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Principles for responsible investment fail to support sustainable development
… — published today by IIED. A growing number of investors have signed up to such principles for various reasons, from improving reputation to … of decision-making.” The review concluded that until all investors sign up to a common set of investment principles there is a commercial …
News, 01 July 2011
A large audience sits in a cricualr room, facing a man behind a lectern. The UN logo is printed on the wall.
Is COP26 back on track? The UN General Assembly will be a pivotal moment
… are now showing they have a clearer mandate to step up and show solidarity with climate-vulnerable countries ahead of COP26. … the US, Russia and Kuwait. There is a compelling need to speed up the transition away from coal and fossil fuels, embed a commitment …
Insight, 28 July 2021
Villagers in India dig out a silted-up water tank as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (Photo: McKay Savage, Creative Commons via Flickr)
2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee
… and petro-states were increasingly breaking cover and acting to gum up the works of the Paris Agreement . 2019 will see the US, Saudi Arabia … entrenched interests with a stake in how things work don’t just give up and go away.   Where there are examples of climate leadership (such … rights they did not have before, and which they do not wish to give up, it becomes hard to roll back the progress made. So this is a …
Insight, 30 December 2018
Hundreds of homes are crammed together up the side of a hill
Q&A: Achieving housing rights for all: issues and recommendations
… channel   To receive updates on IIED’s urban events and publications, sign up to the urban newsletter The October 2020 issue of Environment and …
Article, 22 October 2020
Who will replace the much respected executive secretary of the UNFCCC, Christiana Figueres (Photo: UNFCCC, Creative Commons via Flickr)
An opportunity for LDC leadership
Insight, 03 March 2016
Four people on a video call
Seven things we learned when we moved our public events online
… learning curve steep. We invested in new online platforms, skilled up quickly, and tested, tested and tested some more. From there it was … We are now exploring options to offer audio description and sign language interpretation. We’ve also been examining our choices … a nightmare come true! We learned a hard lesson but quickly tightened up our security procedures and have had no disruptions since. Many …
Insight, 12 April 2021
IIED received some warm responses to a survey on its publications carried out last year (Image: Nick Turner/IIED)
Feeling the love
… management, food and agriculture and biodiversity – which matches up with high visitor numbers for the equivalent sections on the IIED … audiences. The PDF question Inevitably, the survey results picked up on a subject often discussed among development sector communication … ability to save a library of previous downloads via a secure sign-in process; better search facilities and multimedia content such as …
Insight, 11 February 2016
An image of the outside of a Malawi bank, showing a ramp installed for wheelchair users. Generally the country is lagging behind in terms of provisions for people with disabilities (Photo: Steve Sharra)
People with disabilities struggle in Malawi's cities
… lived in the Bangwe-Namiyango area in Blantyre since 2002. Growing up, Kalima did not think of herself as disabled, and nor did her … "My friends treated me as normal," she said. "It was only when I grew up that I started realising I had a disability, from the way grown-ups … children like her in their plans. "I needed my friends to lift me up the steps," said Kalima. After her secondary studies she wasn't able …
Insight, 06 June 2016
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… it has so far been unable to find a solution at scale. As a sign of progress, however, in early 2020 it formed a 'Land Issues … on chemical pesticides and fertilisers.  Potential for scaling up at the national level Positively, the Nepali government’s support for … is keeping a close eye on this project for potential national scale-up. Under the 2019 Land Act, municipal governments must identify …
Article, 18 December 2020
The new landcam website
New 'Landcam' website launched
… for securing rights and good governance. Interested parties can also sign up for a newsletter .  The site has been developed as part of the …
News, 01 May 2019