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Policymakers at a UN meeting in New York discuss how to end the legal 'no man's land' on 50 per cent of the Earth's surface (Photo by IISD/Francis Dejon)
Governing the ungoverned 50% of the planet
… Last year, the United Nations general assembly adopted a resolution stressing "the need for the … we will achieve a historic deal in the next five to 10 years. This is about sharing 50 per cent of the planet with 100 per cent of the world … Equity must be at the core. Essam Yassin Mohammed (eymohammed@iied.org) is a senior researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 11 April 2016
The Swiss ski resort of Davos, which hosts the World Economic Forum (Photo: swiss-image.ch/Michael Buholzer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The glass is half full: in 2015 we need to demand that our leaders deliver
… This year's Davos agenda is all about crisis, conflict and instability, but is this really what is going … many pockets of terrible poverty endure). As the UN Secretary-General wrote in the foreword for the 2014 MDGs report (PDF) : "Global … who lack access to improved sources of water." Find out more about IIED chief economist Paul Steele in the video interview below or watch …
Insight, 21 January 2015
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… and well-being. The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a unique funding platform that directly supports forest and farm producer … Ghana, Madagascar and Togo. A knowledge and learning component led by IIED dovetailed with the communication strategy – including a dedicated … of small-scale forest and farm producer organisations. Find out more about the Forest and Farm Facility Phase II (PDF) …
Project, 29 May 2014
Woman looking to the front holding a water hose, a solar panel in the background
Where’s the capital for homegrown companies? Why energy access investments in Kenya need to go local
… of jobs to be created along their value chains. But questions remain about where the overall value and profit are retained. Unless these big … operating in the country, interviewed as part of Hivos, ENERGIA and IIED's ' Green and Inclusive Energy' programme , said many Kenyan … domestic companies. Establish, align or refocus intermediaries IIED’s ' Moving more money ' and 'Accelerating energy access with …
Insight, 29 December 2020
Delegates at the 20th Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) meeting integrate poverty and environmental issues into the global agenda in Edinburgh in late May (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Putting ourselves out of business – forward planning for the PEP
… 20th Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) meeting , hosted by IIED, and focused on ' Implementing the SDGs for inclusive, … arguably been recognised in the SDGs, due to be endorsed by the UN General Assembly in September this year, and the subject of a recent … table, to seek better forms of implementation. Sharing these stories about what works, identifying the gaps in our knowledge, and learning …
Insight, 29 June 2015
More than 300,000 marched in New York to call for action on climate change (Photo: John Minchillo)
People power applies climate pressure
Insight, 23 September 2014
The Enhancing Equity workshop in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park brought together government officials, local residents and conservationists (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Enhancing equity and fairness
… answers, including how different partners have different views about what equity means to them, and how they would make the sharing of … that conservation is unfair, which only fuels more resentment about the national park. "The gorillas are our oil.  If the gorillas … from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) pointed out that "there is no right or wrong understanding of …
Insight, 23 February 2015
A sign near Kathmandu, Nepal, warns of the dangers of landslides (Photo: Doug Letterman, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Nepal: Measuring resilience to climate change from the community up
… might not have otherwise included. In some communities people talked about the importance of owning an ox to deal with variable rainfall. … rather than just at climate resilience projects, helped us identify general factors that helped build community resilience. This broader … as through climate change plans. Susannah Fisher is a researcher in IIED's climate change group ( susannah.fisher@iied.org )  Read more …
Insight, 07 February 2014
Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
… leaders will be in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, when the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will … SDGs reflect an understanding that development action must be about solving global problems – such as climate change – that require … to universal healthcare) is prodigious.   What does this mean for IIED? In terms of what this means for us at IIED – at this point on the …
Insight, 10 September 2015
Children go to school on boat in flood-prone Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B Akash/Panos
Least developed countries lead on low-carbon resilience
Insight, 16 October 2013