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Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… Evaluation: a crucial ingredient for SDG success The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development calls for follow-up and review processes that … impacts; a short household survey to explore these impacts; and a stakeholder workshop to validate the survey results, explore other key … and the role of Chinese government policies China's business engagement in developing countries has grown rapidly in the past decade …
Article, 02 January 2017
Two people walking in a rural landscape
Practical guide helps negotiators put equity at the heart of the new global biodiversity framework
… subsidiary body meetings. Various country statements and major stakeholder groups highlighted that equity must be central to efforts to … agreements, including the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. All three agreements need to work alongside each …
Insight, 04 May 2021
A diagram showing how the seven core principles of ISO 26000 link to each other
ISO 26000 international guidance standard on social responsibility
… standard was developed over a period of five years, using a multi-stakeholder approach involving experts from more than 90 countries and … different aspects of social responsibility. Before the start of the development process, IIED collaborated with six partner NGOs to to look at social responsibility standards from a sustainable development perspective.  The project partners were IIED, …
Project, 25 June 2008
A pot with bubbling food sits cooking on an open fire.
Sustainable energy: can a new initiative succeed where Rio+20 failed?
… Nobody expected Rio+20 , the UN’s development summit, to deliver transformational commitments  — and it … people who don't currently have it. Energy for all Step forward Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL) — led by UN secretary-general Ban … of different stakeholders and move towards truly multi-stakeholder energy delivery models. Under certain market conditions, the …
Insight, 25 June 2012
A large sign in a street
Cities: where public health and climate experts must meet
… analysis and response There is a credible case to be made for greater engagement between these two communities of practice. A good example of …
Article, 24 July 2020
MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations
… and small-scale mining: how can the sector better contribute to sustainable development? Project list of participants  Consultation with … sociales Workshop on managing mineral wealth Southern Africa – multi-stakeholder workshop – proceedings Southern Africa – multi-stakeholder … MMSD Southern Africa - Multi-Stakeholder Workshop - Stakeholder Engagement MMSD Southern Africa - Multi-Stakeholder Workshop - Project …
Article, 04 March 2009
Dialogue participants visited ASM operations (Photo: Mkhululi Nkosilamandla Ncube)
Can ASM lead the Africa Mining Vision?
… evident to the participants how potent ASM's contribution to local development can be. One could even argue that the potential for … national ownership of a solutions-focused agenda, and promoting multi-stakeholder collaboration for change in both policy and practice.  … and optimal exploitation of mineral resources to underpin broad-based sustainable growth and socio-economic development. View a collection of …
Insight, 07 December 2017
An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
… Sustainable development is never straightforward: in a traffic-clogged … policymaking , the Ugandan team was clear that communications and engagement with a range of stakeholders was a vital part of the project. … second day mapping out who they needed to engage and how. The stakeholder list was vast, but encouragingly, included many potential …
Insight, 09 January 2019
An image of a river splitting the hills of the Chinchiná River Basin in Colombia, one of eight countries in which IIED worked with the World Bank on natural capital accounting (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)
Accounting for the value of natural resources
… information in light of development policy and planning strategies. Stakeholder mapping:  We supported mapping exercises in-country to list … they'd rather was not made public – and our priority audiences for engagement through a concerted communication strategy   Policy linking: … accounting to poverty reduction strategies and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals , and worked on further outputs associated …
Article, 20 May 2016
A flooded village with damaged houses.
Practical lessons on implementing business unusual 
… and is a journey along a pathway for change that supports doing development and climate action differently and more effectively. …  we need to reflect on our role and power within the international development system as an organisation that receives and channels … decision making where global stakeholders from the LDC Group and development partners can work together to agree decisions. Regular …
Insight, 15 June 2022