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COVID-19: IIED in the media
… loss together. Large-scale debt swaps would help tackle poverty and environmental destruction as debtor nations must do what they promise in … and ecological destruction , but it may also bring lessons of environmental and social justice that shift values, strengthen … the pandemic could suck the energy out of public action and public policy .”   2 April 2020 | Reuters – With the coronavirus causing the UN …
Article, 14 April 2020
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Financial summary 2020
… international operations (including working with partners) and environmental stewardship. IIED signed a 10-year lease on a new, larger … activity and grant making disclosures being given. Reserves policy During 2019/20,  IIED trustees  reviewed the reserves policy to ensure it is aligned with the new  five-year strategy …
Page, 20 December 2020
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Drawers of Water: 30 Years of Change in Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health - Tanzania country case study
… a critical but frequently neglected aspect of water development and environmental health4. The DOW II research agenda included an assessment … Drawers of Water: 30 Years of Change in Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health - Tanzania country case study …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Business as usual – or business with purpose?
… While the debate on business’ social and environmental impacts (both positive and negative) is not new, when the … go on to define the phrase, or explain how it went beyond traditional environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. But there are … made with the intention of generating positive, measurable social and environmental impacts alongside a financial return, recently assessing …
Insight, 17 April 2019
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Empowering women and youth for transformative climate and environment justice
… Environmental justice and climate justice principles are mutually … social movements’ call of ‘’nothing about us without us’’ is key to environmental and climate justice being achieved. But IIED’s work to … therefore, the need to include women and gendered local experience in policy debates – they have the potential to disrupt dominant policy …
Insight, 14 May 2020
IIED aims to contribute to the achievement of change which benefits poor people and the environment. The institute's strategy for the next two years has been published (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Engaging for change – refreshing our strategy for the next two years
… Powerful voice IIED has always been a powerful voice for social and environmental justice, and we have a particular focus on linking local … and Bringing local realities and innovation to national and global policy. The strategy update also outlines what we learned from the … Policy and planning …
Insight, 09 August 2017
Dr Tara Shine conducts an experiment for her televised lecture
Prestigious lecture by IIED chair now available worldwide
… IIED chair and environmental scientist Dr Tara Shine delivered a Christmas Lecture in … to audiences in the UK via the BBC iPlayer .   An experienced policy adviser and climate negotiator, Shine has 20 years’ experience …
News, 08 February 2021
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Beyond trade deals: charting a post-Brexit course for UK investment treaties
… by foreign companies and could fail to address economic, social and environmental challenges. While meaningful negotiations are unlikely to … the UK and the EU has been clarified, now would be a good time for a policy review to define a new approach. The government, parliament and … play in positioning the UK as a global innovator in investment treaty policy. This project has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for …
Publication, 01 December 2016
Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… and enhanced biodiversity for millennia are now threatened by environmental policies that often fail to recognise the value of … nature together with climate change. In this blog, nature and climate policy lead  Ebony Holland shared research outlining how nature-based … the sector while failing to drive the broad based societal and environmental change envisaged by the ‘building back better’ agenda.  …
Article, 23 December 2021
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Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… external sources. United we stand? Local leadership and a supportive policy environment are key to enabling the FFPOs to do effective climate …
Article, 13 September 2021