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Carina Millstone makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff in May 2014 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Critical theme: What would business look like in a steady-state economy?
… innovation look like? How would existing organisations have to change? In the seminar, Millstone covered the nature and workings of … implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement.  In March 2014, Pavan Sukhdev, the founder and chief … officer of GIST Advisory, discussed the importance of meaningful stakeholder reporting. His visit was organised as part of a strategic …
Event, 21 May 2014
Lushoto, Tanzania: Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into agroforestry. Here a tree nursery group discusses the challenges and opportunities (Photo: P Kimeli/CCAFS)
Look beyond the trees: the SDGs will have to do more than just 'protect forests'
… heating, food and furniture. Forests help stabilise the planet's climate and water cycles, boost green economies through employment, … deliver sustainable development outcomes.  Read the full report. Yet policy makers are focusing mostly on the trees. Targets that mention the … forests is the only way to achieve what the UN terms 'transformative' change. A range of other targets are needed to address systemic barriers …
Insight, 04 November 2014
A word cloud with words relevant to monitoring, evaluation and learning (Image: IIED)
Monitoring and evaluation, and impact evaluation methods
… set of skills and tools enables us to investigate transformational change in local-to-global systems. We are also considered a hub for … that can be used by countries to evaluate how far, and how well, climate risks are managed at international, national and sub-national … indicators to assess whether development outcomes bring better local climate resilience, and contributes to climate-resilient development …
Article, 01 March 2017
REDD+: a win-win deal is possible!
… financing alone will not foot the annual bill. According to the Climate change: Financing Global Forests review it will reach US $17 – 33 … comprehensive and integrated land use planning processes and sectoral policy coordination. These processes are fundamental for reducing …
Insight, 17 November 2011
A traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?
… an informal meeting of leading academics and actors in REDD+ and PA policy and practice – an 'equity workshop'. The presentations shared at … been improvements over time. Not least because perceptions of equity change over time. Where do we go from here? In terms of REDD+, we hope … in Payments for Ecosystem Services ,  Unai Pascual, Basque Centre for Climate Change What is human wellbeing? A locally driven, …
Insight, 11 May 2015
The Collahuasi copper mine in northern Chile is a zero-discharge operation, with much of its water being recycled (Photo: Pablo Necochea, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mining: Big progress but new challenges as sector searches for sustainability
… respond to like never before. The growing scientific evidence for climate change and its implications for the mining sector, which to-date has …
News, 06 June 2012
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… the science of non-equilibrium ecology to adapt to the impacts of climate change in fragile agro-ecosystems. In Peru, work was carried out to link … and the conservation of endangered agro-biodiversity stimulate public engagement and citizen involvement in decision making. Key findings from …
Project, 14 August 2013
Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable?
… to economic models of future food prices to regional studies of climate impacts. Our task as the lead expert group has been to sift … foods, especially meat and dairy products. And climate change will impact rainfall patterns and temperatures, bringing harsher … not an impossible task — but we need to combine knowledge systems, policy, science and market forces to do it. We must both boost yields in …
Insight, 03 February 2011
Around a billion urban dwellers live in informal settlements such as these. Without far more effective policies, their population could rise to 2 billion by 2030 (Photo: Mark Edwards)
Ten essentials for the New Urban Agenda in one page
… commitments already made in the SDGs and in the Paris Agreement on climate change   We recognise how much can be achieved through strong local … in informal settlements. Importantly, these encourage voice and engagement by groups who face discrimination (for instance on the basis … Policy and planning …
Insight, 19 July 2016
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project updates
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development project updates
… work with ICLEI. You can read about the project in  this story of change . In Zambia, project members are focusing on the country’s … Seventh National Development Plan (NDP7) and have organised a stakeholder validation workshop. The NDP will be finalised by December … in late October to discuss the national biodiversity plan and the climate change plan and how to link up initiatives such as implementing …
Article, 21 March 2014