. IIED research has identified ways to improve this reporting by aligning global and national activityIIED calls for more attention on effective community engagement in tackling illegal wildlife trade
15 August 2019 IIED will argue more attention is needed to monitor action against commitments that have been made to tackle illegal wildlife trade at a major international meeting on protecting wildlife this weekNew guide to monitoring progress on SDG14
8 July 2019 IIED has published a practical handbook on how to assess progress on Sustainable Development Goal 14 – Life below Water. By encouraging better monitoring and evaluation of SDG14, the new handbook aims to support better reporting and learning across the 2030 AgendaIIED publishes updated guide to social assessment for protected areas
14 November 2018The new, expanded second edition incorporates practical learning from sites in five countries and strengthens focus on governance and equity
Six nations to share progress on measuring adaptation to climate change
19 March 2014The governments of six countries will share their experiences of assessing the effectiveness and developmental impacts of climate change adaptation, at an international meeting in Kenya on 24-27 March.
Developing nations to pioneer system to track climate change adaptation and development
19 March 2013New systems for tracking the social impacts of efforts to adapt to climate change could soon be in place in Africa and South Asia.