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Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… and contributed to the emerging debates on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change is closely intertwined … responses to climate change requires a broad understanding and approach beyond the scientific, and that policy reform must be part of a … Facility processes. Because gender disparities profoundly shape agriculture and other land use, REDD+ readiness plans should not only …
Project, 26 April 2011
Participants at the CGIAR Climate Social Learning evidence gathering workshop, including IIED director of communications Liz Carlile (standing) (Photo: CCAFS)
Which factors are key for successful social learning?
Insight, 14 July 2014
Costa Rica has adapted its systems of payments for ecosystem services over the past two decades
Payments for ecosystem services: Costa Rica’s recipe
… emotions reflect a sometimes complex mix of protected areas, agrarian development, and land tenure histories, and a continued experimentation … views of forest conservation, irrespective of ideological or economic approach. The same 1996 Forest Law that establishes PES also bans land … On the other hand: In place of the initial first-come, first-served approach to enrolment, Costa Rica now uses national level …
Insight, 29 November 2013
Annual report 2009/10
… Report from IIED's Publications Library This year, IIED joined with development and environment organisations, trade unions, business groups … to think and write – and to be published, often for the first time. Sustainable markets Accountability in the pipeline:  a suite of IIED … IIED briefings had tangible impacts on governance. Governance for sustainable development Managing a uranium rush:  rising energy prices …
Page, 21 October 2010
Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas
… agencies is to green the economy by reorienting markets toward more sustainable economic activities. But this green economy agenda risks … be pushed into the informal economy. Alternatively, if a regulatory approach designed for the formal economy is imposed and enforced on the … that affect the labour force and small enterprises; address the development deficits that underpin climate vulnerability in the home, …
Insight, 07 December 2015
Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable
… to investors.  Samuel Nguiffo, from the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) , talked about a project in Cameroon that selected and … people, while another community was able to negotiate a community development agreement with an investor. And in Cameroon, a new … is a qualified solicitor and IIED associate focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources   Improving accountability …
Insight, 19 June 2017
Urban-rural linkages have been 'beefed up' in the latest draft of the UN's Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
OWG 'zero draft' is a huge step forward: now let's get practical
… beefed up by the addition of targets on trade-distorting subsidies, sustainable and resilient food systems, market stability, conduct of … help streamline the list of targets. IIED is exploring a possible approach, along with our IRF2015 partners. Linked to this is the design … of natural resources, including forests and marine resources , and agriculture and food systems Gender equality Access to energy for not …
Insight, 20 June 2014
The Roșia Poieni copper mine in Romania, one of the largest copper reserves in Europe (Photo: Cristian Bortes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Investor-state arbitration: Lessons from civil society advocacy
… serious financial implications. Investments in mining, petroleum and agriculture have featured prominently in arbitration; these sectors … factors, including in relation to natural resource investments.  One approach has been to seek to intervene in individual arbitral … experience IIED published a handbook  on 'foreign investment, law and sustainable development' that includes a discussion of investor-state …
Insight, 19 May 2014
People sitting in a pasture
International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)
Project, 27 June 2019
REDD+: a win-win deal is possible!
… reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable forest management, conservation and enhancement of carbon … as suggested in this UNEP report , the  private sector’s business approach can often undermine the rights of the local communities. For … Operational frameworks, such as FPIC, could guide investment in agriculture, mining, industrial forest plantations, infrastructure and …
Insight, 17 November 2011