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US President Joe Biden speaking with a microphone
Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
Insight, 20 April 2021
A large group of people sit under a tree and talk.
We need more integrity between the treatment of forests at home and abroad
… owners are members of large cooperatives. The capital – both business capacity and finance – within these co-operatives, is enormous. For … fuel and fibre production. They also understand the need to invest in building the capacity of smallholder producer organisations both in the … unleash private sector investment in small-scale forest farms to make sustainable land use systems profitable. Is it for this reason that the …
Insight, 02 October 2012
Women fishing in shallow water
CBA15: Local solutions inspiring global action
Event, 14 June 2021
Image of Namibian drylands with a stone hill rising in the background.
3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit
… of natural assets is the best way to ensure strong investment in and sustainable use of forests, water, soils and other resources, in ways … to such shocks with policies that prioritise long-term adaptive capacity, more diverse economic activities, and climate-resilient … and greater accountability in global institutions are among the building blocks of resilience to the shocks tend to hit the poorest and …
News, 22 May 2012
Chart showing decentralised energy access – finance needed and contribution of climate finance (Image: Sarah Best/IIED)
The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend?
Insight, 24 June 2016
This sewage treatment plant in Delawas, Jaipur, was funded by the Asian Development Bank. There are concerns omitting local people from decision-making processes can lead to climate funds not sufficiently representing local priorities (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting Green Climate Funding to the local level
Insight, 28 October 2015
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Peñas Blancas Reservoir in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica: Growing money on trees
… PSA in Spanish) are one of the most innovative instruments to promote sustainable development to emerge this decade. Based on economic theory, … and how to distribute the benefits. After much internal debate and capacity building, the association signed some contracts, and a solid internal … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 26 June 2012
Building an embankment in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has been forced to learn how to cope with the realities of climate change (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Does "leave no-one behind" risk too narrow a focus?
… when they adopted this phrase, now included in the preamble to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) .  But it's not the only … to pick them apart and think carefully about what they imply. Building on the MDG agenda Since the SDGs were adopted in September … at learning from a broader spectrum of experience. Learning and capacity development in this context is definitely not one-way – …
Insight, 01 March 2016
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Roses and people: exploring sustainable livelihoods in the Rose valley, Bulgaria (PLA 58)
… community the author observed the potential to build on the latent capacity of seasonal labourers and small-scale farmers to use their … Roses and people: exploring sustainable livelihoods in the Rose valley, Bulgaria (PLA 58) …
Publication, 01 June 2008