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Lushoto, Tanzania: Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into agroforestry. Here a tree nursery group discusses the challenges and opportunities (Photo: P Kimeli/CCAFS)
Look beyond the trees: the SDGs will have to do more than just 'protect forests'
… more resilient against natural disasters, and offer a haven for biodiversity. This long list of benefits is important to remember as … deliver sustainable development outcomes.  Read the full report. Yet policy makers are focusing mostly on the trees. Targets that mention the … leaving other vitally important issues to play second fiddle.   An integrated approach that goes beyond forests is the only way to achieve …
Insight, 04 November 2014
In a video interview, IIED chief economist Paul Steele argues that the universal nature of the goals show that 'development' extends beyond aid (Image: IIED)
A step change in our approach to development
… [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGVKTPMtfDw] The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent "a real step change" according to … that 'development' extends beyond that. The goals set an ambition for sustainable consumption and production (Goal 12) , which must be … Policy and planning …
News, 27 August 2015
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Mainstreaming environment and climate change: Agriculture
… water scarcity and climate change — in a way that does not compromise development goals. Delivering pro-poor, sustainable and more productive agriculture requires policymakers to …
Publication, 01 April 2011
A woman stands at a podium giving a speech.
2014 Barbara Ward Lecture: Fatima Denton calls for a "new paradigm" for African development
… Fatima Denton is leader of the African Climate Policy Centre of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) . She heads UNECA's Special Initiatives Division and … in the continent's natural resource depletion Agriculture was poorly integrated with other sectors such as manufacturing African producers …
Event, 20 November 2014
A Nepalese man carrying a large sack on his back walks up some steps with the Himalayas soaring behind.
Nepal: Vice-President and top singer launch report that signals steps to sustainable development
… The report, by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Kathmandu-based Asian Centre for Environment Management and Sustainable Development (AEMS) , recommends ways for Nepal to bring the … areas. This will help the department to revise its Protected Areas Policy, which has been in place unchanged since 1973. The report notes …
News, 14 May 2012
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… Each year international negotiators gather for global talks on climate change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) … IIED is a lead partner in the initiative , along with Oxford Climate Policy . The training and support programme organises pre-COP workshops … boost local economic development, and how energy access can be better integrated into NDC implementation. Related reading: Turning up the …
Event, 06 November 2017
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Chapter 16 CONCLUSIONS
… plans and programmes. Now the interest is in developing more integrated approaches to impact assessment to respond to the imperative … poverty reduction strategies ­ see Chopter 15) as the drivers for integration. In the UK and within the EC, integrated policy and planning processes are evolving that incorporate …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Guinea's Kaleta dam was completed by a Chinese company in 2015, ending chronic power shortages in the capital city, Conakry (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
How a new ECOWAS directive could change the way dams are built and managed in West Africa
… Controversy has surrounded large-scale dams for decades. On one side, they provide electricity and secure food and … this ambitious work come to fruition with ECOWAS adopting a major new policy directive. This policy could be a significant step forward in … sceptics, but I am not among them.  The quest for sustainability  The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) confirmed the imperative for large …
Insight, 08 August 2017
Drought affects Xinjiang Province, a consequence of climate change (Photo: Simon Lim)
Well-financed climate change action must be central to the post-2015 goals
Insight, 04 September 2014
Workers at the Dakete Gold Mine explain health and safety procedures in a powdering station. The IIED dialogue aimed to engage key stakeholders, including mineworkers, in a conversation about the future of ASM mining in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
Dialogue prompts participatory reform in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… (ASM) sector into a responsible, inclusive, rights-based engine for sustainable development in Ghana. They came together as a result of an … for an all-systems response looking at how we develop knowledge and policy about ASM, as well as the institutions that underpin the sector. …
News, 14 September 2016