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Wind turbines on the top of a hill
Is Davos signalling the end of business as usual?
… Government and business leaders are already responding to the need for concrete action – including UK leadership and commercial giant … One thing is very clear: general platitudes about supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) simply don’t cut it anymore.  … should be measured and reported on and that human rights should be integrated along global supply chains. It also calls for zero tolerance …
Insight, 21 January 2020
A group of people, largely young people, gather to pose for a photo, inside a conference venue.
Building a resilient future led by youth
News, 17 November 2022
A man walks with his roaming goats.
Current policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions
… of an international study whose partners today release a series of policy briefs that identify flaws in policy narratives in the Indian, … come as drylands experts from around the world meet in Bonn, Germany for the second scientific conference of the UN Convention to Combat … of the Green Revolution. But these areas are home to diverse, highly integrated production systems that are better adaptable to climatic …
News, 19 April 2013
Cover for 17221IIED.pdf
How corporate governance affects the success of REDD+ projects in Tanzania
… effective institutions. Tanzania, along with many countries preparing for REDD+, has significant involvement of non-governmental organisations … optimism, several areas of risk to long-term project success remain, for example in ensuring development-orientated policies to address drivers of deforestation, …
Publication, 01 April 2014
Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
Insight, 13 January 2017
Strategy and Learning Group director Tom Bigg gives an overview of the SDGs (Image: IIED)
Understanding the SDGs: Tom Bigg
… be adopted at the UN General Assembly in September, set the framework for a transition from where we are now to a world which is fairer and … and the vulnerability of ecosystems; and they are framed as an integrated whole, with progress in one area dependent on progress … only deliver on this if the rhetoric is translated into changes in policy and behaviour. This requires action, not just at the national …
News, 21 August 2015
Testing the water in Kenya's Tana River watershed. The river's ecosystem is being affected by a range of factors. Public and private organisations are exploring ways to improve ecosystem management (Photo: Georgina Smith/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
'Sustainable development science' for transforming our world
… was first introduced, last month's agreement on a universal framework for sustainable development is awe-inspiring. But the challenge of … inspired, can provide useful insights for developing both a policy-friendly evidence base and a common 'language' for sustainable … a forward-looking 'MA+10' review to inform the task of " building the integrated and transformative institutions needed to implement the …
Insight, 09 October 2015
IIED and the Independent Research Forum hosted side events at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in Jul
2016 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
… The UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development , which was held in New York from 11-20 July … institutional and finance reforms, new metrics and the launch of this policy framework in a new 'Getting to Zero' report (PDF)  by the Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) . Evaluation: service for future national SDGs reporting Side event Date: Wednesday, 13 July …
Event, 11 July 2016
MECEBURI FOREST RESERVE, MOZAMBIQUE, May 2010: Farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi at work in his maize field
New tool to help join-up policies to cut poverty and conserve biodiversity
… are linked, and its launch comes ahead of the UN’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October This three-year project – … can contribute to development and poverty reduction strategies in a sustainable way." In 2010, when they last met, all 193 parties to the … a target that: "By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have been integrated into national and local development and poverty reduction …
News, 05 October 2012
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… Water for agriculture (2013-17) Context Over 80% of the population is … previous phase of work in Burkina Faso (2008-12), we also focused on integrated water resources management in relation to the Kompienga dam. … to local authorities, among others, which tied into the national policy for integrated water-resource management (IWRM). In consultation …
Project, 16 February 2018