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A woman miner in Tanzania, who features in a film on stories of change on artisanal and small-scale mining (Image: IIED)
Best of 2017: videos
… Showing the people who are creating change: artisanal mining Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is known … 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn. One delegate provided a very personal view of … contracts in Zambia In December IIED and the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) published a video about Zambia's …
Article, 12 January 2018
In Kebkabiya, North Darfur, the NGO Practical Action has been helping communities prevent conflict between farmers and pastoralists by encouraging the construction and rehabilitation of watering points (Photo: Margaret Gardner, Practical Action)
Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
Insight, 23 April 2015
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Next steps for a Green Economy working group Notes from the Astana Green Economy Dialogue, 24-26 Nov 2011
… environmental challenges have translated into sustainable development policy and initiatives such as the Astana Green Bridge Initiative. The … to play their part in establishing economic systems that reduce climate~change and other environmental burdens, and to produce higher societal …
Publication, 01 January 2013
Nick Robins makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff in May 2014 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Critical theme: How can the financial system serve a green and inclusive economy?
… implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement. An early member of IIED's Sustainable Markets Group, … since 2000 in the City, most recently as head of HSBC's climate change centre. IIED's previous Critical Theme took place in March 2014, … on natural and human capital, discussed the importance of meaningful stakeholder reporting . His visit was organised as part of a strategic …
Event, 15 May 2014
Seeds collected from a farm in Chiapas, Mexico, for replanting and use in traditional medicine. (Photo: Ina Porras)
Conditional transfers for poverty reduction and ecosystem management
… from ongoing national programmes in eight countries, and multi-stakeholder dialogues. Our ultimate aim is to inform the design of … land practices in watersheds to provide cleaner water, and increased climate resilience in supply chains by planting trees in small coffee … and environmental effectiveness at ministerial levels Stakeholder engagement: we will host an international policy workshop in September …
Project, 26 April 2016
Villagers walking back to their village, Mozambique (Image: Mike Goldwater)
IIED Annual Report 2016/17: a focus on impact
… this year's report is impact – how IIED is helping to foster positive change at both the local and international scale, and across key … seek to influence change through research, dialogue and practical engagement. In his introduction to the report, IIED director Andrew … finance flows. IIED works to support  fair and equitable solutions to climate change . We worked with the group of Least Developed Countries …
Page, 27 October 2017
Construction workers build a hotel in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Credit: Overseas Development Institute / Antony Robbins (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en_GB)
Time to hear LDC voices on Post-2015 development goals
… leadership over the last decade in international debates around climate change, trade, debt and other issues. As Achala Abeysinghe writes in a … has already produced one short paper making the case for greater LDC engagement in post-2015 and proposing a set of priorities for LDCs to …
Insight, 10 December 2013
Kazakhstan's capital Astana will host the EXPO trade fair in 2017. Credit: Ken & Nyetta/Flicker (Creative Commons)
Kazakhstan: Green economy of the future?
… coherent measures to mainstream the green economy — such as a multi-stakeholder green economy forum, screening of public expenditure, green … Adopt a step-by-step approach in order to create dialogue and engagement with Kazakh industries and businesses — and a strong business … in the extractive sector, as well as development of energy, water and climate change policies. ( [email protected] ) …
Insight, 30 January 2014
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Applying three dimensions of equity to REDD+
Publication, 01 November 2015
IIED will be participating in a range of event at Habitat III, the global UN summit on urban issues
IIED at Habitat III: event listing
… and managed, and their role as drivers of sustainable development and climate change goals. Conference objectives The UN General Assembly agreed that … Global Alliance for Urban Crises can play, as a collaborative multi-stakeholder network of urban and humanitarian practitioners, …
Event, 20 October 2016