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MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations
… are grouped together in the links below, or you can search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are … Wealth - International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions Workshop on Managing Mineral Wealth - African … Workshop - Impacts of Mining and Mineral Processing on Water Resources in the Zambezi, Limpopo and Olifants Catchments MMSD …
Article, 04 March 2009
Moving beyond the preamble to creating a new story at Rio+20
… development goals (SDGs), structured around the core themes of water, energy and food; Progress on GDP+, the term increasingly used to refer to measuring and valuing natural capital and general wellbeing, in addition to Gross Domestic Product, the …
Insight, 24 May 2012
Mary Robinson addresses the Development and Climate Days, with (from left to right), Katharine Mach, IPCC; Claudia Martinez, CDKN; Janos Pasztor, UN (Photo: Climate Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mary Robinson: global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis
Insight, 09 December 2015
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… we bring it about? It is that question that is vexing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and others tasked with designing this new universal … and expert evidence to smuggle in their pet themes – food security, water and sanitation, energy, health, gender and so on. It will …
Insight, 20 December 2013
A woman using a hoe
Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
… production costs increase (for example when implementing soil and water conservation measures), while the benefits only occur after a few …
Article, 17 February 2020
A woman sells cardboard on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan.
Rethinking finance for development in city ‘slums’
… and communities use this to, for example, construct or improve their water supply systems or toilets, drains, roads, paths or bridges, … capacity, to, in turn, providing the basics – secure housing, water, sanitation, health care, education, the rule of law and political …
Insight, 12 October 2012
Better communication is key to wise use of Nature's riches
… livelihoods and national economies. But many politicians and the general public still struggle to understand the true value of … And the forest also helps regulate the local climate, ensure clean water supplies, and protect communities from flooding. But Sarawak's …
Insight, 19 October 2010
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… and state utility. The capacity issue came up repeatedly: A solar water pumping project  for irrigating vegetables took two to three years … people? Do we know what works? A recent report from Norway's Auditor-General to the parliament on Norway's clean energy aid spending in …
Insight, 22 September 2014
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
… for human rights ", including their rights to their land, food and water.  Large-scale land deals have led local communities to lose land, …
Insight, 07 January 2015
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… Weregoda and Varuna Rathnabharathie Lessons from a transboundary water governance project in West Africa Sam Wong Part II: Participatory … the non-government sector in Bangladesh and South Asia. Many of their publications are available as free downloads. Capacity Strengthening of … the data in the figures, placing it in the context of the country's general climate. weADAPT – collaborating on climate adaptation weADAPT …
Article, 01 December 2009