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An image showing a group of women from Tongaradha village, Bangladesh, who saved more than 2,000 hectares of land and 500 households from flooding by rebuilding a 12km embankment and a 5km road. GCF money should be used for such innovative, community-driven projects in poor countries that will drive long-term change (Photo: WFP/Rein Skullerud, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Expediting direct access to the GCF for least developed countries
Insight, 09 May 2016
In urban and rural communities across the world, low income families lack the shelter and services they need to live with dignity, security, health and prosperity (Photo: IIED)
References: how can decentralised finance drive sustainable development?
Article, 08 July 2015
A scenic shot of forest with two waterfalls
Support for REDD+ readiness in Jamaica
Project, 21 April 2021
Crop field with man watering the soil.
Reconciling food production and forest conservation: priorities for the UN Food Systems Summit
… for reigniting the world’s collective ambition to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.  The summit is organised into five action … temperatures causing erratic changes in rainfall. With low adaptive capacity, smallholder farmers are highly vulnerable to these climate …
Insight, 20 September 2021
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Climate change and aquatic food systems
… is part of work by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) to focus global attention on the importance and the … equitable governance and increased public and private investment in building adaptive capacity, particularly at the community level. … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 29 October 2021
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Fair Ideas: Focus - Sharing pro-poor sustainable energy solutions 16th June 2012. PUC University, Rio
… Vital to sustainable development is sustainable energy. Our current energy system is failing people and the planet. Substantial policy guidance, capacity building, innovative approaches and public investment are necessary to … Fair Ideas: Focus - Sharing pro-poor sustainable energy solutions 16th June 2012. PUC University, Rio …
Publication, 01 May 2012
Assessing the contribution of pollination to sustainable horticultural production
… If disregarded, their neglect can lead to a decrease of the capacity of ecosystems to produce abundant and healthy foods, along with … and increasing yields in horticultural crops under agricultural development is critically important to health, nutrition, food security … nutrient cycling and pest control can support sustainable production intensification. Soaring food prices present …
Project, 29 June 2010
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The 2030 Agenda and evaluation: opportunities and challenges for parliamentarians
… are crucial in ensuring the 17 Goals in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are meaningfully translated into national policies and … They can also help lead efforts to develop each country’s wider capacity for evaluation. This briefing discusses parliamentarians’ …
Publication, 01 July 2017
An elderly woman bends over while planting rice
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
Article, 03 June 2021
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… in designing and implementing country-driven, results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. Project page Poverty and … P roject page Growing Forest Partnerships 2008 – 2012 A project building up and supporting networks at local, national and international … analysing how and under what conditions decentralised governance, capacity building and participation by farmers can promote the adaptive …
Page, 30 September 2022