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Taking stock: how the LDCs became masters in climate activism and optimism
Insight, 29 July 2019
Urban poverty’s hidden dimensions threaten development, new research reveals
… among the urban poor, women often have the lowest-paid, least-secure jobs, while men retain much of the decision making power within …
News, 07 March 2012
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… for agriculture, and we will just have to live with that, but in general they tend to be rather good at balancing environmental and …
Insight, 07 September 2016
A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why social inclusion matters for green growth
… as renewable energy, and promote both long- and short-term boosts to jobs. The inclusive, social side of economic stimulus played a key role … extreme poverty – and finally feel included. Yvo de Boer is director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute and served as executive …
Insight, 11 August 2016
A mom and her newborn baby at the Maternal & Child Health Training Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
New international development goals: score or miss?
… the High-Level Panel (HLP), established to advise the UN Secretary General on the ‘post-2015’ agenda, published their set of … and accountable institutions for all’ and ‘transforming economies for jobs and inclusive growth’, which sound sensible. But, on closer … diversity”, another is to “increase the number of good and decent jobs and livelihoods by x” [the date has yet to be set], another is to …
Insight, 05 June 2013
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
… economy by jumpstarting its SHS market and enabling thousands of jobs to be created along their value chains. But questions remain about …
Insight, 29 December 2020
‘Act on nature’, demand hundreds of organisations, in unprecedented call to world leaders
… coming ahead of the High-Level Week of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA-75), highlight how the destruction and … to take place virtually on 30 September.  Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF-International, said: “Never has it been more clear that … change the way they manage and use natural resources, create clean jobs and demonstrate how we are all dependent on nature. But businesses …
News, 18 September 2020
Entrance to a garden
Taking stock: community responses to COVID-19 in cities
… and Launching livelihood projects to help those who have lost their jobs. Mumbai: community responses in a high density, low-income district …
Insight, 19 October 2021
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
… their objectives are. Are they hoping to have their land returned, jobs created or compensation, for example? The CSOs then assist with the … adopted to create divisions within local communities. For example, jobs are offered to some of their members, as those people with job … chiefs are 'co-opted' by local governments and risk losing their jobs if they support the complaint.  It is important that CSOs resist …
Insight, 07 January 2015
CANARI’s Radar tool helps small and micro enterprises assess their impacts. Here Kemba Jaramogi from Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project in Trinidad and Tobago presents their Radar. (Photo: CANARI)
Time to turn the PAGE?
… inclusive transitions. Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s secretary general, emphasised the growing potential of biomass for energy – well, … for green economies – it’s business of all sizes that create the jobs make the investments and generate revenues that will make it …
Insight, 17 January 2019