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Moving beyond the preamble to creating a new story at Rio+20
… key outcomes from Rio+20: A set of sustainable development goals (SDGs), structured around the core themes of water, energy and food; … Caroline Lucas also highlighted that fossil fuel subsidies undermine investment in clean energy and correcting such imbalances is another key … energy SNP MP Eilidh Whiteford commented on the growing local level investment in wind turbines in her constituency region of Aberdeenshire. …
Insight, 24 May 2012
In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… in energy issues across the academic, government, civil society, and business spheres. In November the energy team produced a briefing paper … at the energy for sustainable development issue in the context of the SDGs and the recent OWG Focus Area Document. Energy is essential to all … fossil fuels.  High costs, low returns and perceived high risks make investment in necessary decentralised energy access in low-income …
Insight, 25 March 2014
New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum
… assets can contribute to a country's economic wellbeing, generating business and supporting national wealth . Managed well, natural … recent global agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nonetheless, managing and protecting these resources needs … education. But participants agreed global frameworks such as the SDGs , the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Paris climate change …
Insight, 02 November 2016
Surveying residents in the settlement of Tank Mohalla, Bangalore, India (Photo: CSTEPIN, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local democracy as a substitute for data (and rather a good substitute too)
… deprivations as legitimation for the entire aid and development business. Data to measure and monitor the global goals and targets that … will agree to within the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is also an enthusiasm for mining existing datasets. All … The current response to the lack of data about poverty is heavy investment in more data gathering by national governments and …
Insight, 16 January 2015
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… contact us . Here is our top 10 for 2015: Democratising international investment law: recent trends and lessons from experience Rapid, … developments make this an important time for shaping international investment law. Citizens' groups around the globe are stepping up … Impact of climate change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible? The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the …
Article, 31 December 2015
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
…   Regional and bilateral trade treaties increasingly include an ‘investment chapter’ that requires governments not to discriminate against foreign investors in the making of an investment. In principle, this would require governments to not take … feature prominently in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), currently being discussed. And indeed, clear objectives and well …
Insight, 14 November 2013
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… examine progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Such processes are needed at all levels, but especially at the … energy access for everyone requires more and better targeted investment, but what role does climate finance play in filling the … responsibility and the role of Chinese government policies China's business engagement in developing countries has grown rapidly in the …
Article, 02 January 2017
Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… to change the way we think about food. Will climate change render the SDGs impossible? June: The 5th Assessment Report of the United Nations' … achieve a city's unique vision of the future. China-Africa trade and investment: benefiting Africa's rural informal economy? March: China is …
Article, 22 December 2015
Farmers and extension workers jointly assessing an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan
Agricultural Research for Development: Are we moving in the right direction?
… in the development of the GCARD Road Map , and a consensus that ‘business as usual’ is not an option. The Road Map proposed a six-point … not discussed during GCARD2 were the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . This was surprising given that the CGIAR co-organised the 4th …
Insight, 07 November 2012
A collection of IIED's most downloaded publications in 2014 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2014: publications
… part of a number of different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we recommend working towards a transformative 'forest … how IIED is also working to improve action for sustainable Chinese investment in Africa's forests. Securing social justice in the green … in global agricultural commodity prices have fostered a renewed business interest in tropical agriculture.  Agricultural …
Article, 29 December 2014