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Annual Report 2011
Annual Report 2010/11
… The 2010/11 Annual Report highlights the year’s achievements, with a focus on our governance work: our efforts across all areas to secure transparent, … growers IIED in depth Locally led urban development: an experiment in change African youth in participatory politics Cross-cultural learning …
Page, 17 October 2011
Our successful animation was devised to popularise the Sustainable Development Goals. But that doesn't mean we didn't make mistakes (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals, global audience – how well did we score?
… These are the first words in an animation – available above and on our  YouTube channel  – that we created three months ago to raise … of the new development agenda. 'Bringing the ‎SDGs‬ to life: real change for real people' covered all 17 SDGs in just three minutes and, … film. Instead, we dived straight into the SDGs, and decided to focus on the dreams of five characters around the world and how the SDGs …
Insight, 18 September 2015
This IIED data visual shows the scale and speed of global urban transformation (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Visualising urbanisation
… Kiln , a data visualisation and interactive studio. Combining all our skills of research, detailed knowledge, data analysis, mathematics, … of the connections between the dynamics of urbanisation and economic change are also illustrated with reference to the BRICS – Brazil, …
Project, 04 September 2014
Man cutting a cacao fruit from the tree
Promoting producer agency in food systems – might new global guidelines offer any hope?
… is recognition that to improve the sustainability and nutrition of our food and get food systems right for all, we need more than technocratic policies for efficiency; efforts must focus on transformations that make poor producers' and consumers' voices … at the local and national levels, they can be a powerful tool for change. For example, the 2012 Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible …
Insight, 10 December 2020
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… 7,000 publications are available free of charge in PDF format from our Publications Library . We have compiled a list of the top 10 … practice, and discrimination. More about this work: We're continuing our relationship with refugee stakeholders in different contexts. Find … that direct, conditional incentives are the most effective way to change behaviour. However, contextual disadvantages affect the capacity …
Article, 21 December 2018
A local farmer uses manual callipers to measure a tree. Measuring trees in person can be cheaper and just as accurate (Photo: Geoff Wells)
The Paris Agreement, SDGs and simple local monitoring
… under the Paris Agreement and SDGs. Both texts seek to provide a focus for the next generation of public and private funding flows for … a few things and saying hello to the farmer. For example, while our study focused on calculating the size of trees, measuring things is … that effective approaches to monitoring are key to achieving climate change adaption, mitigation and sustainable development objectives. …
Insight, 07 January 2016
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 9 Children's rights and the changing face of work in the field
… the front line existed, and whether we have been involved in in our work. In the CRC there are six Articles, research, assessment, …
Publication, 01 January 1996
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… in the context of increasing challenges of global inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss. Publishing research in such journals, and subjecting our work to peer review, enables the institute to produce research that … While considering conservation initiatives broadly, the authors focus on governance of protected and conserved areas. The article draws …
Article, 23 September 2020
Top blogs of 2018
Best of 2018: blogs
… key issues for action on sustainable development in 2018 January: Our most read blog last year was a preview of 2018 by IIED director … of automation, and the need to safeguard biodiversity.  We will focus on ensuring that we can respond to a changing global environment … secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, called on women and girls to channel the energy of the #MeToo …
Article, 27 December 2018
2009 Development and Climate Days film festival highlights
… film-makers. Many of the films demonstrated the impacts of climate change on vulnerable regions and population groups, as well as … on earth.  We couldn't show all the films on this page so go to our YouTube channel to see more. Related work Community based adaptation … in Copenhagen Find out about IIED's work for COP15 , including key focus areas, background, video updates during the negotiations, …
Article, 22 July 2010