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Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment of Brazil, taken during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011.
Influencing the outcomes at Rio+20
… environmentalists together at our Fair Ideas conference in the run up to Rio+20 so that we can have maximum impact in influencing outcomes. … Optimists point to the growing number of heads of state due to turn up, particularly heavyweights like President Hu of China, and new … Development so far suggests that leaders won’t be asked to sign up to any substantive commitments. And, as the Green Economy …
Insight, 24 May 2012
Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
… reports released between 2003 and 2009 by what became known as the 'Up in Smoke' coalition of some 25 UK environment and development … work from the common ground of a shared threat. The result was the 'Up in Smoke' reports, which recognised commonalities and described … However, the decision of then Oxfam policy director Phil Bloomer to sign up to the first report in 2003 helped push climate change up the …
Insight, 12 August 2014
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
Insight, 08 December 2019
The closing plenary of the COP24 climate talks (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Reflections on Katowice – where does the Paris Agreement stand now?
… breakdown under some sort of control. There was precious little sign of countries with big emissions footprints stepping up to increase the strength of their effort to reduce greenhouse gas … Paris Agreement national action plans (NDCs), which means this step up in transparency will not kick in until 2024. As the IPCC 1.5°C report …
Insight, 20 December 2018
Unspoiled Seychelles landscapes and their rich biodiversity shouldn't be harmed by development (Photo: tiarescott, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Finding the best outcomes for biodiversity and development
… 2.0 Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project  –  is facing up to the challenge of balancing development and biodiversity … if businesses are to survive. One way to do this is through signing up to the standards of the national Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label …
Insight, 22 May 2014
Report shows how secret land deals can fail to benefit African nations – and how to make them better
… will materialise. The long-term nature of the leases – commonly up to 100 years – mean that local communities will be separated from the …
News, 31 January 2011
Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 per cent of world gold production (Photo: Travis Lupick, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Delivering solutions through multi-stakeholder dialogue
… and responsible mining and receive the latest progress updates? Sign up to receive our newsletter …
Project, 05 February 2015
Negotiators on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership discuss the treaty in Brussels in May 2015 (Photo: European Parliament, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Investment treaties and citizens' power: lessons from experience
… international environmental law shows that it is possible to open up international law making. There are some signs of change. Some … wind out of activists' sails. Malaysia's apparent determination to sign the TPP in the face of civil society advocacy shows the …
Insight, 07 September 2015
A family in Dadaab gathers sticks and branches for firewood and to make a shelter, while carcasses of animals that have perished in the drought are strewn across the desert (Photo: Andy Hall/Oxfam via Wikipedia Commons)
Urgent action needed says leader of the Least Developed Countries Group
… must make substantial progress in their talks in the period leading up to this date. We hope that we will have a negotiating text to discuss … must put our heads together and start writing a new agreement. "As a sign of our commitment to addressing climate change, the LDC Group is …
News, 04 June 2014
India at the UN Climate negotiations: back to the wall
… position at this stage. For instance, would India be willing to sign on to post-2020 commitments if developed countries agreed to a … death warrant for poor African countries. The EU, meanwhile, teamed up with the vulnerable countries, including the Alliance of Small Island … an unreasonable demand?” she rightly asked. "She said she could not "sign away the rights of 1.2 billion people and many other people in the …
Insight, 22 December 2011