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Testing the water in Kenya's Tana River watershed. The river's ecosystem is being affected by a range of factors. Public and private organisations are exploring ways to improve ecosystem management (Photo: Georgina Smith/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)

'Sustainable development science' for transforming our world

IIED's Steve Bass proposes a 10-year review of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment as a guide for taking forward the SDGs
9 October 2015 BlogGovernance, Policy and planning, Sustainable markets
Mary Robinson called on the international community to focus on the human rights aspect of climate change when she gave the inaugural Barbara Ward lecture in London

2006 Barbara Ward Lecture: Mary Robinson makes climate change a justice issue

Mary Robinson called on the international community to focus on the human rights aspect of climate change when she gave the inaugural Barbara Ward lecture in London.

Event date: 
Monday, 11 December 2006Event
Fatima Denton delivers the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture at the British Library in London in November 2014 (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)

2014 Barbara Ward Lecture: Fatima Denton calls for a "new paradigm" for African development

Leading climate expert Fatima Denton called for a new narrative on Africa and climate change when she delivered the 2014 Barbara Ward lecture. She said that despite its problems, Africa has "limitless potential" to win the fight against climate change.

Event date: 
Thursday, 20 November 2014Event
IIED and the Independent Research Forum hosted side events at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in Jul

2016 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

IIED was involved in three side events at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

Event date: 
Monday, 11 July 2016 to Wednesday, 20 July 2016Event
New Melones Lake, California, which is facing one of the most severe droughts on record with a state of emergency declared in January (Photo: Ben Amstutz, Flickr, via Creative Commons)

2016 – when global meets local in climate action

Building on the historic agreement forged in Paris, IIED's director Andrew Norton looks at the opportunities to ensure global agreements on the need for sustainable development reach the local level
4 January 2016 BlogClimate change, Policy and planning
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

How can the world achieve a step change in the fight against climate change during 2019? IIED director Andrew Norton looks at the issues and suggests that a radical approach may hold the solution

30 December 2018 BlogClimate change, Policy and planning, Sustainable markets
Image of Namibian drylands with a stone hill rising in the background.

3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit

The International Institute for Environment and Development urges governments to invest in resilience, strengthen local control over natural resources, and apply realistic values to the environment and human wellbeing in order to steer societies onto a more secure path.
22 May 2012NewsGreen economy, Policy and planning
Houses on stilts at the side of water, with trees behind

30x30 – a brave new dawn or a failure to protect people and nature?

The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) negotiations, concluding early next year, include a plan to nearly double protected areas to 30% of the planet by 2030. Joe Eisen and Blaise Mudodosi discuss whether the 30x30 target offers a false solution to the biodiversity crisis
21 October 2021 BlogBiodiversity, Policy and planning
International climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are preparing the text for a global climate deal to be negotiated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)

A 1.5 degree goal could save us from ourselves

As climate negotiations continue in Bonn this week, Stephanie Andrei and Saleemul Huq argue that it would be in everyone's interest to strengthen the target for limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees
10 June 2015 BlogClimate change, Policy and planning
COP21 president Laurent Fabius (second right) and UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana Figueres (second left) celebrate the Paris Agreement (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)

A historic agreement in Paris

A historic agreement on climate change in Paris must drive ambition for climate action post-2015, says IIED director Andrew Norton
14 December 2015 BlogClimate change, Policy and planning

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