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IIED is on the move
… offices, we will want our new home to help us achieve a progressive environmental stewardship strategy. We want to deliver value for money, … our staff in their ability to deliver high quality research and policy change. IIED will leave its Gray's Inn Road office in London in …
Insight, 20 November 2020
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IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… co-created and locally rooted evidence – which in turn inspires policy and practice driven by social and environmental justice. During 2018 we held a series of dialogues for … 2017/18 Read IIED's commitment to responsible operations Read  IIED's environmental policy …
Page, 24 October 2018
Close up of a man speaking to a microphone and his hand raised. Behind him a sign says "climate hearing".
Why we need more leaders like Desmond Tutu to champion action for climate justice
… of climate change. Until 2000, climate change was largely seen as an environmental issue. Climate scientists and policymakers focused their … but adaptation soon started to pull attention in science and policy arenas. The ‘climate justice’ movement grew out of this focus on …
Insight, 12 January 2021
Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant
Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers
… heard in the LID’s implementation. The speakers included Evelyn Bahn, policy advisor on human rights and business at INKOTA ; Pauline Zei, … This goes beyond the LID, to engaging with and influencing policy and corporate practice more broadly or make other livelihood … union, media) working to influence policies to improve production, environmental management and farmer incomes as well as explore …
Insight, 23 August 2021
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ELLA - sharing Evidence and Lessons from Latin America
… the learning alliance on climate resilient cities, which will take an environmental perspective. It will be focusing on three questions: What … to discuss how to incorporate Latin American experience into specific policy or practice. ELLA’s Latin American thematic experts join the … of my institution (CSIR-STEPRI) is planning a socio-economic and environmental impacts study of mining activities in Ghana, specifically, …
Insight, 12 November 2012
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3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit
… long term stable outcomes , " says Toulmin. Investing in Resilience: Environmental, economic and social shocks are becoming more common and … communities hardest," says Toulmin. Realistic valuation: Today, true environmental costs and benefits do not appear on balance sheets, and we … the environment and development, IIED has identified three clear policy shifts that are realistic, achievable and effective ways to …
News, 22 May 2012
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A brief history of biodiversity at IIED
… 1990s the main focus came from IIED’s ground-breaking programme on environmental economics, which was a new discipline at the time. It … for International Development ) was reviewing its African wildlife policy and commissioned IIED to undertake a review of community-based … The Evaluating Eden initiative (1996 - 2000) explored the social, environmental and economic impacts of community-based approaches to …
Article, 16 August 2013
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Gender analysis in building climate resilience in Da Nang, Vietnam: challenges and solutions
… and agents – which have been used by the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET) since 2012, were examined through the … equality and the empowerment of women in general administration, policy making and implementation; (ii) social norms and gender biases …
Publication, 01 June 2016
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Investment treaties and sustainable development: an overview
… and wording of these treaties imply important trade-offs between policy goals. The ramifications can be expensive (the record payout to … billion), far-reaching (affecting issues well beyond investment policy, including public health or environmental measures), and difficult to withdraw from (because the …
Publication, 01 May 2014
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Gender analysis in building climate resilience in Da Nang: challenges and solutions
… the Resilience Framework provided by the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET) to examine the linkages of gender and … but also because of their own physical weaknesses. Three important policy implications generated from the study are (i) the necessity of …
Publication, 01 June 2016