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This graphic illustrates some of the benefits of undertaking monitoring and evaluation, including better decision making, supporting learning and accountability and gathering information for reporting
Supporting national monitoring and evaluation systems to enable adaptation assessment and reporting
… rapid learning from experience. This will inform future national policy, planning and investment decisions and improve reporting under … The project is part of a wider programme of work providing Support for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPA) . The programme is … on national MEL systems to assess adaptation progress?  March 2019 : Integrated M&E systems - supporting national monitoring and evaluation …
Project, 24 September 2018
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… inextricably linked. Indigenous peoples have conserved biodiversity for millennia. They have created much of the world’s agricultural … 2010, calling for traditional knowledge and customary use to be fully integrated into the convention’s implementation. Alarmingly, none of the … landscape, with support from the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy and the National Farmer Seed Network in China. Reviving the Naxi …
Insight, 18 February 2020
A street in Beirut.
Stronger Cities Initiative
… areas affected by protracted displacement but they may be adapted for a variety of responses to urban crises or disasters.  Urban context … frameworks, and targeting guidance for urban humanitarian response . Integrated and innovative approaches  The following series of guidance … notes addresses key themes for improved responses: area-based and integrated approaches, tenure security, and cash programming.  Urban …
Article, 31 May 2017
2010 SEED Initiative award winners announced
… Jury. The SEED Initiative The SEED Initiative is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. Founded by UNEP, UNDP and … is used to develop tools useful for all entrepreneurs. Influencing policy: The evidence and insights are translated into policy messages to …
News, 09 November 2010
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Enhancing the stability of the oil and gas investment climate in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Project Outcomes and Recommendations
… The core concept of this two-year project is the hypothesis that the policy imperative of‘sustainable development’ (i.e. an integrated approach to securing environmental, social and~economic benefits) offers a valuable entry point for multi-stakeholder analysis and dialogue on oil and gas investment in …
Publication, 01 January 2010
Members of Namibia's Marinefluss Conservancy hope their remote community will benefit from joint ventures with tourist enterprises (Photo: Steve Felton, WWF via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Women, wildlife and the workings of the CBD
… is focused on measures that sustain species hunted and traded for wild meat, but addresses the need for inclusive, equitable … Ultimately, decisions on wildlife management made in international policy arenas play out at the local level but, to date, local … managers.  The CBD is a great example of how community voices can be integrated into inter-governmental treaties. Now governments need to put …
Insight, 20 November 2018
September 2015: on the eve of the United Nations summit to agree the 2030 Agenda, a film introducing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is projected onto the UN headquarters building (Photo: UN Photo/Cia Pak)
Effective evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals
… The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations in 2015 puts follow-up and … incorporate rigorous, country-led evaluations that examine policy and programme implementation and effectiveness, and build … Policy and planning … Effective evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals …
Project, 21 October 2017
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The Value of Linking Mitigation and Adaptation: A Case Study of Bangladesh
… There are two principal strategies for managing climate change risks: mitigation and adaptation. Until … have been considered separately in both climate change science and policy. Mitigation has been treated as an issue for developed countries, … the synergies between mitigation and adaptation suggests that an integrated approach could go some way to bridging the gap between the …
Publication, 01 October 2008
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Towards establishing water security and urban resilience in the city of Baguio
… resilience in Baguio City, Philippines. The overarching question for the research undertaking is: what institutional arrangements, including policy recommendations, technology-based interventions and adaptive … improved enforcement of environmental regulations, alongside a more integrated and coordinated regulatory framework, are being recommended …
Publication, 01 November 2015
The UN poster showing all 17 sustainable development goals (Image: UN photo)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): IIED and the new global agenda on sustainable development
… Animated explainer: the SDGs in three minutes The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , which replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and set the direction for the post-2015 agenda, do not stand alone.  The new international … the world.  IRF provides an independent source of critical thinking, integrated analysis and awareness-raising on the SDGs and other aspects …
Article, 15 March 2016