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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)

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2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee

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

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

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)

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Transforming aid for urban areas

A carpenter bee

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

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

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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LDC NDCs: adaptation priorities and gaps to address

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LDCs, negotiations and the climate crisis: Will the poorest countries benefit from the COP24 climate package?

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From monitoring goals to systems-informed evaluation: insights from SDG14

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Using forest ecosystems to build resilience in Chile

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Towards more inclusive climate change adaptation

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Refugees in cities: grassroots researchers shed light on basic needs

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Climate action: let’s be bold in Bonn

Blog, Jun 2019

A street scene with pedestrians, stallholders, motorbikes and cars

Making Indian cities inclusive means making them more walkable

Blog, Jun 2019

A flooded street in an informal settlement

To stay ahead of climate change, cities need to act now

Blog, Jun 2019

A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening

Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?

Blog, May 2019

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