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Cover for G00287.pdf
IIED VALUES STATEMENT 22nd January 2001
… issues and ideas Social justice, particularly to respect and secure human rights and ... …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Supporting small-scale farmers: rights or markets?
… small-scale farmers must be based on both the enforcement of basic human rights and a pro-poor development of markets. This was the … development approaches for small-scale farmers should be based on human rights first, and markets second. Rights alone are not enough …
Article, 09 March 2011
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
… and local civil society .   There is a draft SDG to "make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable" but it is … ( [email protected] ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group , and   was a coordinating lead author (with …
Insight, 06 November 2014
Nick Robins makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff in May 2014 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Critical theme: How can the financial system serve a green and inclusive economy?
… discover, measure, value and manage their impacts on natural and human capital, discussed the importance of meaningful stakeholder …
Event, 15 May 2014
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NGOs and the Informal Sector in Africa: What Links and for What Purpose?
Publication, 01 January 1998
Wind turbines on the top of a hill
Is Davos signalling the end of business as usual?
… governance performance should be measured and reported on and that human rights should be integrated along global supply chains. It also …
Insight, 21 January 2020
The rice fields on outskirts of the city of Bandung, Java, Indonesia: urban areas often have damaging impacts on the areas around them (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New publication looks at environmental impacts of urban areas
… website . The author, David Satterthwaite, is senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group and a leading expert on poverty reduction and …
News, 16 March 2015
Crisis in policymaking for people and planet demands new politics of inclusion
… are proving ineffective custodians of the environment and human well being because their hands are tied by various interest groups …
News, 27 January 2010
Cover for G00448.pdf
55 4 The Millennium Development Goals and natural resources management: reconciling sustainable livelihoods and resource conservation or fuelling a divide?
… to industries, etc). Natural resources provide services on which all human activity depends (including watersheds, carbon sequestration and … and J Kamil (1997), "The value of forests to world food security", Human Ecology 25, pages 91­120. 3. Mayers, J and S Vermeulen (2002), How …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Cover for G00524.pdf
Environment and Urbanization
… and post this questionnaire to: Environment and Urbanization, Human Settlements Programme, IIED, 3 Endsleigh Street, London, WC1H ODD, …
Publication, 01 January 1970