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Plan Vivo partners at a conference in Sweden commit to actively engage in the implementation and accountability of the SDGs (Photo: Plan Vivo Foundation)
The SDGs speak and we like what we hear
… comes when you feel they make sense. This is the case with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , the 17 massive goals signed by the United … many things at the same time. I've just come back from the Plan Vivo Stakeholder Conference, held in Sweden at the end of September. Most … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 15 October 2015
The influx of migrants and refugees onto the island of Lesbos was met with an influx of responders from various sectors who often did not effectively collaborate early on in the response (Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee)
Finding space for dialogue when urban crises hit
… at Habitat II I, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development held every 20 years, explored how to strengthen crises … "If managed well, crises responses can support the resilience and sustainable growth of urban areas by strengthening city systems such as …
News, 26 October 2016
Restoring mangroves (Photo: Orsibal Ramírez/IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: El Salvador
… to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2019, IIED, the International Union for … measures. But also that wider awareness-raising on EbA and further engagement and investment from local and national authorities is needed: …
Project, 17 December 2018
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'
… community grapples with finalising a set of targets, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030. The UN Open Working … reinforce those underlying conditions that allow forests to deliver sustainable development outcomes.  Read the full report. Yet policy …
Insight, 04 November 2014
Four people sit on the floor to look at a map on the ground.
In her name: securing land tenure for women in Zambia
… women as landowners The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Integrated Land and Resource Governance … – into the future. Managed through the USAID/Zambia  Economic Development Office , USAID ILRG supports improved land use planning for … programme also develops opportunities for communities to benefit from sustainable natural resource management. This is the third of four …
Insight, 14 October 2021
Shahajat Ali shows a newspaper article describing the incentive-based hilsa conservation programme under the Department of Fisheries (Photo: BCAS)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Bangladesh
… to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2019, IIED, the International Union for … improved community resilience and adaptive capacity by introducing sustainable fishery practices and diversification of livelihood …
Project, 12 June 2018
Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
… million for landscape solutions that tackle biodiversity loss and sustainable livelihoods on a big scale and Germany providing €200 … 19 global businesses under the World Business Council for Sustainable Development - including Mars, Danone and Nestlé – launched the coalition … existing actions and knowledge on EbA , the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships, indigenous people and communities’ knowledge, …
Insight, 26 September 2019
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
… to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2022, IIED, the International Union for … Conservation of Nature (IUCN-SUR) and the Asociation for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES) to contribute positioning and …
Project, 04 September 2018
Logging truck in Cameroon. Credit: World Resources Institute (Creative Commons)
What’s missing from private-sector REDD+?
Insight, 29 January 2014
A panel discusses artisanal and small-scale mining at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town (Photo: Abbi Buxton/IIED)
Building bridges between the money and the many in mining
… tend to see small-scale mining as a problem, the sector could provide sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people. It's … for mutual gain. Time to talk Despite a growing number of sustainable development side events at such conferences, they remain a niche … bringing players to the table. The event showed there is appetite for engagement, so long as everyone knows what to expect. It's a sign that …
Insight, 11 February 2014