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In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… been working on the Sustainable Development Goals as a member of the Independent Research Forum  –  an international alliance of sustainable development think …
Insight, 25 March 2014
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research overview and overarching questions Community-based adaptation: … The local dimension of the NDCs: 100% renewable energy International forum Date:  Thursday, 9 November Partner organisations: German Federal … (UNFCCC), Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB), Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations (RINGO), Brown University, …
Event, 06 November 2017
Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… by IIED, the ESRC's STEPS Centre and the Least Developed Countries Independent Experts Group , we discussed how this might happen. Here are … states can take risks that many businesses can't, and set research priorities to benefit disadvantaged groups. They also have … over what kind of data is collected and what it's used for – market research, for example. Other forms of learning are needed – such as …
Insight, 28 June 2016
Eight development experts, including Oxfam GB's Irene Guijt, were interviewed about reimagining development for the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)
How are the LDCs defining a new sustainable development agenda?
News, 08 July 2016
Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… Rights and Resources Initiative. This blog was first published by the Independent Research Forum (IRF) , of which IIED is a partner. …
Insight, 24 March 2015
Example of Volanta pump in use - note pump parts external to mounting - Niger
Global Water Initiative: Niger
… contract models developed and agreed through our previous work. Our research also informs the government on inconsistencies in the existing …
Project, 16 February 2018
A dilapidated road is repaired in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India (Photo: Rikynti Marwein via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Transforming growth for least developed countries
… for Environment and Development. This blog was first posted on the Independent Research Forum website . …
Insight, 10 March 2014
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… by the other funds. It is not managed by the GEF, but has its own independent board (the Adaptation Fund Board) with representation from … funds for reducing vulnerability to climate change, which are independent (but supposedly supportive) of the UNFCCC; and second, … including policy makers, planners, civil society organisations and research communities. It is the incorporation of such information that …
Article, 14 November 2008