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Women from Paraguay's Ita Guasu indigenous community discuss their community development plan. Civil debate and value-based decision making will be key to implementing the SDGs (Photo: USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Positioning the SDGs within the politics of national development
… collectively, to respond to rapid change as it happens and prepare for an uncertain future.   We are facing major systemic disruptions, … outcomes or volatile systemic changes that demand both technical and policy responses.   This is the realm of politics writ large – defined … interdisciplinary science and economics, shared knowledge bases, and integrated institutions. How diverse knowledge is generated and shared, …
Insight, 12 July 2016
A water tap in Rwanda. Measuring sustainability of investments in water and sanitation makes more sense than focusing on annual freshwater withdrawal and access to improved water and sanitation (Photo: A'Melody Lee/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Making World Bank aid sustainable
Insight, 10 October 2016
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
… presenting evidence from around the world, D&C Days offers a space for the emotions brought up by climate change – ranging from despair and … and local organisations, can connect key stakeholders and drive policy engagement, and are crucial for achieving equity. Equity and … the potential to result in more ambitious and effective vertically-integrated climate policies and programmes included in the Nationally …
Article, 12 November 2021
A family harvesting potatoes in front of a lake, with a landscape of mountains in the background.
Biocultural heritage territories: key to halting biodiversity loss
… an unprecedented rate, and the human cultures that have conserved it for millennia are also fast disappearing. In 2021, world leaders will … life. However,  recent findings by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) show that … areas in order to meet the CBD post-2020 targets as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The concept of ‘biocultural …
News, 23 September 2020
Men present findings on a large map at the front of a community meeting
How can we incorporate local knowledge into climate planning and policy? …Maps!
Insight, 17 January 2020
A beach with cows
Supporting LDCs to develop long-term strategies
Project, 16 April 2020
Cover for G04354.pdf
From Count-ability to Accountability: An Overview
… An integrated approach, a transformative and universal agenda, and multiple players: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) imply many changes, including the need for new and more effective approaches to accountability. Accountability …
Publication, 01 May 2015
Cover for G03839.pdf
Progress with integrating forests in the SDGs: Reflections on the outcome document of the UN Open Working Group on SDGs
… As the process to develop post-2015 sustainable development goals builds momentum, this paper highlights … in the work of the UN Open Working Group. Three components for the ideal framing of forests in the SDGs are presented, based upon … Document, as well as emerging issues needing attention by experts, policy makers and negotiators involved with the post-2015 agenda. The …
Publication, 01 October 2014
Two people sail a canoe around stilt houses.
Financing least developed countries’ climate strategies: taking the long view
… The Paris Agreement calls for immediate action to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown. But to … to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies”. These are known as long-term strategies (LTS). … be matched with long-term finance; LDCs need more predictable and sustainable funding . What type of funding is needed? A recent IIED …
Insight, 04 November 2021
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
Article, 23 December 2019