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Our other sites and networks
… Active sites REDAA 2022 - ongoing Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia (REDAA) catalyses research, … Website  |  Project page Sentinel 2019 - ongoing Social and Environmental Trade-Offs in African Agriculture. An interdisciplinary … and formal rights to land and natural resources through piloting land governance innovations at the local level and contributing to workable …
Page, 30 September 2022
Two women throwing fishing nets at a lake
Critical themes at IIED
… 2014’s series on economic issues fed into a strategic review of environmental economics. The following year, a discussion on gender … China help build a global eco-civilisation? China's role in global governance is growing, with important implications for global climate … links between climate change, migration and conflict. April: Tackling inequality and unsustainable consumption Independent researcher Dario …
Article, 05 March 2021
Women delivering a package to another woman, all wearing face masks.
Climate justice needs vaccine justice
… rich countries. Experience of community engagement, multi-layered governance and inclusive support by states to ‘bottom up’ local … rich countries move towards widespread adult vaccination. Increasing inequality This trajectory is not certain as there are many other … more sustainable world and a new social contract built on social and environmental justice – cannot start until the pandemic is overcome …
Insight, 01 February 2021
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in the Great Hall of the People, uniformed in identical suits, red ties, and side-parts.
China’s leadership transition
… the world’s second-largest economy, but also of uneven development, environmental damage, and rumbling social discontent over inequality and corruption. Behind the carefully choreographed continuity … begin , a response to the recent escalation of increasingly violent environmental protests blocking major construction projects. He also …
Insight, 27 November 2012
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Harnessing employment-based social assistance programmes to scale up nature-based climate action
… As the severity of the triple challenges of global inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss becomes clearer, … assistance to enable a more effective combination of social and environmental objectives. …
Publication, 01 January 2020
Man wearing a mask on a protest march carries a sign, with a pink background, saying: "There is no pride on a dead planet".
Queering climate justice − what climate justice can learn from queer groups
… of nature and human relationships, concepts of justice and environmental governance. These diverse perspectives challenge us to adopt more nature …
Insight, 21 September 2023
View of a building on a street corner, with people crossing the road in the foreground
Coming through the pandemic the right way up
… effectively and has emerged with an ambitious ‘ green new deal ’ for environmental action. There are real risks of rising inequality and ecological destruction on a trajectory even steeper than … But there are also lessons that make the case for a move towards environmental and social justice. At best the pandemic will shift …
Insight, 01 May 2020
A photo of the Amazon rainforest, with water in the foreground. Sixty per cent of the rainforest, which covers 2,100,000 square miles, is located in Brazil (Photo: www.bbmexplorer.com, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Critical theme: lessons and ideas for sustainable development in the Amazon
… the Brazilian NGO's work to promote sustainable involvement, environmental conservation and the improvement of the quality of life of … of speakers and topics. Previous events have looked at ' Tackling inequality and unsustainable consumption ', ' Gender and environmental … climate change and food security '. Other events have focused on the governance of Marine Protected Areas , the Asian Coalition for Housing …
Event, 23 October 2017
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Responsible enterprise, foreign direct investment and investment promotion
… of host countries. But too often, FDI has been associated with environmental degradation, increased inequality, and lack of integration with the local economy. A number of … Governance …
Publication, 01 April 2008
Pick-up van packed with people and suitcases.
Climate-induced migration and vulnerability to modern slavery
Project, 17 September 2021