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Aligning evidence generation and use across health, development, and environment
… Although health, development, and environment challenges are interconnected, evidence … in research and practice. Aligned methods are needed to support Sustainable Development Goal advances and similar agendas. The Bridge … challenges (stabilizing the global climate, making food production sustainable, decreasing air pollution and respiratory disease, improving …
Publication, 14 November 2019
Women from Paraguay's Ita Guasu indigenous community discuss their community development plan. Civil debate and value-based decision making will be key to implementing the SDGs (Photo: USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Positioning the SDGs within the politics of national development
… nearly all stem ultimately from failures of existing economic development models.  The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, encompassing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , is an important part of the international response to … Sustainable markets … Positioning the SDGs within the politics of national development …
Insight, 12 July 2016
A beach with cows
Supporting LDCs to develop long-term strategies
Project, 16 April 2020
A boat floating on the water, seaweed is seen underneath.
Negotiators return to the high seas
… round of talks on an international treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national … the contribution of different types of ABMTs to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) and SDG14 in particular , which directly addresses … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 07 March 2022
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Towards housing justice
… crisis, and limit progress towards achieving and localising the Sustainable Development Goals. Most housing policies and practices ignore the pervasive and …
Publication, 13 March 2023
International climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are preparing the text for a global climate deal to be negotiated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A 1.5 degree goal could save us from ourselves
… some countries will need to bypass industrialisation and move towards sustainable development instead, it is obvious that the rate and cost of this will …
Insight, 10 June 2015
A man carries a box with spring onions through a busy scene
Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward
… – reflecting a shift towards market-based approaches in international development – foreign aid agencies and NGOs have promoted the inclusion … impacts linked to small-scale farming, by helping farmers adopt more sustainable agricultural practices. Smallholder inclusion is about … by the fact that only successful cases tend to be reported. Other goals of smallholder inclusion, such as reducing gender inequality and …
Insight, 15 September 2022
Aerial view of informal housing surrounded by garbage.
Integrating four urban agendas for climate resilience
…  to the then UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, on the post-2015 development agenda they concluded that it must be relevant for urban dwellers stating: “Cities are where the battle for sustainable development will be won or lost”. Amid all the hundreds of global goals and agendas agreed by national governments accumulated over the …
Insight, 04 July 2023
A basket full of coal taken illegally from an open-cast mine near the village of Bokapahari, India where a community of coal scavengers live and work © G. M. B. Akash / Panos Pictures
How to use law to make foreign investment work for sustainable development
… can use legal tools to ensure foreign investments contribute to sustainable development. The book focuses on investments in agriculture and the … seriously. Balancing investment protection with competing policy goals. The handbook aims to support government officials in low and … How to use law to make foreign investment work for sustainable development …
News, 22 November 2013
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Driving impact at the G20: lessons from IIED's engagement with philanthropies
… focused on philanthropy. The C20 working group 9 on philanthropy and sustainable development  is co-chaired by IIED alongside global philanthropy network … governance reform represents a unique opportunity to advance these goals, and a growing number of world leaders are embracing them . In our …
Insight, 24 July 2024