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Postcard from Durban: Greener football and tree-preneurs
… Europe to South Africa and back again. As well as helping to limit climate change, the project aims to protect wild nature, improve water quality … they collect seeds of native tree species and then they plant them at home in old bottles, plastic bags and other containers. Once the trees …
Insight, 08 December 2011
Maurice Strong at the High Level Dialogue on Global Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Sergio Greif, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Remembering Maurice Strong, pioneering environmental champion
… with the UN Conference on Human Settlements in 1976. She wrote 'Home of Man', the theme book for the conference and the catalyst for … Executive Director of UNEP, and spoke animatedly about the Paris climate conference and its prospects for success. The UN may never see …
Insight, 04 December 2015
A women puts food into an outdoor oven
Keeping Bolivia’s culture alive through food
… food’ because of its nutritious value and its ability to withstand climate change. It used to be a staple of the Bolivian diet but demand for the … high-end restauranteurs to street food sellers and families preparing home-cooked meals, the gastronomy movement in Bolivia – buoyed by …
Insight, 18 June 2019
Q: When is a forest not a forest? A: When no-one knows
… To my mind, the top photo shows a forest. It is dense and diverse, a home to hundreds of species of trees, hundreds of species of bird and … have tried to explain how important real forest are for limiting climate change, tackling poverty and creating green economies based on timber …
Insight, 02 November 2011
Black grouse fight in Vaala, Finland. The country is committed to protecting biodiversity under its implementation of the sustainable development goals (Photo: Markus Varesvuo/NPL/Barcroft)
Will the UK be left behind on sustainable development?
… the merit of uniting the big global challenges of our era – halting climate change, arresting the loss of natural assets, stopping the upward trend … said many Finnish companies had promised to promote sustainability at home and abroad, with a focus on operations in poorer countries. …
Insight, 25 July 2016
REDD+: Learning from participatory forest management
… As policymakers prepare to discuss REDD+ at UN climate talks in Durban, they should heed the lessons learned from years … 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is just around the corner. How to design and deliver  REDD+ — … 5,300 villages engaged in community forestry in Lao PDR. Tanzania is home to about 500 community forest reserves. And in Costa Rica, …
Insight, 10 November 2011
International experts on gender and employment participating in an IIED gender workshop in 2014 (Photo: Lucille Robinson/IIED)
Gender in the workplace: do families always have to lose out?
… in developing countries, who are struck by natural disasters and climate change, who live in challenging environments and climate, or who do … gender equality and how we can address the inequalities at work, at home and in the poor and marginalised communities that we work with. …
Insight, 15 May 2015
A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
Insight, 19 June 2019
Solar panels, such as these in Bhutan, are benefiting millions of energy-poor households (Photo: Richard Furlong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Turning up the volume: five insights into aggregating finance for expanding off grid energy investment
Insight, 03 November 2017
Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas
… A world where disastrous climate change is avoided, ecological and resource limits respected, and poverty … the development deficits that underpin climate vulnerability in the home, workplace and neighbourhood; and create employment and skills …
Insight, 07 December 2015