Search results

241 results
The focus of Green Economy Coalition convener Oliver Greenfield is on the SDG targets and indicators, and how that can lead to a green economy (Image: IIED)
Sustainable goals for a sustainable green economy
… The real transformational challenge set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is about getting everyone – from governments … GDP at the national level. This in turn will help to drive more engagement from corporates on sustainability, Greenfield argues. The … Sustainable goals for a sustainable green economy …
News, 11 September 2015
Sustainable development is dead! Long live sustainable development!
… advisor at the UK government's Department for International Development. It is being released to mark the 20th anniversary of the … Brundtland Commission’s report Our Common Future, which first put sustainable development on the mainstream political agenda. The IIED … a new, globally constructed and globally shared drive towards genuine sustainable development A shift from the inviolability of economic …
News, 20 March 2007
IRF partner logos
Independent Research Forum (IRF): supporting change for a sustainable future
… papers and reports, visit the IIED Publications Library . The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been greeted as a  game … this international policy focus created new opportunities for engagement, focused on specific regional issues. For example, being part … process, and has opened a new avenue for bringing technical input and stakeholder perspectives to CARICOM negotiators. Some partners, …
Project, 14 December 2018
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
Event, 02 December 2020
Floating boards on a lake, hiding the fish farming cages underneath
Lessons for building a natural capital legacy
… about numbers and trends, it’s also about the implications for future development strategies, for businesses, communities and for people. And … And that’s where the project ‘ Integrating natural capital into sustainable development decision-making in Uganda ’ comes in. From data … it resonates with their concerns and priorities, and Engage relevant stakeholder groups in time and continuously support them to mainstream …
Insight, 16 August 2021
Rehema Peter Mushi mines red garnets and sapphires in Tanzania. She recently won a grant to purchase equipment (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)
IIED to host 3rd online artisanal and small-scale mining day
… online space to share ideas for building a safer, more inclusive, sustainable and productive ASM sector.  Using the #shareASM hashtag will … IIED's ASM programme: Read this blog on using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining Watch … Sustainable markets …
News, 02 March 2018
Diagram showing change at different scales (Image: Stefano D'Errico/IIED)
Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development
… engages a wide variety of 'agents of change' from across different stakeholder groups in different countries. These act as 'would-be … for tracking progress and accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To improve MEL capacities, systemic change is … Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development …
Project, 01 March 2017
An image of a new report on Pro-poor, inclusive green growth: experience and a new agenda report. usivity and poverty reduction is critical to sustainable green growth according to the report (Photo: GGGI)
Inclusivity and poverty reduction critical to sustainable green growth
… Though development agendas emphasise the importance of achieving economic … prioritised and implemented. "Growth, even if it is green, cannot be sustainable unless it adequately addresses poverty and social exclusion … Institute (GGGI) . "Green growth can only lead to transformative and sustainable change if it is pro-poor and delivers benefits to the most …
News, 26 May 2016
A man walking a bike on a flooded road
A changing world needs changing methods: six steps for evaluations to assess “what will work”
Insight, 11 July 2022
Group of people wearing green T-shirts pose for a picture.
Prakriti Resources Centre: climate change policy and action in Nepal
Article, 30 March 2022