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A dilapidated road is repaired in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India (Photo: Rikynti Marwein via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Transforming growth for least developed countries
… Public-private partnerships have featured a lot recently in development circles, which is littered with fads and fancies. Yes, the … sources which, if managed well, could be the basis for long-term, sustainable growth. What will it take to help them meet this goal and … or governance to feature amongst the set of Sustainable Development Goals, since these issues encapsulate what needs to be delivered by …
Insight, 10 March 2014
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
Article, 25 May 2016
New paradigm for African agriculture sees sustainable intensification in a new light
… Over recent years, the term “Sustainable Intensification” – producing more outputs with more … Toulmin, director of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and one of the Montpellier Panel’s members. "But … and more climate change, we can choose to intensify farming in a sustainable way with fewer adverse impacts. This means scientists and …
News, 18 April 2013
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Earth Summit 2012: Crucial opportunity that needs broader buy-in
… organised an event on this scale that will consider the environment, sustainable development and economic policy instruments all together. Sustainable Development goals One possible outcome from the 2012 Earth Summit is agreement on a … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 20 December 2011
Illustrator Jorge Martin creates a 'living graphic' to chart the conversations on 'tough talk on poverty and climate' at the 2015 Development & Climate Days (Photo: IIED/Matt Wright)
Participants in Development & Climate Days focus on "bold action needed now"
Insight, 06 December 2015
A tea picker from Cianten, within the boundaries of Mount Halimun Salak National Park in West Java, starts collecting tea leaves in a basket at 6am (Photo@ CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action
… achieve women's equality and empowerment boldly set out in the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and intertwined throughout Agenda 2030 . In June, … Climate change remains one of the greatest threats to achieving sustainable development, and its effects often fall hardest on women. … Outstanding women in development …
Insight, 09 April 2018
IIED's three-and-a-half minute film to communicate the ambitions and universal reach of the SDGs had been viewed almost 20,000 times by February 2017 (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
IIED's work on the post-2015 agenda
… action. When the United Nations formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015, it was a promise to begin 15 years of …
Article, 27 February 2017
An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A shift in mindset for the LDCs
… STEPS Centre will host a dialogue on Monday, 13 June: ' Reimagining development in the LDCs: what role for the SDGs? '. Ahead of the event, … why the LDCs need a new way of thinking if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  What opportunities do these goals open up for the LDCs? …
Article, 03 June 2016
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How integrated monitoring and evaluation systems can help countries address climate impacts
Publication, 01 August 2018
50 years
IIED at 50: protecting people and planet for half a century
… of interviews with partners about the future of environment and development, and Publishing a paper that considers how we have worked within or influenced ten major sustainable development movements, including the drives for global … global narrative and at the heart of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals . When Barbara became director of the International Institute for …
Article, 08 June 2021