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Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
… The Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project  supported African countries to use their national … their NBSAP with sectoral priorities, development planning and Sustainable Development Goal implementation processes. Statement on … Plan The  Zimbabwe report identifies the Sustainable Development Goals as an opportunity. The  draft Botswana report  outlines …
Article, 09 July 2013
CANARI’s Radar tool helps small and micro enterprises assess their impacts. Here Kemba Jaramogi from Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project in Trinidad and Tobago presents their Radar. (Photo: CANARI)
Time to turn the PAGE?
… for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) : ‘Advancing inclusive and sustainable economies’ event in Cape Town looked like it could be … its ‘Sustainable Living Plan’ and KPIs aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is among the leaders, and increasingly investors are using … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 17 January 2019
A group meeting on climate change on boat run by the organisation Shidhulai in Natore, Bangladesh (Photo: Tony Stonehouse/IIED)
Developing nations strengthen ability to demonstrate effective climate change adaptation
… Governments will use the Tracking Adaptation Measuring Development (TAMD) framework to demonstrate if climate finance has been … has allowed the government to track the climate resilience of its Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP-1), which it implemented in …
News, 27 February 2015
Polluted air coming out of the smoke stacks of a factory in Shanghai, China.
The least developed countries, equity, and a brave new world
… to our changing planet, and transferring technologies that allow for sustainable development? Equity. The word buzzes in the corridors of the …
Insight, 02 July 2013
Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot
Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best
… circumstances of each community helps create organisations that are sustainable and independent. Forest and farm producer organisations … training to improve techniques, soft skills such as personal development and stress management, as well as general business training …
Insight, 27 March 2023
Women crush and separate rocks containing gold ore for extraction at Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village, Geita, Tanzania (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Picturing the ASM space
… from ASM countries acknowledged their conflicting national and local development priorities, a lack of coordination among ministries, and … Meanwhile civil society groups expressed their concern of securing sustainable funding to improve the ASM sector. Points of contention  … ensure a livelihood and often work together to achieve these goals. Relations between governments and ASM are complex. While …
Insight, 05 June 2015
Cover for 10800IIED.pdf
A new urban agenda?
… national governments at Habitat III, the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in October 2016. But it does not need to develop a comprehensive list of goals and commitments because these are already in the Sustainable …
Publication, 01 August 2016
A man wearing a T-shirt and a hat takes a close look at a tree, surrounded by forest
Guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action supports decision-makers to restructure debt in response to COVID-19 and the Ukraine war
… and nature emergencies together, and to ensure an inclusive and sustainable recovery in the face of COVID-19 and the Ukraine war.  … the China Council for International Cooperation for Environment and Development (CCICED), also translated into Mandarin .  IIED chief … swaps for climate and nature: a strategic approach to urgent global goals ’ features a high-level dialogue between debtor governments and …
News, 28 April 2022
Cover for 16022IIED.pdf
Access to Sustainable Energy: What role for international oil and gas companies? Focus on Nigeria
… Development experts agree that ensuring access to sustainable modern … energy services is critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. According to the UNDP, some 2.4 billion people still use … Access to Sustainable Energy: What role for international oil and gas companies? …
Publication, 01 June 2009
Strategy and Learning Group director Tom Bigg gives an overview of the SDGs (Image: IIED)
Understanding the SDGs: Tom Bigg
… [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggnJYx62J6g] What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , due to be adopted at …
News, 21 August 2015