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Defining the agenda for Rio +20: my analysis
… year, and to 2015 and beyond. A key summit outcome could be to ask countries to sign up to a number of Global Sustainability Goals to guide … into their activities, which is a good starting point but will need sharp teeth to bring corporate performance in line with broader … for increased employment and prosperity.  The text acknowledges that governments have sovereign rights over their natural resources but …
Insight, 12 January 2012
A house on stilts, surrounded by flood water
Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games
Insight, 04 December 2019
The focus of Green Economy Coalition convener Oliver Greenfield is on the SDG targets and indicators, and how that can lead to a green economy (Image: IIED)
Sustainable goals for a sustainable green economy
… Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is about getting everyone – from governments through to the business community – to work together to do … – that all sectors need to work together to deliver the goals. Developing a common language The targets and indicators are important … SDGs at the national level When it comes to implementing the SDGs, countries are going to identify indicators that make sense within their …
News, 11 September 2015
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
… researchers provided support to negotiators from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group and analysed progress at the main negotiations. … climate change negotiations by building and sustaining capacity among developing country negotiators, and by fostering trust between both … generate new ideas. IIED at D&C Days 8 December: Session 2A: How can governments use national systems to respond to UNFCCC transparency and …
Event, 02 December 2018
A farmer’s market, Fort Portal, Uganda
Announcing our new strategy: Make Change Happen
… climate change, felt around the world but most strongly by low income countries and communities; an increasing assault on the natural world; … benefits for people and the environment. With our partners we will act to influence change at every level. We will help vulnerable … look at what is presented here and join with us to make the change we need a reality, so, together, we can start to turn the tide. IIED …
Insight, 08 April 2019
IIED's Andrew Norton and IIED chair Rebeca Grynspan with Gro Harlem Brundtland sit at the front of the Barbara Ward lecture on 19 June 2018
Come on board: IIED seeks new chair
… Real change for those in need, now IIED’s board was instrumental in developing our new strategy for 2019-2024: Make Change Happen .  … awakenings .  We could be entering a moment where the Least Developed Countries' (LDCs) strong drive for climate action – which IIED has long … ambition would need citizens to mobilise and demand action from their governments. It is wonderful that so many people – and above all so many …
Insight, 10 May 2019
People walking down a flooded road
D&C Days 2019: five themes for climate resilience for all
Article, 22 November 2019
Screenshot of a video call with 25 participants
Can the Adaptation Committee find opportunity in adversity?
Insight, 21 October 2020
Women fetching water at a water kiosk
Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya
… trusted mechanism facilitates the flow of climate finance to county governments and empowers local communities. Recognising that adaptation … role is to provide the technical support that communities need to finalise the investments they have prioritised. Ward climate … agendas will require adopting such transformational approaches. Countries can learn from the CCCF experience in Kenya and develop …
Insight, 24 September 2019
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: "No more hanky panky"
… the EITI? The EITI is a global initiative that requires participating governments to publicly report the revenues they receive from extractive … for a country to become ‘EITI compliant’). EITI compliant countries hope that compliance equates to a clear demonstration of good … now compliant (just about all of which you would classify as ‘developing’). EITI professes to ‘build trust and dialogue’, ‘improve …
Insight, 11 March 2011