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Men survey a flooded road in Kenya.
Rich nations fail to meet 8 climate-finance pledges analysis shows
… ensure that US$100 billion flows to developing nations each year by 2020 to help them to respond to climate change.   “With trust in short …
News, 26 November 2012
Hundreds of densely packed houses climb into the mountains
Dealing with COVID-19 in the towns and cities of the global South
… power plant coal consumption is 30% below its level on 1 January 2020. In many countries in the global South there is no adequate …
Insight, 27 March 2020
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Why women's empowerment is essential for sustainable development
Insight, 02 February 2016
An Ethiopian government delegation learns about energy innovations in a climate smart village in Kenya. Ethiopia's government hopes to combine climate resilience with economic growth (Photo: CGIAR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What's happening to aid to the Least Developed Countries?
… suggests that this can be estimated at $93.7bn per year between 2020 and 2030.   LDCs should be the focus for public climate finance. …
Insight, 18 January 2016
Europe’s food security at risk without bigger role for farmers in policy and research
… to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU by 2020. The EC will send the strategy to the European Parliament and EU …
News, 11 May 2011
A discussion on protected area governance in a stakeholder workshop with a community on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (Image: Francesca Brooker/IIED)
Q&A: How can we achieve 'fairer conservation'?
… as we think about what the CBD strategy and targets should be from 2020 onwards , we have a major opportunity to shape how policymakers and …
Article, 27 February 2018
Miombo woodlands in Southeast Tanzania. But can remote sensing technologies accurately detect the woodlands (Photo: Samuel Bowers)
How much can the eyes in the sky really tell us about deforestation?
… Cross River State committed to halve the loss of natural forests by 2020 and to end deforestation by 2030, while 26 countries participate in …
Insight, 11 January 2017
Food and farming futures for small producers and indigenous peoples
… of allowing those people most affected by the government's 'Vision 2020' for food and farming in Andhra Pradesh to shape a vision of their …
Article, 15 July 2009
A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
… loss should help here – it is due to be signed in Kunming in October 2020. If locally-negotiated deals and responsible investments are …
Insight, 19 June 2019
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… to find a solution at scale. As a sign of progress, however, in early 2020 it formed a 'Land Issues Resolution Commission' with a mandate to …
Article, 18 December 2020