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Key role for biodiversity in the battle against poverty and climate change
… engaging language and aimed at policymakers, journalists and the general public — comes on the eve of the world's biggest international … dinner plates. It includes ecosystems such as forests that regulate water supplies and the global climate. While millions of the world's …
News, 15 October 2010
The Bailique community, mainly artisanal fishermen and forest users near the Amazon River, have established the first community protocol in Brazil (Photo: Roberta Ramos)
Brazil's first community protocol: the Bailique experience
… (PDF)  has four main steps developed through four workshops and two general assemblies with the communities.  The first and most important … the government to ensure their rights, such as the rights to clean water and land security, are guaranteed.   The third step involved … (LSE), researching the topic of access and benefit-sharing.  Related publications Consent and conservation: getting the most from community …
Insight, 25 August 2015
The home page of the AdaptaClima web platform
Sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation in Brazil
Project, 14 May 2018
Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… it is in the common good that "externalities" such as air and water pollution, as well as dangerous working conditions, get addressed. … also, by 2030, universal access to safe and affordable drinking water, adequate sanitation, affordable reliable transport and modern … in schools, access healthcare and toilets, get safe and accessible water supplies and have their solid wastes collected, the importance of …
Insight, 12 October 2015
Surveying residents in the settlement of Tank Mohalla, Bangalore, India (Photo: CSTEPIN, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local democracy as a substitute for data (and rather a good substitute too)
… That Counts , a report prepared at the request of the UN Secretary General. This suggests that the data revolution can be a revolution for … agencies. Not those who need funds (or schools or potable water…). Surely the point of data in development is to make sure it … it does not measure the goal – for instance the indicators for water provision do not assess whether the water is safe to drink or the …
Insight, 16 January 2015
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… Read our 10 most downloaded publications of 2021 Read our 10 most read blogs of 2021 After 2020 saw … around the world tuned in to hear from Rebeca Grynspan, the secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development … are a deep dive into subjects that might surprise, such as why water development in East Africa is about power and governance as much …
Insight, 28 December 2021
Residents of an informal settlement in Pune, India, discuss the results of a survey and how best to upgrade their homes and settlement, guided by Mahila Milan, a grassroots network formed by savings groups of women slum and pavement dwellers (Photo: SPARC)
Wanted: Urban data revolution for post 2015 sustainable development goals
… the mayor of a city, or the head of a national agency responsible for water supplies. In most low- and middle-income countries you will have no idea which citizens lack provision for water or where exactly they live. The same is true for sanitation, … address the vast limitations in the existing indicators — whether for water, sanitation, housing conditions or poverty lines. The vast …
Insight, 16 April 2014
The Poverty-Environment Initiative is celebrating its 10th anniversary at a meeting with partners in Edinburgh, Scotland (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Taking an integrated approach to eliminating poverty and sustaining natural resources
… Development Goals are coming. In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly will consider the adoption of 17 SDGS to guide global … the proportion of people without access to improved sources of water. We achieved both, five years ahead of schedule. In these cases, …
Insight, 28 May 2015
Road to recovery: mapping a sustainable economy
… Geoghegan. Discussing the paper in his speech, Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma described it as: "Engaging, because it offers … solutions to those which nurture environmental assets such as soils, water and biodiversity. "It makes the simple point that while there may …
News, 07 December 2009
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Introduction to an inclusive blue economy
… to meet Goal 14 of the Sustainable Development Goals (life below water). These will be developed through: Increased use of economic … of the economic value of marine and coastal ecosystems in general, and small-scale fisheries in particular Enhanced knowledge and … interviews from the event are below and on IIED's YouTube channel . Publications Ocean and fisheries economics – our work , Essam Yassin …
Article, 27 November 2019