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Camp site with several informal tents made of fabric and plastic.
Are humanitarian agencies starting from scratch again in Haiti?
… were equipped for the challenge. There was a critical shortage of capacity; of skilled and experienced personnel, of data and appropriate … in a massive learning-by-doing effort that ranged from writing building codes to creating maps and training people. In 2021, are Haiti, … Crises programme  then funded by the Department for International Development (now the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office , we set …
Insight, 24 October 2021
Which is the best approach when working for sustainable energy for all? (Photo: Bernard Polet, via Flickr)
How can we finance sustainable energy for all?
… The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) explored some of these challenges in November at a one-day workshop on 'Financing sustainable energy for all', co-hosted by the International Institute … that should complement one another: Enabling environment Technical capacity Information and networks Knowing what delivery models work …
Insight, 15 December 2014
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… analysed how and under what conditions decentralised governance, capacity building and participation by farmers can promote the adaptive … grains to poor villagers. In Indonesia, farmers learned sustainable farming methods through field experiments in Farmer Field … Building resilient food systems …
Project, 14 August 2013
View of Kunming, China, of a lake and houses in the background
Learning from Paris: what would ‘Kunming-compliant’ look like for development cooperation agencies?
Insight, 25 February 2021
Business models for sustainable development
Article, 10 May 2010
A view of Shanghai's tall buildings
Cities’ development trajectories
… urban change within nations. This blog looks at what drives cities’ development trajectories, especially successful large cities.  To make … But if city governments have key roles in (for instance) meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (and now controlling the COVID-19 … centres for transnational corporations; all are likely to have high capacity information and communications technology serving residents and …
Insight, 16 June 2020
Women carrying emergency shelter kits
The UK’s backward step on global development
Insight, 17 June 2020
High-tech trawlers in the Faroe Islands. Ninety-five per cent of this tiny nation's exports is made up of fish (Photo: antonalfred, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Turning the tide: creating incentives for sustainable oceans
… 90 per cent of global fish stocks are being fished either at maximum capacity or beyond biologically sustainable levels.  Fisheries are critical for global food security and … sustainably manage global fisheries. The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development includes a specific goal – Goal 14 – to conserve and …
Insight, 17 January 2017
Aerial view of Villa 20, Buenos Aires
Transforming cities, transforming lives
… fail to create lasting change or reach many people. To build more sustainable, equitable futures, cities must reconfigure their deeper … shifting the mindsets of urban citizens and decision-makers, and by building new urban coalitions to implement strategies that lead to … process will be enhanced by research, tailored communications and capacity-building activities. The project will also utilise film and art …
Project, 30 June 2021
Arid landscape in the Mount Kenya region
Archive of completed 'Global ambition for climate action and justice' projects
Article, 14 April 2021