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Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)
Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining
… just a few – mask the industry's development potential. Interventions focus on addressing challenges – and opportunities for nurturing a more … challenges – including a temporary ban on ASM  and the fallout from a change in government – stalled roadmap progress In Madagascar, support … dialogue in the Amazon, starting with Peru, Brazil and Colombia. As our evidence base grows – drawn from various country and regional …
Insight, 26 February 2018
IIED Insights: Q&A with Hannah Reid on community based adaptation
Article, 10 March 2011
IIED's animation explains what the Sustainable Development Goals are and highlights why they matter (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Animating the universal ambition of the SDGs
… " Bringing the ‪SDGs‬ to life: real change for real people " seeks to capture the universal ambition set out … world to speak out and hold global leaders to account: to recognise our responsibilities and demand a future we want. A shared ambition Liz … An animated appeal The SDGs are a global concern, and we are keen for our animation to be shared as widely as possible.  To share the …
Article, 03 June 2015
Sustainability agenda ignores democracy at its peril
… the major environmental and social threats facing humanity. Climate change, population shifts, natural resource scarcity and the rapid … includes IIED --  could set a course for change. Its six Principles focus on areas where democracy as a political system most urgently needs … This is an important initiative. Political democracy and democracy in our workplaces, through the exercise of workers’ rights, are …
News, 20 March 2013
Policy-makers discussing, reflecting, learning and building skills and capacities for climate adaptation at village-level. All key social learning activities. (Photo: E. van de Grift)
Social learning event features case studies from around the world
Insight, 04 August 2014
Two people carrying containers on their heads
COVID-19 and the sites of rights resilience
… learn from the modalities of bottom-up approaches, which could enrich our understanding of how such resilience might take root. To do so, we … emphasis on socio-economic rights and on the human rights/climate change interface, and on confronting issues of socio-economic justice . … societal crises – including inequality, conflict and climate change. As reflective human rights practitioners and thinkers have …
Insight, 26 May 2020
Why markets matter
… carbon trading , and payments for environmental services. Our new, redesigned website catalogues a wide range of market governance … a small tax on all international flights to raise money for climate change adaptation. Our research on investment principles , for example, … being used, the drivers, and their potential effectiveness. The focus is on the trade and investment between China and Latin America and …
Insight, 19 March 2012
Four people sit on the floor to look at a map on the ground.
In her name: securing land tenure for women in Zambia
… me and my children. I am a landholder because it has the signature of our chief,”  explained Ruth. “Before, if I spoke up or disagreed with my … assert their rights, so they are included in land certificates, and change customary law, helping women like Ruth to feel confident that …
Insight, 14 October 2021
Richard Sandbrook Memorial Lecture
… how to marry the need for economic growth with the need to protect our environment. The lecture, hosted by the Richard Sandbrook Trust and … the key issues in society and nature: the number of healthy people in our countries, the number of species driven into extinction. Head of The … growth for a country,” said Kakabadse, adding that something needs to change. She painted a picture of an alternative future for sustainable …
News, 23 March 2011
Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… or inclusive cities, or cities adapted to the effects of climate change. Or cities that are keeping their greenhouse-gas emissions to a minimum.  A focus only on the role of cities in economic growth means that these … governments.  The concept of the common good and its importance for "our common home" – and for the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …
Insight, 12 October 2015