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Three angles on 'green growth'
… beyond GDP; wealth accounting and valuation; business models with sustainable development at their heart; and technological leaps forward. …
Insight, 30 June 2011
Care workers in Guinea put on protective clothing (Photo: EC/ECHO)
Ebola – what must we learn?
… contact with thousands of people in the noisy bustle of cities and markets across the region. Let us hope that the mobilisation of people … and prosperity so all can benefit. The world is mapping out the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we hope will offer us a … next year. They represent our global aspirations for a fairer, more sustainable world. Yet the Ebola crisis shows how very far we are at …
Insight, 30 October 2014
Water kiosks in Zambia provide safe drinking water for poor households in peri urban areas of Chipata. Careful consideration of the affordability of water services for the urban poor is vital to provide universal and equitable access to safe and affordable water for everyone by 2030 (Photo: SuSanA Secretariat, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Improved water access unaffordable for urban poor
Insight, 22 March 2016
An area of forest in Tanzania, where REDD+ activities have included the support of community land use planning and the provision of alternative livelihoods (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Tackling deforestation as part of climate action
… and non-fiscal policies and leverage private sector in the domestic markets – financing emission reducing intervention and creating demand … is a researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group. …
Insight, 17 December 2015
An interactive data visual that illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation that research by IIED has sought to document and describe
IIED's best of 2014: multimedia
… for future growth up to 2030. Produced by our Human Settlements Group in conjunction with Kiln , this was widely shared through social … over-fishing and climate change. The animation produced by our Sustainable Markets Group  was also designed to promote an online community, …
Insight, 12 January 2015
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Deccan Development Society DECCAN DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY
Publication, 01 January 1970
Annual report 2007/08
… shaping futures all around the globe: in short, the human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights Climate change … between global issues:  IIED’s Poverty and Conservation Learning Group, which includes over 100 organisations, used their annual … the legal tools needed to reclaim a measure of control. Sustainable markets Exploring a future for fossil fuels:  IIED was working in the …
Page, 23 December 2008
Rainforest logged to make way for palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation for agribusiness is destroying habitats and the ecosystems upon which local communities depend (Photo: David Gilbert/RAN, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
… As principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group, Lorenzo Cotula leads research, policy engagement and field-level … Corcoran , communications content officer in  IIED's Communications Group . …
Article, 04 March 2019
Renewables, why bother?
Insight, 04 August 2010
A month with the wastepickers
… municipalities. This helps with risk-sharing in volatile commodity markets and provides income stability. Of course more formal … I was able to spend a month in Santiago, Chile with a friendly group of people working in the Chilean movement of wastepickers — “ el … the municipalities they work in. Ben Garside is a researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at IIED.   en español - blog post in Spanish …
Insight, 27 May 2011