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A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
… they will unfairly be impacted by climate policies. Climate-smart development considers action on climate change in an immediate and broad … livelihoods – while plotting an ambitious course to decarbonisation, sustainable management of ecosystems and overall resilience to long-term …
Project, 15 October 2020
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… 43 ‘Voluntary National Reviews’ (VNRs) of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Extending a 2016 analysis, it finds that … way to change behaviour. However, contextual disadvantages affect the capacity for the very poor to comply. Successful CT/PES schemes have … 2) supporting teaching modules which can be used to promote capacity building of practitioners. More about this work:  The research project …
Article, 21 December 2018
Polluted air coming out of the smoke stacks of a factory in Shanghai, China.
The least developed countries, equity, and a brave new world
… to our changing planet, and transferring technologies that allow for sustainable development? Equity. The word buzzes in the corridors of the … hold notable pollution records, but also possess the resources and capacity to face the impacts of climate change. Thus one inequity, the …
Insight, 02 July 2013
Women fetching water at a water kiosk
Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya
… invested GBP£1.91 million into 99 community-prioritised resilience-building projects across the five counties, directly benefiting more … The CCCF’s approach on community participation and building capacity through training has helped community members – particularly … structures to govern the fund. This ensures the mechanism is sustainable, with CCCF funding coming from the government exchequer. …
Insight, 24 September 2019
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National Sustainable Development Strategies: Experiences and dilemmas
… Explores key issues which appear to have advanced the development of strategies or which have posed dilemmas for those … Issues covered include: the political context, key objectives; building strategic capacity; scope problems; multiple (parallel) strategies; the limits of … National Sustainable Development Strategies: Experiences and dilemmas …
Publication, 01 January 1994
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… From green economy plans to the Sustainable Development Goals, ambitions for growth have the word … good economic times, the formal economy simply does not have enough capacity to create the number of jobs needed to shift people out of … what does that new framework look like? Principles for integration Building a crisp and detailed proposition takes more than one meeting, …
Insight, 10 March 2016
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A cut above: building the market for fair trade timber
… as large-scale industrial logging is now largely discredited in the sustainable development context. The fair trade emphasis on just pricing for poorer … fair trade timber, CFEs could boost their entrepreneurial capacity using democratic business models with in-built social … A cut above: building the market for fair trade timber …
Publication, 01 February 2008
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Evolving Customary Institutions in the Drylands: An opportunity for devolved natural resource governance in Kenya?
… Improved governance of natural resources is crucial for building climate resilient livelihoods and economies in Africa’s drylands. This paper looks at why the authority and capacity of customary natural resource management institutions has been … and supporting customary institutions can be a more successful and sustainable approach to addressing the ‘drylands development deficit’ …
Publication, 01 April 2014
A cereal shop, a corner shop and a computer, printing and photocopy shop.
Energy, finance and community business – show us the money
… Electricity drives economic development. But uptake of ‘productive use of energy’ (PUE) – energy … but most developers see their role limited to providing electricity. Building on bright ideas Finance is not the only barrier and emerging … level, prototyping different approaches to build community business capacity and access to finance – including partnering with the Small …
Insight, 18 August 2020
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Roadmap for strengthening forest and farm producer organisations - policy brief
… partnerships with NGOs, consultants, companies and governmental and development agencies. As such, forest and farm producer organizations build capacity of otherwise isolated and marginalized producers to achieve …
Publication, 01 July 2014