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Occupy London protestors outside St Paul's Cathedral.
Statistics: The middle tells you nothing about the extremes
… Two examples of statistics at their devilish work are provided by climate change, and economic growth. First, the Daily Mail and other pundits who want to belittle the credibility of climate science argue that the latest average global temperatures … events – with the rich getting ever richer and the climate system delivering harder, harsher conditions to those who’ve contributed least …
Insight, 24 October 2012
A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
Insight, 07 January 2013
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Fair and sustainable food systems: from vicious cycles to virtuous circles
… systems is pushing the world into a vicious cycle of food shortages, climate chaos, famine and disaster. How can we transform our production …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… migration . Our new  Urban Matters blog  focuses on urban poverty, climate change in cities and rural-urban linkages.  Impact of climate change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible? The … (SDGs) set the United Nations' development agenda beyond 2015. But climate change impacts will render these goals deeply challenging for …
Article, 31 December 2015
Delegates discuss the final draft text for COP21 in Bonn (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Least Developed Countries: Paris must not be the beginning of the end
… Determined Contributions (INDCs) – the country plans to tackle climate change – have been submitted, 123 in total , which includes the … to the bottom. The level of ambition contained within the country climate change plans put the world on a 2.7C pathway , but the LDCs are … as anything higher exposes our nations to irreversible changes in the climate system.  While participation is at an unprecedented level, the …
News, 20 October 2015
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Business models for sustainable development: innovation for society and environment
… How can business pull a local farming community out of poverty? Tackle climate change? Protect a forest’s biodiversity? This, the first of …
Publication, 01 May 2009
Top blogs of 2018
Best of 2018: blogs
… – and not just money. 3 Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action April: Starting in the US in late 2017, the #MeToo … executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, called on women and girls to channel the energy of the … governments and development agencies look to private investment for delivering the SDGs, there is a need to unpack and address those …
Article, 27 December 2018
Picture of a bamboo forest canopy.
The first people’s manifesto for democracy and sustainable development
… needs to be cherished if it is to thrive and adapt to pressures that climate change, resource scarcity and major demographic shifts will …
News, 08 June 2012
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… the debate on land use, particularly with a view to protecting the climate and nature. Of course the key is to also safeguard the interests … in African countries, bringing rewards that are conditional on delivering ecosystems services such as protecting watersheds or carbon … insecure.  REDD+ offers space for refocusing priorities and delivering more productive and climate-smart solutions on both the …
Insight, 23 December 2015
Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Business as usual – or business with purpose?
… and micro-businesses are assessing where their businesses are in delivering ‘triple‐bottom line’ benefits (PDF) . Investors are also … equal, support the environment and liveable cities, and help combat climate change? Or if it’s just green, blue or purpose (claiming … achieving the SDGs: unsustainable markets; increasing inequality; the climate crisis; the assault on the natural world and increasing urban …
Insight, 17 April 2019