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Financing for Sustainable Development
… The goal of sustainable development is a difficult one to begin with. Without the availability … to provide central themes for the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) process. A UN Conference on Financing for … Financing for Sustainable Development …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Meceburi Forest, near Nampula, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
The Musketeers of development
… of "All for one and one for all" as we ride into the melée of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) negotiation process? Let's look at the whole set and see if … The Musketeers of development …
Insight, 16 July 2014
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Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Managing Nature's Wealth for Society's Health, The
… The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of … reduction and pro-poor growth, one that vigorously places human development at the centre of social and economic progress in all … Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Managing Nature's Wealth for …
Publication, 01 January 2004
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Sustainable Markets Investment Briefings: Overview
… This is the first of a series of briefings which discuss the sustainable development issues raised by legal arrangements for the protection of … is to provide accessible but accurate information for human rights, development and environmental organisations working on issues raised by … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 September 2007
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From risks to resilience: action research into informal workers' health and wellbeing in Indore, India
… other developing countries. These interventions can advance several Sustainable Development Goals, notably SDG 11 on cities, SDG 13 on climate action, and SDG 8 on …
Publication, 22 September 2022
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International investment agreements and climate action
… The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and IIED organised a webinar on 'International … academia to discuss the reform of the IIA regime for climate change goals. Experts shared views, experiences and practices on how to ensure … conducive to investments that have a positive contribution on the Sustainable Development Goals. As a follow up to the meeting, UNCTAD and …
Publication, 23 March 2022
Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… 2016 has been a big year for international agreements on development. New Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets were agreed. The Paris Agreement , the … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 28 June 2016
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Improving Access to Water and Sanitation: Rethinking the way forward in light of the Millennium Development Goals
… international agencies have committed themselves to the Millennium Development Goals, one of which is to achieve environmental sustainability. The … is: To halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water In 2002, the World Summit on … and Sanitation: Rethinking the way forward in light of the Millennium Development Goals …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Five woman sitting behind tables, listening and taking notes.
Ambition to achieve gender balance at international climate negotiations must be matched with finance
… the Paris Agreement, the UNFCCC gender action plan (GAP) , and the Sustainable Development Goals call for gender-responsive actions in climate negotiations. This …
Insight, 10 October 2023
Drought affects Xinjiang Province, a consequence of climate change (Photo: Simon Lim)
Well-financed climate change action must be central to the post-2015 goals
… Climate change and sustainable development are inextricably linked. It is critical, therefore, that the … climate change is fully integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals. * Two entities of the World Bank Group – the International Bank … Well-financed climate change action must be central to the post-2015 goals …
Insight, 04 September 2014