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2015 is a critical year for sustainable development: IIED is tracking the route to Paris and COP21 in December (Image: IIED)
Walking along the road to Paris
Insight, 15 June 2015
IIED will be participating in a range of event at Habitat III, the global UN summit on urban issues
IIED at Habitat III: event listing
… goals of reducing poverty, promoting equality and transition to environmental sustainability. In doing so, the side event discussed the … and forced relocation. They presented practical approaches that community-based groups and municipal authorities have adopted, and include …
Event, 20 October 2016
Seeds carefully picked from a pile of rotting and old beans in Mali.
Food waste: can grassroots initiatives stop us throwing good food in the bin?
… is World Environment Day , an annual event that celebrates global environmental action. The theme this year is Think Eat Save – an … the collective biocultural heritage in the region, much of which is based on a reciprocal relationship between the people and their … recycling. FareShare redistributes surplus food to a network of community organisations that support vulnerable people. It acts as a …
Insight, 04 June 2013
Men sitting on railway tracks with roosters. Sucat Railway Community, Manila, Philippines.
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
… The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of poverty reduction and pro-poor … HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Targets: Integrate the principles of … of natural resources. And to identify priorities for the proposed MDG-based national plans and processes to be put in place as a result of the …
Project, 30 April 2008
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
… development Influencing national public budget processes to integrate environmental sustainability Natural capital accounting: a tool for … tones. His sudden passing away is a great loss to the biodiversity community. Jonathan was popular and held in high regard with all who … resources available or forthcoming from the NBSAPs 2.0 project and is based on the experience of project members. Plus, you can now read this …
Article, 09 July 2013
Fairtrade and formalisation for small-scale miners
… the formal economy, such as paying taxes or complying with labour and environmental laws. This means lower barriers to entry and lower costs, … Fairtrade certified artisanal miner organisations in the world (all based in Latin America). These organisations had already gone a long way … Natural resource management …
Insight, 18 February 2011
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project updates
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development project updates
… In Malawi, the project made contributions to the on-going review of Environmental Impact Assessment guidelines. Provisions for biodiversity … tones. His sudden passing away is a great loss to the biodiversity community. Jonathan was popular and held in high regard with all who … resources available or forthcoming from the NBSAPs 2.0 project and is based on the experience of project members. Plus, you can now read this …
Article, 21 March 2014
Land cleared for palm oil production, Indonesia (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals
… to terminate or renegotiate deals, or to tighten up their social, environmental and economic parameters, and Many deals concern countries … report looks at three levels: A global-level quantitative analysis based on online databases of land deals and of investment treaties A … Natural resource management …
Insight, 17 February 2016
The Roșia Poieni copper mine in Romania, one of the largest copper reserves in Europe (Photo: Cristian Bortes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Investor-state arbitration: Lessons from civil society advocacy
… are often settled that was relatively obscure until recently. If community and civil society mobilisation on an investment persuades the … natural resource investments. At the webinar, Marcos Orellana, of US-based Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) , and Jason Brickhill, of South Africa ' s …
Insight, 19 May 2014
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… that have been undertaken. Further, these estimates have tended to be based on strong assumptions, such as perfect foresight, and there are … change. Further, there are incentives for the development assistance community to take up this role, because climate change will compound the … Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Towards Dialogue. Global Environmental Change 8 (2) pp.341-371 GEF (Global Environment Facility), …
Article, 14 November 2008