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Low-cost solar lanterns enable a boy to study at home in the small village of Shidhulai in the Natore District of northwestern Bangladesh (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Universal energy access: combining public and private sector efforts
… or cost-recovery approach can work, with subsidies, grants and capacity building for energy enterprises, shifting to low-interest capital and … Wilson ( [email protected] ) is a principal researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group  and the leader of IIED's energy and … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 30 September 2014
View of a mountain with a few houses. Snowed mountains in the background.
Loss and damage: erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable
… washed away bridges and electricity poles, damaging the existing development infrastructure. And climate-induced disasters like this are … a leader in preparing Local Adaptation Plans of Action. We have been building stone walls, preserving forest cover and introducing … target and provide reparations to us with ample climate finance, capacity building, knowledge and technology transfer.  To my fellow …
Insight, 19 January 2022
People walking down a flooded road
D&C Days 2019: five themes for climate resilience for all
… The 2019 Development & Climate Days (D&C Days) , taking place on Sunday, 8 … resilient future. D&C Days will carry forward conversations from the ‘Building a Resilient Future’ event held at the UN Climate Summit in … and transitioning toward nutritious diets, equitable livelihoods and sustainable practices. We need to enact system-wide transformation …
Article, 22 November 2019
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
… order to limit global warming to 2°C, and to target 1.5°C.   European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) training and support programme (invite only) … agenda   Climate summit for local and regional leaders: financing the sustainable transition of territories Date: Monday, 14 November, 2016 …
Event, 05 November 2016
Head and shoulders image of Alok Sharma talking to a computer camera in front of the Union flag
Ministers, NGOs, academia and grassroots discuss resilience beyond COVID-19
… look like, united across the interrelated agendas of climate, health, development, food, peace and security? The answers were diverse but … the need to strengthen universal healthcare, which is a basic building block for resilience and effective early warning.  The chair of … the LDC University Consortium on Climate Change , who stressed that capacity building is key in research for skills and knowledge. He …
News, 07 July 2020
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Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Managing Nature's Wealth for Society's Health, The
… The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an … sustainability. By identifying practical ways forward and capacity building requirements, we hope this booklet goes some way to addressing … Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Managing Nature's Wealth for …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Closeup of the flame of a small oil lamp.
Energy equity: can the UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative make a difference?
… The Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (abbreviated to SE4ALL) has set … energy for the poorest: SE4ALL should focus on reducing poverty and building resilience to the impacts of climate change through improving … but also to failed projects, corruption, lack of technical capacity or lobbying in favour of diesel generators. The domestic use of …
Insight, 29 March 2012
Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Dangerous backsliding Managed responsibly, … climate-sensitive investments in land. Ensuring governments have the capacity to formulate these frameworks and push back against short-term …
Insight, 29 January 2021
Collaborative management of forests and wildlife in Vietnam
… Developing and implementing legal frameworks for community management Building the capacity of buffer zone villagers to negotiate, monitor and benefit from … feasibility study and developing and implementing a community sustainable financing plan Training/empowering communities to monitor … Sustainable markets …
Project, 02 January 2009
A deep-sea fishing trawler
Helping the LDCs negotiate the high seas
… comprehensive global regime to better address the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national … marine protected areas Environmental impact assessments, and Capacity building and transfer of marine technology. What IIED is doing IIED is …
Project, 17 May 2018