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Jobs, nature and the Green New Deal: lessons from the global South
… for delivering social assistance will need to combine social and environmental objectives more effectively. This will involve moving away from models for environmental action that reflect technical understandings of the … landscapes to address the severity of the triple challenges of global inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss. Harnessing …
Insight, 30 January 2020
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Latest IIED podcast puts the focus on energy access
… of our time, from climate crisis to biodiversity loss and increasing inequality. Episode 1, Protecting our ocean , centred on IIED’s work to … ocean, and also looks at international attempts to improve marine governance and efforts to develop an ocean-based economy that successfully balances economic gain with social and environmental concerns.  You can subscribe to the podcast on your …
News, 15 November 2019
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?
… While the debate on business’ social and environmental impacts (both positive and negative) is not new, when the … or explain how it went beyond traditional environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. But there are already many ways businesses … that link to achieving the SDGs: unsustainable markets; increasing inequality; the climate crisis; the assault on the natural world and …
Insight, 17 April 2019
It would cost less than $7 per person a year to provide 200 million people, most of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa, with access to electricity (Photo: Alamy, via Google licence)
New finance needed to connect 200 million people in cities to grid and help tackle poverty
… public finance to direct the private sector to important social and environmental investments – such as renewable electricity for the urban … powerhouses they have the potential to be, and to reduce the extreme inequality that can fuel political and financial crises. These …
News, 14 October 2016
People in costume walking
Allyship not ownership: how NGOs can back social movements
… target. France’s Gilet Jaunes prompted a new citizen-led approach to environmental policymaking. In the United States, the youth-led … are becoming mainstream.  Meanwhile, years of wage stagnation, rising inequality and increasing political alienation are fuelling the passion … even decades; now that citizens seem to be mobilising themselves, environmental charities risk ending up like the dog that finally caught …
Insight, 17 March 2020
Top blogs of 2018
Best of 2018: blogs
… turned into a worldwide campaign against sexual harassment and gender inequality.   In her blog, Christiana Figueres, former executive … in Rwanda, for example. 8 How tackling climate change could tackle inequality June: Sarah Colenbrander and Andrew Sudmant reported on … women to be better represented in decision-making roles related to environmental and sustainable development issues. Her guest blog was …
Article, 27 December 2018
While 'green growth' has focused on attracting investment, 'green economy' targets wider and deeper reform to create an economic system that better serves society (Photo: Davetoaster via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Support for green economy surges but crucial gaps remain
… antidote to the prevailing brown economy, which is a major driver of environmental degradation and inequality," says Oliver Greenfield Convenor of the Green Economy … Bank and UN agencies are developing ways to measure the social and environmental performance of economies, with metrics that go beyond …
News, 24 February 2014
The opportunities of climate change
… instability are bad. In fact, a quick glance of history shows us that environmental shocks have led to sweeping political changes, some of … the Middle East a case of "good" climate change destabilisation? Environmental shocks can expose governments that are corrupt, elitist or … Governance …
Insight, 26 April 2011
Aceh, Indonesia, in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the ninth anniversary of which is on Boxing Day. Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Reading into the future this Christmas
… less visible processes — such as climatic change, desertification and environmental degradation. These not only deplete our soils, … the world, to right wrongs, to protect the weak and preserve the environmental systems upon which we all depend, lies not in the hands of … Governance …
Insight, 23 December 2013
Women collecting clean water at a water pump
Strengthening the voices of women and young people in shaping local climate action
… and age-related roles within households and in society mean that environmental impacts affect them in different ways. As a result, men, … approach to developing the tool and incorporating it into local governance and decision making. We also supported the testing of the …
Project, 20 May 2019