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With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change
Insight, 06 June 2011
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
… during IIED's second Legal Tools webinar. Around the world, citizens' groups are taking action to change how investments in natural … At the webinar, Marcos Orellana, of US-based Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) , and Jason Brickhill, of South Africa ' s … strategies: how to balance the advances that can be achieved through engaging with individual arbitral proceedings with the need to promote …
Insight, 19 May 2014
A farmer's house and sugar cane field in Cambodia, where there is concern about large-scale investment in sugar plantations driving local people off the land (Photo: Brian Hoffman, via Creative Commons)
Human rights should be at the heart of investment policy making
… information, or freedom of expression and assembly, are essential for citizens to be able to scrutinise and influence investment policy … redress in important areas. Much international guidance in social and environmental matters is left to non-binding instruments that cannot be … , is closely interconnected with the successful balancing of social, environmental and economic considerations that is at the heart of …
Insight, 20 October 2014
A member of the Sekonyer community gets ready for a day on the Sekonyer river in Borneo, close to the site of recent conflict between a palm oil company and RSPO member and the local community (Photo: Rainforest Action Network via Creative Commons)
Paving a path towards redressing grievances and holding investors accountable
… institutions, such as the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Environmental and Social Performance Standards , which define IFC clients' responsibilities for managing environmental and social risks. The voluntary guidelines and these … and outspoken, contacting the media, targeting the parent company and engaging with governments and international institutions could also be …
Insight, 07 January 2015
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… in 2019 (Photo: Tracy Kajumba, IIED) "Michelle was also keen on engaging to bridge the gender gap within the UNFCCC processes. Before I … nominated by Paul Steele . "Kristalina Georgieva inspires me as the environmental economist with the most power to drive positive change in … food policy, education, and through urban agriculture – supporting citizens to create neighbourhood gardens. MT struck me as energetic, …
Article, 15 June 2020
Photo: Farah Sevilla, Alyansa Tigil Mina
How extractive industries can address conflict and build trust with communities
… channels to address their grievances about companies’ social and environmental impacts. The work of the UN Special Representative on … to establish their own formal mechanisms to address and resolve local citizens’ grievances," says co-author Dr Emma Wilson. "Grievance …
News, 25 April 2013
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… circles ’ or download the book Virtuous Circles: Values, Systems and Sustainability . Sustaining local food systems, agricultural … at the ecological basis of food and agriculture, the social and environmental costs of modern food systems, and the policy reversals …
Project, 14 August 2013
Images of the UK and EU flags, IIED director Andrew Norton says: "Losing membership of the European Union must not mean that the UK withdraws from the great global challenges of our time" (Photo: Reuters, via Google Licence)
Navigating uncharted waters: the EU referendum, the spirit of Paris, and the SDGs
Insight, 27 June 2016
Green Economy Coalition gives Rio 2012 text a Grade B
… also pushes for all listed and private sector companies to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycles.  These are all … the right direction. What is very obviously absent is the notion of ‘environmental limits’ or ‘planetary boundaries’ which should underpin … also pleased that our support for a social protection floor for all citizens has gained some ground and that there is an explicit focus on …
Insight, 13 January 2012
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
… practice.  For 'parks', it will strengthen conservation targets while engaging a varied audience from government to general members of society … for 'people', it will engage with development sectors and inspire citizens to connect with nature; and for the 'planet', it will …
Event, 12 November 2014