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Forest business incubation: Towards sustainable forest and farm producer organisation (FFPO) businesses that ensure climate resilient landscapes
… incubation is a support process that accelerates the successful development of sustainable businesses in forest landscapes. While more than 7,000 … see how the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals will be implemented without better forest business incubation that … Forest business incubation: Towards sustainable forest and farm producer organisation (FFPO) businesses that …
Publication, 01 February 2018
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Mainstreaming biodiversity. A guide to selecting strategic development targets
… The Aichi targets and Sustainable Development Goals alike demand a truly integrated approach: biodiversity, social and … Mainstreaming biodiversity. A guide to selecting strategic development targets …
Publication, 01 October 2016
A flooded street
How the Philippines’ national M&E system integrates climate and development
Article, 30 October 2019
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Agriculture and food systems for a sustainable future: an integrated approach
… and food systems are at the centre of the debates around post-2015 development goals and targets. Hunger and food insecurity remain major development … of food systems to make them more productive, environmentally sustainable and resilient while preserving and enhancing these … Agriculture and food systems for a sustainable future: an integrated approach …
Publication, 01 May 2013
Traffic in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sixty per cent of air pollution in Kathmandu is caused by traffic: tackling pollution while growing their economies is a key challenge for Least Developed Countries (Photo: Rachel, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
London to host international dialogue event: "How will the Least Developed Countries innovate to lift themselves out of poverty?"
… Expert Group (IEG), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the ESRC's STEPS Centre, will explore how global efforts to achieve the 17 goals can catalyse ideas and plans to drive rapid transformation. … LDCs are leading the way on many issues central to achieving sustainable development, such as disaster response, waste recycling and …
News, 09 June 2016
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Barbara Ward Lecture 2021: Rebeca Grynspan
… of ministerial and UN experience, who has championed finance for development and women's leadership. The focus of her 2021 Barbara Ward … outlined the major challenges in realising these important global goals and the lessons for others pursuing similar aims. As UNCTAD's new … of the world – to have development that is resilient, inclusive and sustainable. A former vice-president of Costa Rica, Ms Grynspan is a …
Event, 06 December 2021
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A Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
… have introduced the need for ‘transformation’ into the post-2015 development agenda debate. This reflects the belief that the kind of change the post-2015 goals need to deliver is of a different order than is currently being … gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, to address new and emerging challenges and to …
Publication, 01 April 2014
Wind power turbines and electricity pylons alongside one another in China
Delivering energy access for all: Make Change Happen podcast episode 2
…  offers an opportunity to listen to researchers discuss key global development challenges and explain how they are working to support … that energy can be a powerful driver for many other development goals , such as education and health. In addition to enabling vital … the potential to improve the ways in which services are delivered. Sustainable Development Goal 7  aims to ensure access to affordable, …
Article, 14 November 2019
An image showing two men on the roof of a school in Zambia carrying out a macrosolar installation. Sustainable energy solutions for Least Developed Countries were discussed at the event in London (Photo: Steve Woodward)
Reimagining development in the LDCs: what role for the SDGs?
Event, 13 June 2016
IIED director Camilla Toulmin gave a lecture at the University of Sussex on 23 October (Photo: Chatham House)
Toulmin lecture: How can the Least Developed Countries be heard?
… at how the LDCs can influence the negotiations on climate change and sustainable development goals. Negotiations for key international agreements on these two issues …
Event, 23 October 2014