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People in a plenary room cheering and clapping.
Making global trade rules work for small-scale fisheries
… into force in 2025. This landmark achievement in multilateral trade governance prohibits subsidies for the most environmentally harmful … was a key agenda item. During COFI37, SSF organisations and allied civil society groups called on governments to ensure the new WTO rules respect …
Insight, 28 October 2026
A dramatic sunset of reds and yellows frames a dozen wind turbines in the distance in the water.
Making subsidy reform work for nature, climate and people
Article, 14 October 2026
Thousands of fish are caught in a net off the side of a large trawler ship.
IIED at the World Trade Organisation Public Forum 2026
Event, 15 September 2026
Woman pastoralist herding cattle in Marsabit, rural Kenya
How are civil society and impacted communities working to change the governance of land-based investments?
… Governance (ALIGN) project. This spotlighted how activists, civil society, impacted communities and human rights defenders are pushing for … governance with sustainable development objectives, human rights, and environmental and climate obligations. ODC promoted multi-stakeholder … Governance … How are civil society and impacted communities working to change the governance …
Insight, 22 July 2024
Nickel smelters in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Indonesia’s nickel refining boom: lessons for other mineral-rich countries
… mining and refining have been associated with extensive social and environmental impacts, including deforestation , land disputes, air … and coal mines that were operating illegally on forest areas. But civil society organisations and mine-impacted communities continue to … Governance …
Insight, 28 January 2026
Woman puts greens on a plate
UN Food Systems Summit: it’s time to listen to civil society’s concerns
… many of the criticisms of the summit that have been raised by civil society organisations representing small-scale producers, peasants and … that stubbornly resist regulation of their labour and environmental practices – to ‘help’ devise solutions. By trumpeting the … Governance … UN Food Systems Summit: it’s time to listen to civil society’s concerns …
Insight, 22 June 2021
Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant
Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers
… project coordinator at SEND-Ghana and coordinator from the Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP); and Ismaila Pomasi, chairperson for the … union, media) working to influence policies to improve production, environmental management and farmer incomes as well as explore … Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa …
Insight, 23 August 2021
Three people working in a paddy field.
Investment governance in Cambodia: a window of opportunity
… stakeholders who work on natural resource governance and social and environmental issues. And yet, investment governance plays a major part … The online meetings brought together community representatives, civil society organisations (CSOs), government officials and lawyers to … Governance … Investment governance in Cambodia: a window of opportunity …
Insight, 20 May 2022
Cranes tower over the construction of a dam, with a body of water in the foreground
Chinese hydropower starting to adopt social and environmental safeguarding norms, but with limitations
… sector. However, it has largely bypassed pressure for social and environmental ‘safeguarding policies’ designed to identify, avoid and … safeguarding is an iterative ‘dance’ involving diverse actors, with civil society – Chinese, local and international – playing a key role,” say … Governance … Chinese hydropower starting to adopt social and environmental safeguarding norms, but with limitations …
News, 17 March 2022
Group of people standing in a circle, talking and laughing.
Brazilian philanthropies’ vision to tackle social and climate injustices
… never lived in a time with greater wealth and resources to tackle our society’s issues. Yet, the increasing accumulation of wealth and rising … conveners of political and economic actors, and advocates with civil society actors for transformative change.  The conversations at … philanthropic organisations like  Iniciativa PIPA and   Casa Socio-Environmental Fund , among others, are building a pathway to transform …
Insight, 22 May 2025