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The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… Why women's empowerment is essential for sustainable development February: Our most-read blog of 2016 put forward a powerful … that can channel funding to reach local communities and build capacity among institutions so they are agile enough to integrate …
Article, 28 December 2016
People stand on a sea-wall with a road and look out at the ocean.
8 points on financing climate change adaptation in urban areas
Insight, 20 June 2013
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… the times We need effective solutions: biodiversity underpins all the Sustainable Development Goals . To find them, all actors must keep up … loans, the development of forest insurance, and support for farmers’ capacity to organise.  At IIED, we are further building the case and practical paths for biodiversity conservation that …
Insight, 28 June 2018
Nairobi in Kenya is one of many fast-growing cities across Africa (Photo: Stuart Price/Make it Kenya, Creative Commons via Flickr)
African cities can raise more money. Kenya and South Africa offer useful lessons
… have a key role to play in establishing enabling legislation and building the capacity of municipal authorities to use these financing options. This … and helping local government or utilities mobilise investment for sustainable urban infrastructure. This blog first appeared on the …
Insight, 31 October 2018
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
Article, 28 December 2017
Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’
… learning’ tells us so far about REDD+, poverty reduction and sustainable development. Participants came from multilateral and … endeavour — complications should be anticipated and adaptive capacity built. • Carbon rights — equity must trump efficiency. Carbon … should out-rank that of efficiency. • Invest in trust and capacity building. High on the list of other essential conditions that will not …
Insight, 30 November 2011
Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… expanding businesses, do not of themselves produce healthy cities, or sustainable or inclusive cities, or cities adapted to the effects of … nation. But they hardly figure at all in the actual SDGs. SDG 17.9 on capacity building is all about international support for national plans.     The …
Insight, 12 October 2015
Participants at the CGIAR Climate Social Learning evidence gathering workshop, including IIED director of communications Liz Carlile (standing) (Photo: CCAFS)
Which factors are key for successful social learning?
Insight, 14 July 2014
A tour group from ecotourism business Adventures in the Last Corridor explore possible caving tour options (Photo: Cathy Smith)
Business incubation motivates fire management
… makes much more sense where local people are making good money from sustainable use of those resources – protecting what they depend on. … groups needed more information on market demand for their product, capacity required to meet that demand, expected costs, legal procedures … in chicken and tilapia to ensure that group members have the required capacity to run larger investments. Trio Mountain Tilapia Growers Ltd – …
Insight, 06 March 2017
A farmer in Bangladesh
Upscaling agroecological practices
… In a context of a changing climate and growing concerns for more sustainable and healthy food systems, agroecology is gaining momentum as a scientific discipline, sustainable farming approach and social movement. However, despite … and their communities to understand their constraints and build capacity and confidence; with policymakers to ensure an enabling …
Project, 29 January 2017