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Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
… 20 years.  Roberts said the draft New Urban Agenda suffered from "a policy-reality disconnect". She said the document was filled with … biologist, but in 1994 moved into local government as Durban's first environmental manager, dealing with biodiversity and climate change … since the 1970s. Our Human Settlements research group works on urban environmental issues at all levels – from grassroots partnerships to …
Article, 11 October 2016
Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)
2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism
… fair and viable solutions to the economic, social, humanitarian and environmental problems facing the whole planet.” Taking a stand against … I have worked for in public life. They exert a malign influence on policy and discourse, consciously scorning the principles of solidarity … paradigm shift is required in international economic and fiscal policy towards a holistic approach that values access to health, …
Article, 15 June 2018
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Urbanisation and Development in South Africa: Economic Imperatives, Spatial Distortions and Strategic Responses
… in its treatment of cities, towns and rural areas, with no explicit policy either to support or discourage migration because of its … form of South African cities has harmful social, economic and environmental consequences. It creates poverty traps on the periphery … urban development in the future, including a more flexible housing policy and the devolution of public transport functions to cities. …
Publication, 01 October 2012
Four women farmers bend over to work their land
Climate justice and the IPCC special report on land
… therefore, that threatens poorer communities – it is also the wrong policy choices. Achieving a fair land-based transition Managing forests … nature.  The IPCC lists the options with a wide range of social and environmental benefits, including sustainable food production, soil … secure local people’s land rights and make sure they have a voice in policy to underpin positive climate action in land management is …
Insight, 13 August 2019
Close-up of a group of young climate demonstrators
Acting on the planetary emergency
… the thawing of Arctic permafrost. April’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report … changing public norms, and staff commitment to climate action and environmental stewardship, that we must do more. An internal review in …
Insight, 29 November 2019
Annual report 2009/10
… of the organisation that became the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, and helped to give rise to a … IIED’s Forest Governance Learning Groups were having big impacts on policy. The poverty-conservation link:  at an IIED-led conference on the … prime territory for prospecting. To manage the impacts, a Strategic Environmental Assessment was carried out – and reviewed using a new …
Page, 21 October 2010
Protesters with a banner
IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… 2 Development organisations beware! Biodiversity loss is not just an environmental issue April:   Dilys Roe argued that development … . They focused on  on three topics that were highlighted in IIED  policy recommendations : fiscal reforms, artisanal mining and local … all sizes) and communities to identify how to incorporate social and environmental concerns into operations and investments in ways that can …
Article, 27 December 2019
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
… of your brightest and best teams. 3 Get behind good government policy The cost of offshore wind has fallen dramatically in the UK. … winners and losers. There is a danger that the momentum behind environmental sustainability could crowd out critical social issues. … to correct many ills of today’s approach. But efforts to reduce the environmental and social impact of products will be swamped by a …
Insight, 08 December 2019
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中国农业可持续发展的多元化路径
… Chinese agriculture today faces major environmental challenges, from unsustainably high applications of … be supported? This research report assesses the economic, social and environmental impacts of eight sustainable agriculture case studies from …
Publication, 01 December 2015
The opening session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) begins in Bonn, Germany, on 31 August, 2015 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The tough journey on the road to Paris: addressing the needs of the most vulnerable
… also argue that any trading mechanism must be conditional on sound environmental principles, including strong rules related to land use. To … is principal researcher and team leader of the global climate law, policy and governance team in IIED's Climate Change Group. …
Insight, 02 September 2015