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A new President: what does this mean for Bulgaria’s energy sector?
… Europe. It has about 12,668 MW of installed power generation capacity, including thermal, nuclear and hydro-power. The government is … participation in decision-making, and support technical capacity building. 2012 is both Plevneliev’s first year in power and the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All . He should seize the opportunity to boost …
Insight, 17 January 2012
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Engendering Eden Volume 3: Women, Gender and ICDPs in South and South East Asia- Lessons learnt and experiences shared
… Wildlife and Development series highlights key topics in the field of sustainable wildlife use and is aimed at policy-makers, planners, … to increase women's empowerment through such as education and capacity building. However components still remain fragmented and under …
Publication, 01 January 2003
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Energy: One for all, and all for one
… how communities can come together to make green choices and create sustainable energy solutions. They're all finalists for the coveted … 8,000 members, who collectively own the equivalent of over 20 MW of capacity in UK wind farms provide a model for how community-managed … households had any access to energy.  The project, managed by German development corporation GIZ and consulting engineers INTEGRATION, aims …
Insight, 30 May 2012
Direct investment in the extractive industries: citizen empowerment for better governance and accountability
… Ccommunication and advocacy tools Monitoring and evaluation, and Capacity building techniques. Workshops On 5-6 February 2009, the Centre for … Law (CEPIL) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) organised a multi-stakeholder workshop on 'Oil and … Sustainable markets …
Project, 10 March 2009
women distributing counting eggs
New narratives for a 'new normal'
… community networks and maintain their visibility as drivers of development. As movements and networks gain public recognition, they are … )   Grassroots organisations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are building on years of organising, learning and collective …
Insight, 22 July 2020
Gates Foundation gives US$10 million to help urban poor improve living conditions
… of SDI, enabling them to improve their living conditions and their capacity to negotiate with governments to secure rights to land. In … This assistance will help to build local dialogue and locally sustainable solutions." To date, these grassroots groups have built or … installing toilets, improving water supplies and in some cases building houses. Improving the physical infrastructure is half the …
News, 22 November 2007
Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?
Insight, 27 November 2015
Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… to it – Alfredo del Valle, Chile Adapting to change is one thing, but building lasting resilience and innovation from the bottom up … to Northern NGOs – began to emerge. Key ingredients appear to include capacity for organisational learning; distributed rather than … a springboard for the innovation that will be needed to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals.  Lila Buckley ( [email protected] ) …
Insight, 26 January 2016
Stands of giant bamboo, in what was once degraded cattle pasture, are ready to be loaded onto trucks (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Bamboozled by bamboo?
… increase profits, it can also increase sustainability – for example building up capital resources to counter risks of running out of money … for the resources they manage, they are often committed to sustainable use of forests and land. Group ownership often leads to … to lead to greater buy-in to the concept and practice of sustainable development.  Duncan Macqueen ([email protected]) is principal …
Insight, 09 December 2016
Kazakhstan's capital Astana will host the EXPO trade fair in 2017. Credit: Ken & Nyetta/Flicker (Creative Commons)
Kazakhstan: Green economy of the future?
… commitment to mainstreaming the green economy agenda into national development, in a speech in January 2014. The country aims to diversify … example, a State Commission or a Council under the President ( the Sustainable Development Council offers lessons) Increase Kazakh … chosen the theme Future Energy, which aims to "promote and discover sustainable, energy solutions". The target date of 2050 is just over 35 …
Insight, 30 January 2014