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Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
… NGOs, micro-enterprises and others – have a critical role in sustainable development. They are best placed to know local concerns and … projects. Fulfilling the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on … Smith (2019), IIED Briefing Money where it matters: financing the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement through local finance …
Article, 25 January 2017
Villagers dig out a silted up water tank, paid for by India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Photo: Mackay Savage, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Finding solutions for less poverty and better ecosystems
… The newly-agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)  set ambitious targets for … that can help them to do that. As part of an IIED project on Shaping Sustainable Markets , we are exploring how market-based instruments can be used to … a senior researcher in the  Sustainable Markets Group at IIED. … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 15 December 2015
A young person
The champions helping communities make better food choices
… to plug this knowledge gap. The study was conducted as part of the Sustainable Diets for All (SD4ALL) programme implemented in partnership … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 08 January 2020
Information and communications technologies for sustainable development
… of millions of people. The idea of ICTs being ‘mainstreamed’ in sustainable development has been adopted by the UNDP. It has been … did This project: Identified the technologies that are being used for sustainable development and how these are being adapted for specific … findings into approaches to harness the power ICTs for the benefit of sustainable development, and Disseminated knowledge and building …
Project, 30 July 2008
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Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable groups to disasters and climate change: sustainable energy solutions in Quy Nhon City
… is limited by financial constraints and unfavourable energy markets. The paper concludes with recommendations for how to increase … the resilience of vulnerable groups to disasters and climate change: sustainable energy solutions in Quy Nhon City …
Publication, 01 June 2014
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
… engage with its critics, seek advice and pledge positive action for sustainable development. But this is what happened in 2002 when the … environmentally responsible through the landmark Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) initiative . Ten years on, I have spoken … The International Council on Mining and Metals , the umbrella group tasked with acting on many of MMSD's recommendations, has helped …
Insight, 13 June 2012
The United Nations headquarters in New York City (Photo: Wally Goetz, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The right to sustainable development: what the post-2015 agenda declaration should say – but won't
… the more radically inclined already given up hope that the voluntary Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will actually be implemented? … in the run up to Rio+20. Members of the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives proposed the idea of a Charter on the Right to Sustainable Development. Looking back at the group's report, I think it is still the best report on SDGs and the …
Insight, 18 February 2015
The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
… changing Kabarole region of Western Uganda. This approach aims for sustainable innovation in local food policy and planning, by including … growth of street food vending in town, the Food Change Lab convened a group of diverse actors to explore the issues, review the evidence, and … is principal researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group. Christopher Busiinge …
Insight, 10 October 2016
Women with their backs to the camera bind together bamboo panels and lean them against a wall
Strengthening women’s leadership for climate action
… increasing the agency of women in climate governance and green growth markets.   The Climate Investment Funds’ Gender Action Plan highlights … intersection with other forms of social exclusion to promote just and sustainable low-carbon development.   To make these linkages and promote … and green growth markets.  Through our emphasis on engaging a diverse group of stakeholders from different backgrounds and sectors, we hope to …
Project, 09 May 2022
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Our other sites and networks
… a transition to a green economy. Website  |  Project page Watershed markets 2008 - ongoing An IIED initiative focusing on whether market … in designing and implementing country-driven, results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. Project page Poverty and Conservation Learning Group 2006 - 2023 An international network, coordinated by IIED, for …
Page, 30 September 2022