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Two fishermen cast their nets from a small boat
New guide to monitoring progress on SDG14
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasise the importance of the marine ecosystems, but … that intersect with them – but it also links across many other sustainable development goals. Implementing SDG14 will involve a wide …
News, 08 July 2019
People sitting around a table
Unleashing the potential of local organisations in linking conservation and development
… guidance on reaching the international targets set by the Millennium Development Goals and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity . Yet there is still … work of five East African organisations in linking conservation and development. These organisations include: The Kijabe Environment … the potential of local organisations in linking conservation and development …
Project, 16 August 2013
Surveys of the priorities of the private sector often ignore vital informal economies, such as this one in Hanoi (Photo: Bill Vorley/IIED)
Shaking up the private sector
… For anyone interested in how the private sector relates to sustainable development, the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos is the … the findings are important. The new Sustainable Development Goals are teeming with ambitions that can only be achieved if the … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 22 January 2016
An image of the front of a stationary train on the Addis Ababa light rail system, which opened in 2015, and was the first to be built in Sub-Saharan Africa. The two railway lines, which have their own dedicated power grid, demonstrate how Ethiopia is seeking low-carbon energy initiatives (Photo: Wikipedia, via Google licence)
Q&A: Linking low-carbon pathways with the SDGs
… STEPS Centre will host a dialogue on Monday, 13 June on ' Reimagining development in the LDCs: what role for the SDGs? '. Ahead of the event, … imply LDCs are actively aligning low-carbon initiatives with national sustainable development plans and strategies. But it's my strong sense … fit into the broader sustainable development agenda. Achieving the goals will require cross-sector collaboration where ministries of …
Article, 30 May 2016
The Ring alliance
… Founded in 1991, in the build-up to the Rio Summit on Environment and Development, the Ring alliance developed as an informal space in which a … June 2007, the Ring alliance produced the Ring Statement: Realising Sustainable Development . The statement called for a radical new … policymaking, arguing that since the Rio Summit – with its ambitious goals for sustainable development – not enough had been done. Two …
Project, 29 September 2008
Woman waters aloe vera plants
Archive of completed 'Money where it matters' projects
Article, 20 April 2021
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A Government Group Network for Climate Change Mainstreaming Into Development Planning: 2014-2015 Strategy and Plan
Publication, 01 August 2014
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Reconceiving the SDGs as a political force for change
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) attract much international attention. They are presented as … Drawing on insights from diverse national experiences in achieving sustainable development, this briefing uses a political economy lens to …
Publication, 01 December 2016
Elephants with a mountain in the distant background
Supporting Jordan and Kenya to mobilise finance for climate and nature
… a growing risk of falling into debt. Late in 2022, the head of the UN Development Programme estimated that some 54 countries are at risk of … many countries will fail to achieve resilient development or the Sustainable Development Goals , and that the triple crisis of debt, climate change and nature …
Project, 27 February 2023
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73 5 The MDGs and sustainable development: the need for a strategic approach
Publication, 01 January 1970