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Why markets matter
… – like a small tax on all international flights to raise money for climate change adaptation. Our research on investment principles , for example, finds …
Insight, 19 March 2012
The rugged coastline of Jeju Island, South Korea, where the World Conservation Congress is being held.
IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
… and another on using traditional knowledge to help people adapt to climate change. Controversial location The Congress is being held on the island … programme to build a large naval base on Jeju, displacing local villagers and fisherfolk. The IUCN says in this statement that it …
Insight, 06 September 2012
Business models for sustainable development
… distinguishes it from its competitors. Two broad areas for possible adaptation and innovation of a business model are production and … Now, as forests become flashpoints for conflict and a focus for climate concerns, community forestry could be coming into its own. … Up Additional resources Engineers against Poverty Channels for Change: Private Water and the Urban Poor Wilson & Zarsky Power to the …
Article, 10 May 2010
Chinese supermarket. Photo: Simon Lim
Reflections on ten years of rating big brands for sustainability
… the brands under seven themes -- land, women, farmers, workers, climate, transparency and water -- and calculates each score according … in measures of what companies aspire to, rather than of observable change, for example in the health of trading relations, or the welfare … data with independent external surveys, such as store surveys for local food, or surveys of supermarket suppliers. These tools have since …
Insight, 27 February 2013
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… will demonstrate nature-based solutions to global challenges such as climate change, health and supporting human life. The work of IIED Members of … conserves 1,460 varieties of potato for food security and climate adaptation, this model is now being scaled up to set up similar …
Event, 12 November 2014
A Raika man leading his sheep and goats to graze in the contested Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols
… strengthen biodiversity conservation efforts by communities, support climate change adaptation, and help to establish long-term partnerships between …
Insight, 02 October 2012