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IIED and partners call for cities to develop a proactive response to urban displacement
… of how governments (local and national), donors, and humanitarian and development agencies work together to address urban displacement. It is … recognise IDPs as rights-holding urban citizens, build their capacity to listen and respond to IDP needs, and provide concrete … the international research community and globally, to influence the sustainable development agenda. IIED is currently leading a study …
News, 10 June 2020
A women farmer tends crops on a dried river pond
Transparent climate reporting in Malawi: what’s needed, what’s next?
Insight, 03 October 2019
A woman carries firewood in the rainforest
CoNGOs: NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin forests
… exploitation of natural resources including forests, and the rapid development of agribusiness and energy infrastructures, often at large … whose economic aspirations might unleash much more equitable and sustainable growth, are not adequately supported. Community forestry has … by relevant stakeholders in the Congo Basin countries Stronger capacity of community organisations to pursue resource rights security …
Project, 04 August 2016
People sit on the floor around a map laid out on the floor
Frontline Funds Accelerator: catalysing climate investment to the grassroots
Project, 01 July 2021
Groups of people talking to each other
Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17
… defined in the global North such as ‘efficiency’, ‘long-term’, or ‘capacity’ continue to shape adaptation dialogues. Coupled with their … and the local organisations their funding needs to reach.   Capacity building and decision-making continue to be top-down and ineffective, … communities and their representatives, scientists and engineers for sustainable and scalable integration of their perspectives in planning, …
Insight, 20 June 2023
Drying medicinal plants, the knowledge of which is passed down through generations. In South Asia alone, there are more than 8,000 plant species with known medicinal value (Photo: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit)
Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
… to sustain agricultural biodiversity and livelihoods Strengthen the capacity of farmers and other actors, including producer organisations, … and the various systems (for example, livelihoods, food and rural development) in which local biodiversity was embedded, and Make … the Andes of Peru. The farmer-to-farmer exchange focused on capacity building for the local level management of agricultural biodiversity, …
Project, 15 August 2013
Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… 2016 has been a big year for international agreements on development. New Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets were agreed. The Paris … COP21 will die down, if it hasn't already. This means champions of sustainable development within LDCs have a mountain to climb. One way … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 28 June 2016
Chinese and African delegates visit a nursery and learn about a reforestation project in Pemba, Mozambique (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Sustainable investment in African forest resources highlighted at China-Africa event
News, 20 November 2017
A community workshop. Social learning processes were a key element of a successful 10-year collaboration between the International Potato Centre (CIP) and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Andes (Photo: IIED)
It's the process, stupid 
… timeframes. This can help meet immediate needs but is less useful for building systemic capacity to deal with longer-term issues or mobilise lasting change in … or contexts. This leads to solutions that are more appropriate and sustainable. They can also help bring together short-term and … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 16 March 2017
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Summary of Durban’s Local Agenda 21 Programme, A: The sustainable development challenge
… the programme, 1994-2001 and the difficulties faced in localising the sustainable development concept in Durban, in particular the initiation and … lack of human and financial resources has restricted the programme's capacity to build support and consensus among stakeholders. The … Summary of Durban’s Local Agenda 21 Programme, A: The sustainable development challenge …
Publication, 01 January 2002