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A play on Wordle: using games to communicate climate issues
… climate and the environment came from Twitter where I saw a digital marketing lecturer had constructed a version using just marketing words … find a one-word sound-alike to Wordle that conveyed our environmental theme, so started to explore the similarity between Wordle and ‘world’. … on Twitter and we received praise from campaigners for digital sustainability  for producing a version that was more environmentally …
Blog, 15 March 2022
Critical theme: tackling inequality and unsustainable consumption
… , report by Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel, 2015 About the Critical Theme series IIED set up the 'Critical Theme' discussion series to … the importance of meaningful stakeholder reporting . … Economics … Sustainable markets … Critical theme: tackling inequality and unsustainable …
Event, 20 April 2016
How COVID-19 is impacting and changing East Africa’s agri-food systems
… of a new IIED series that offers forward-looking responses on key themes during the pandemic, drawing on our partners' insights and … on high-value exports will likely lose income by pivoting to local markets. However, processors could benefit from shifts in consumer … IIED and its partners as part of an IKEA Foundation-funded project on sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.  …
Article, 07 August 2020
Fishy business at IIED
… it would set an important precedent for direct payments to encourage sustainable fisheries elsewhere. While newspaper readers across … of FishNet. This is a new online platform, which IIED's Sustainable Markets Group has created to bring together people with an interest in … forward… It seems that fisheries will increasingly feature as a theme for IIED's Sustainable Markets Group in its effort to ensure that …
Blog, 10 December 2013
Sharing the load: who pays for energy access?
… finance work.  The question was raised at last week's United Nations Sustainable Energy For All Forum – and will be the focus of a session … development forum and ' sustainable energy for growth ' is a key theme this year. The EU has recently boosted its energy spending through … funds should be best targeted to attract investment in off-grid markets and to fill the gaps where the private sector cannot make a …
Blog, 29 May 2015
Cooking for our future
… and too big to drive the types of innovation we need.”  Cooking up sustainable food systems One of the biggest trends in current food … to involve the informal food sector (small enterprises, food vendors, market sellers, and others), which is the world’s biggest private … Global Conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme under the theme ‘Good Food for People and the Planet – working together towards …
Blog, 20 February 2019
Acting on the planetary emergency
… the climate crisis, the assault on the natural world, unsustainable markets and increasing urban risk.   The strategy is a statement of our … poses – are accessible to social movements. We begin with series of blogs in early 2020, themed ‘mobilising for climate justice’. We will … promote effective actions for a just transition to a fairer and more sustainable world. An outstanding example is our work with the Least …
Blog, 29 November 2019
World Water Week 2016: key resources
… wide range of issues relating to water across the globe. This year's theme is 'Water for Sustainable Growth', with water seen as central to all the challenges at … this year's World Water Week, we have collected a number of related blogs and publications to read and download. Water for all For this …
Article, 24 August 2016
Transparency: can it work for sustainable development?
… transformation rather than squandering it. Transparency: major theme at the G8 summit Transparency is a key theme of the next G8 summit … (but not by project). Co-author of a recent IIED report on EITI and sustainable development in the Caspian Region , Saule Ospanova, has high … for the Caspian region … Emma Wilson … Governance … Sustainable markets … Transparency: can it work for sustainable development? …
Blog, 23 May 2013
World Conservation Congress: key themes and a new leader to watch
… Markets can’t meet everyone’s needs In the World Leaders’ Dialogue on … to hear Peter Bakker, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development make a strong commitment to putting natural and … guide, govern and regulate such markets. You can read this blog or this publication for more on our thinking. A new report by the …
Blog, 17 September 2012