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Local villagers receive wildlife training in the Mbarang'andu Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania, which incorporates seven villages. (Photo: WWF/USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Communities, livelihoods and sustainable wildlife management
… or other) need to outweigh the costs of living with wildlife.  Sustainable solutions that meet both conservation and human development goals require an inclusive and equitable approach to wildlife … Communities, livelihoods and sustainable wildlife management …
Article, 14 November 2018
Woman using a public water tap in Kliptown, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg uses 32 different indicators to assess progress towards its strategic goals. Indicators need to reflect the needs of marginalised and vulnerable groups (Photo: Ray Muzyka, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The value and limits of urban sustainability indicators
… local governments, met at the ICLEI World Congress 2015 to discuss 'sustainable solutions for an urban future'. 'Indicators' are often seen … can help specify intention. Making the case for setting specific goals and targets in response to climate change, Andrea Reimer from the … sustainable. Yondela Silimela, the city's executive director of development planning, explained that the set of quantitative and …
Insight, 21 April 2015
High-tech trawlers in the Faroe Islands. Ninety-five per cent of this tiny nation's exports is made up of fish (Photo: antonalfred, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Turning the tide: creating incentives for sustainable oceans
… are being fished either at maximum capacity or beyond biologically sustainable levels.  Fisheries are critical for global food security and … find ways to sustainably manage global fisheries. The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development includes a specific goal – Goal 14 – to conserve and … Turning the tide: creating incentives for sustainable oceans …
Insight, 17 January 2017
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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2022
… and Indigenous Peoples as the key agents for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and delivering effective climate action. It has been operating …
Publication, 31 March 2023
The Poverty-Environment Initiative is celebrating its 10th anniversary at a meeting with partners in Edinburgh, Scotland (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Taking an integrated approach to eliminating poverty and sustaining natural resources
Insight, 28 May 2015
The edge of a cliff falls away into the water.
International investment agreements (IIAs) and climate action
… international investment agreements (IIAs) regime for climate change goals. The objective was to share views, experiences and practices on … conducive to investments that have a positive contribution on the Sustainable Development Goals. The webinar was organised by the United Nations …
Event, 04 February 2022
Woman waters seedlings
Delivering high-quality, predictable and accessible climate finance for least developed countries
… predictable and accessible finance to help [LDCs] deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement” where at least 70% of climate finance flows …
Insight, 03 November 2021
The solar panels at this rural health centre in Uzbekistan help provide power for electricity and heating. A safe, reliable and affordable energy supply allows the clinic to improve the quality of medical services it can offer (Photo: UNDP in Uzbekistan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Civil society coalition calls for inclusive Sustainable Energy for All agenda
… to safe, reliable and affordable energy, and for environmentally sustainable and efficient energy systems globally.  The SE4ALL … without access to clean cooking methods, action to support these goals is needed urgently.  The founding members of ACCESS – CAFOD, … Greenpeace, HIVOS, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Practical Action, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) …
News, 18 May 2015
A washed-out road near Lake Bisina in Uganda. Uganda is experiencing significant impacts of climate change such as increased frequency of extreme weather events like floods (Photo: James Anderson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Assessing adaptation and development progress
… governments and donors need effective adaptation programmes to keep sustainable development on track. Investing in robust monitoring, evaluation and … requirements in the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets. Last week, IIED and partner GIZ hosted the first … Assessing adaptation and development progress …
Insight, 06 July 2018
Althelia Ecosphere's Simon Dent speaking at Fish Night 2 (Photo: Inta Photography)
Fish Night 2 looks at finance for sustainable fisheries
… There is urgent need to reverse this trend and transition to a more sustainable fisheries management. A key challenge is mobilising adequate … fishing subsidies was being proposed as a target in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).    You can see the slides from Steele's presentation below … Sustainable markets …
Event, 04 March 2015