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Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)

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Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement

The UN poster showing all 17 sustainable development goals (Image: UN photo)

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): IIED and the new global agenda on sustainable development

IIED aims to contribute to the achievement of change which benefits poor people and the environment. The institute's strategy for the next two years has been published (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)

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Engaging for change – refreshing our strategy for the next two years

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

An image of women selling produce in an internally displaced persons camp, near Tawilla in North Darfur. The 'leave no one behind' agenda aims to ensure the poor are included in sustainable development (Photo: UNAMID, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Unpacking what we mean by 'leave no one behind'

September 2015: on the eve of the United Nations summit to agree the 2030 Agenda, a film introducing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is projected onto the UN headquarters building (Photo: UN Photo/Cia Pak)

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Effective evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Urban ARK 20: Urban resilience building in fast-growing African cities

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Loss and damage in the Paris Agreement’s global stocktake

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Higher ambition for lower temperatures: what LDCs could achieve at COP24

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Ecosystem-based adaptation: the key to addressing climate change in Nepal

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Co-production: taking stock of achievements and possibilities

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From global ambition to country action: Bhutan steps towards low-carbon climate-resilient development

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Villagers in India dig out a silted-up water tank as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (Photo: McKay Savage, Creative Commons via Flickr)

2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee

Blog, Dec 2018

The UK government has warned that flooding is likely to become more frequent as the country’s climate changes (Photo: Dachlan, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Celebrating 10 years of the UK Climate Change Act: an influential law beyond its borders

Blog, Nov 2018

A father and son plough a field in Ethiopia. For Ethiopia's smallholder farmers, oxen are still the main source of agricultural power. It is one of the world's least developed countries, making it more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Bjvisser, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)

Momentum builds for ambitious agreements at COP24

Blog, Nov 2018

A carpenter bee

Biodiversity on the brink: local people must shape nature’s new deal

Blog, Nov 2018

Kenyan ministry officials, agricultural researchers and farmers are testing a range of climate adaptation measures in lower Nyando district (Photo: V. Atakos/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Addressing the political and technical challenges of measuring adaptation

Blog, Sep 2018

A daily savings book: local savings groups collect small payments from slum dwellers which can be leveraged to support slum upgrading projects (Photo: SDI, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Transforming aid for urban areas

Blog, Sep 2018

The front cover of the book ‘Climate Action with Tomorrow in Mind: Expert Perspectives on Long-term Climate and Development Strategies’

Book summary: Climate Action with Tomorrow in Mind – Expert Perspectives on Long-term Climate and Development Strategies

Article, Aug 2018

More than 250 participants shared their experiences and examples of good practice at CBA12 (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)

How can insights from CBA12 inform global discussions on the SDGs and resilience?

Blog, Jul 2018

In Mexico City, the Metrobus BRT system carries roughly 250,000 people daily. It cuts workers' travel times and also helps to reduce carbon emissions (Photo: City Clock Magazine, Creative Commons via Flickr)

How Bus Rapid Transit can make housing affordable to low-income households

Blog, Jun 2018

There is often very little data available about people living in informal settlements such as these along the riverfront in Ahmedabad in India (Photo: Emmanuel Dyan, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Is urban development too complicated for us?

Blog, May 2018

Ministerial-level consultations on the Myanmar National Climate Policy, Nay Pyi Taw (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)

Developing Myanmar’s national climate change policy

Project, Apr 2018

Cecilia Silva and Carla Silva Pompilio from Angola, browsing through ‘Becoming a UNFCCC delegate’, Marrakech, November 2017 (Photo: Janna Tenzing/IIED)

Building the capacity of LDCs to engage in the UNFCCC negotiations

Project, Mar 2018