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The logo for the Sustainable Development Goals (Image: the United Nations)
Public-private partnerships and aid's 'private turn': addressing the investment law dimensions
… and private investment. They raise difficult yet unexplored questions about how they fit with investment law. Take PPP frameworks to develop … part of wider investment treaty reform efforts, and raise questions about how to ensure the new clauses have legal bite. But there is still … and inclusive policy dialogue.  Warwick Law School's GLOBE Centre and IIED, through its ' Legal tools for citizen empowerment ' programme, are …
Insight, 30 January 2018
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
… hampered by deeply entrenched misunderstandings and misperceptions about the dynamics of dryland ecologies and livelihoods.  Development … capacity in collaborative activities at all levels. What is IIED doing? Kenyatta University, in partnership with IIED, developed a professional short course for drylands policymakers …
Project, 27 July 2018
Women preparing tapioca
Tapioca tech in Togo – how producers are organising to transform lives and land
… own futures? The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) , co-managed by FAO, IIED, IUCN and Agricord, has been working with local producers in Togo … called Market Analysis and Development .  The training inspired ideas about how to better organise for business, including developing a more … services to NOVI VA as part of that process.  Last September, IIED and FAO organised business incubation and risk management training …
Insight, 05 February 2020
Lushoto, Tanzania: Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into agroforestry. Here a tree nursery group discusses the challenges and opportunities (Photo: P Kimeli/CCAFS)
Look beyond the trees: the SDGs will have to do more than just 'protect forests'
… – many cannot see the wood for the trees. The bigger picture IIED has carried out a survey with 300 respondents, consultations with … forests. The post-2015 sustainable development framework is not just about eradicating poverty, but also solving global challenges to … on 6 December . Read the event programme and join us .  Read more about IIED's work on forests and the post-2015 development framework. …
Insight, 04 November 2014
Woman filling jerry cans with water
Sleepwalking into COP26 collapse – why the UK must drop its aid cuts
Insight, 04 May 2021
Cover for 21081IIED.pdf
Harnessing Nationally Determined Contributions to tackle loss and damage in least developed countries
… Contributions (NDCs), they should provide concrete evidence about loss and damage. This can help LDCs make the case for additional …
Publication, 25 August 2022
IIED produced an animation to raise awareness of the SDGs and the potential of the new development agenda (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals for sustainable development
… of drafting and negotiation that began more than two years ago. For IIED, the SDGs are an important milestone on a four-decade journey in … and indeed inter-dependent, some have a particular resonance for IIED as they highlight issues that the institute has long championed but … and community institutions in implementation raises questions about how the goal and its targets are to be achieved   Goal …
Insight, 02 September 2015
IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq addresses the CBA8 conference (Photo: Stephanie Andrei)
Can voodoo help to resolve climate change?
Insight, 09 May 2014
A woman carries firewood in the rainforest
CoNGOs: NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin forests
… progress in line with their own development visions. What did IIED do? This project worked directly with a range of key stakeholders … practice from existing knowledge networks, and participants heard about the business incubation techniques currently being used to develop … opportunities in Cameroon. Two blogs from the event, by IIED’s Duncan Macqueen and by Cameroonian  partner Centre for …
Project, 04 August 2016
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… In April 2014 IIED begins a new five-year strategy and we’re starting a discussion now … and corporate vested interests. How can we get the message across about cutting greenhouse gas emissions? Should we focus on getting a … a good reason to open up the discussion: if we’ve been too gloomy about the trends we’ve identified, then tell us where the story is …
Insight, 07 June 2013