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Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)
Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining
… countries, the mining industry is often one of the biggest drivers of development and economic growth. But policy and planning initiatives … marginalised communities. Recognising the sector's role in advancing sustainable development is a major step forward. Recent initiatives … how mining can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These include an atlas mapping mining to the SDGs  and top …
Insight, 26 February 2018
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… convergence towards a more equitable consumption patterns (universal development goals). The latter is clearly the love-infused path – but how on earth … the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that end in 2015. Any new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or revamped MDGs would be New … Sustainable development requires an infusion of love …
Insight, 20 December 2013
An oil flare in Port Harcourt Nigeria.
Transparency: can it work for sustainable development?
… (but not by project). Co-author of a recent IIED report on EITI and sustainable development in the Caspian Region , Saule Ospanova, has high hopes for … EITI is criticised for failing to achieve sustainable development goals or even any greater accountability. For instance, Azerbaijan and … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 23 May 2013
A man paddles in a small boat close to the side of a river.
IIED at the UN Ocean Conference 2022
… push for the adoption of innovative, science-based solutions for the sustainable management of the oceans. 2022 is also the International … Aquaculture, Peru, IYAFA 2022 ISC chair; minister of international development, Norway; IPC Working Group on Fisheries member; minister of … Development Goal 14 while emphasising interlinkages between the goals towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. It will take …
Event, 27 June 2022
An illustration with a speech bubble: "We're dealing with multiple intertwined crises" with scales and illustrations depicting climate change, COVID-19, rising inequalities and biodiversity loss
A green recovery from COVID-19? Not without climate, nature and development solutions
… and threatens to undermine progress towards climate, nature and development goals. Unless recovery measures are fair and inclusive, decades of … become more resilient and adaptable. To strive for fair and genuinely sustainable development. As governments around the world design and … Biodiversity, climate and development in the 2020 debate …
Insight, 26 November 2020
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Investment treaties and sustainable development: investment protection
… wording of these treaties drives important trade-offs between policy goals. Seemingly straightforward treaty provisions intended to reassure … is the third in a series of four promoting debate on IITs and sustainable development and has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen … Investment treaties and sustainable development: investment protection …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Close-up image of cotton growing
Q&A: Ready for impact?
… stakeholders. Pledges include protecting the environment by embracing sustainable practices, investing in employees and dealing with suppliers … be accused of ‘purposewash’ (the new greenwash). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the potential to support this renewed purpose, showing … Profit with purpose: the role of business in achieving sustainable development …
Article, 07 November 2019
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Reconfiguring investment contracts to promote sustainable development
… aims to develop a conceptual framework for discusing contracts from a sustainable development percpective, and provides pointers for changes in … practice to maximisze the persuit of sustainable development goals like poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. This … Reconfiguring investment contracts to promote sustainable development …
Publication, 01 February 2013
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SD goals from a forest perspective: Transformative, universal and integrated?
… with trees are such an important part of a number of different Sustainable Development Goals that we recommend working towards a transformative ‘forest … SD goals from a forest perspective: Transformative, universal and …
Publication, 01 July 2014
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Investment treaties and sustainable development: an overview
… wording of these treaties imply important trade-offs between policy goals. The ramifications can be expensive (the record payout to … overview briefing is the first of four promoting debate on IITs and sustainable development and has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen … Investment treaties and sustainable development: an overview …
Publication, 01 May 2014