Search results

241 results
More than 250 participants shared their experiences and examples of good practice at CBA12 (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
How can insights from CBA12 inform global discussions on the SDGs and resilience?
… in New York for the 2018 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development , the main UN body mandated to review … to traditional household roles.  Transparent decisions with multi-stakeholder platforms increase the robustness and complementarity of … making forums, and instead create truly meaningful multi-stakeholder engagement in resource allocation. While this is seen as critical to …
Insight, 16 July 2018
View of Monterrey, Mexico
New coalition to transform cities – and lives
… by improving quality of life and equity. A new understanding of sustainable change is needed, which links improving quality of life to … is already urban. Latin American cities have recently led urban development with some radically new approaches. Curitiba in Brazil, for … budgeting, the direct co-determination over city budgets with the engagement of citizens, and Bogotá in Colombia became a frontrunner for …
News, 10 May 2021
People walking on agricultural land
Envisioning a better future for The Gambia
… more intense windstorms devastate our communities. This aggravates development challenges, hindering our efforts to reduce poverty and … middle-income country through green economic growth supporting sustainable, low-emissions development, contributing its fair share to … climate change through vigorous public agency, backed by the full engagement of our citizens from all walks of life. We recognise that …
Insight, 19 July 2021
A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture
… services and promoting social equality, lies at the heart of sustainable development.  IIED's research in sub-Saharan Africa  has … process that combines state-of-the-art research with effective engagement with research users. Its vision is for decision makers in the … and the UK, between different disciplines, and between different stakeholder groups in the three countries via National Learning …
Project, 10 August 2017
Woman puts greens on a plate
UN Food Systems Summit: it’s time to listen to civil society’s concerns
… The world is falling well short of meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2 (to end hunger) by 2030, and many fear … food systems Fails to set human rights as a fundamental principle of engagement Ignores civil society’s significant previous work on food … How? By establishing new governance channels based on multi-stakeholder partnerships, a mechanism imported from corporate governance …
Insight, 22 June 2021
Ghanaian women working in a micro enterprise shell cocoa, one of the commodities driving deforestation in western Ghana. These enterprises need targeted access to finance to adopt sustainable production systems that can contribute to halting deforestation and improving livelihoods (Photo: Tom Blomley)
Evaluation and Learning Partnership on Financing Forest-Related Enterprises
… can ensure the full and transformational contribution of forests to sustainable development and climate goals. To assist with this, the  … meta-analysis focusing on the effectiveness of private sector engagement Facilitating ongoing learning exchange and dialogue with the learning community through existing stakeholder platforms in country and internationally, including online, …
Project, 23 February 2018
Immaculate Yossa is regional advocacy officer for Eastern Africa at Hivos. She discussed key messages from multi-stakeholder action at the Uganda Food Lab (Photo: Food and Agriculture Organisation, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Achieving real transformation in our food system
… made in relation to food. The outlook is grim. To ensure we reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2030 we need a dramatic change. Success will … South Africa, Hivos organised a side event to demonstrate how multi-stakeholder collaboration among food system actors, particularly women …
Insight, 23 October 2018
Two fishermen cast their nets from a small boat
New guide to monitoring progress on SDG14
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasise the importance of the marine … that intersect with them – but it also links across many other sustainable development goals. Implementing SDG14 will involve a wide range of …
News, 08 July 2019
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
… of the process to develop a global agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals after they expire in 2015 are not being starved of … Michèle Pierre-Louis, brings together expertise in many dimensions of sustainable development, from communications to climate change to … 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
Someone puts the final piece of a jigsaw into the puzzle
Is SDG evaluation just business as usual?
… Yes, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) evaluation could be considered business as usual, … ambitions underlying Agenda 2030 make it clear that we cannot. A more sustainable and equitable world simply cannot be achieved by 2030 if we …
Insight, 21 April 2020