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Solar phone charging on a Ugandan island shows even isolated areas in Africa are getting connected by mobile phones and creating demand for energy (Photo: futureatlas.com/blog/)
Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella
… others held with Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the UN Special Representative on Sustainable Energy for All. This was an opportunity for experts from organisations concerned about energy access, sustainable development and poverty reduction to discuss their interests and … seeks to influence debates on the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). So far energy remains on the table as one of the proposed …
Insight, 31 July 2014
Farmers and extension workers jointly assessing an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan
Agricultural Research for Development: Are we moving in the right direction?
… The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) held in 2010 aimed to address key challenges and … increasing the incomes and improving the livelihoods of farmers on a sustainable basis, while providing nutritional food to their family … that was not discussed during GCARD2 were the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . This was surprising given that the CGIAR co-organised the …
Insight, 07 November 2012
South Africa: Anna with friends and family in front of her new solar water heating system. It is often more cost-effective to provide energy services to poor communities via off-grid sources (Photo: Abri le Roux, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Public and private sectors: delivering energy access for people living in poverty
… room D3 , the debate is organised by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) , CIDSE (Coopération Internationale pour le … people lifting themselves out of poverty. It is often more feasible, sustainable and cost-effective to provide the energy services poor … including in the discussions around the proposed energy Sustainable Development Goal, key questions remains around how to …
News, 04 June 2015
A woman farmer, carrying a basket, inspects tea she has picked holding it in her hand.
Rising to emerging challenges: IIED reacts to findings of independent review
… one that is growing with the scale and pace of the environment and development crises we face. The review team lays out a rich agenda for … but to share the reviewer’s insights with others working towards sustainable development goals. An agenda for positive change The external review identifies a …
News, 15 August 2022
Table with coloured papers and someone writing on a notebook
Knowledge in action for urban equality
… growing inequality in cities undermines the efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the ‘New Urban Agenda’.  The 'Knowledge in Action for …
Project, 28 September 2021
An image of a river splitting the hills of the Chinchiná River Basin in Colombia, one of eight countries in which IIED worked with the World Bank on natural capital accounting (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)
Accounting for the value of natural resources
… capital accounts and potential demand for the information in light of development policy and planning strategies. Stakeholder mapping:  We … accounting to poverty reduction strategies and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals , and worked on further outputs associated with the relevance of … Sustainable markets …
Article, 20 May 2016
Report maps obstacles on the road to sustainable biofuels sector
… The report, by the International Institute for Environment and Development, maps obstacles on the road to sustainable development of biofuels — liquid fuels produced from oily or … most suitable for the achievement of their sustainable development goals. "In addition to the current high oil prices, the rapid …
News, 26 January 2007
A woman on a protest march holds up a sign that says "enough"
Our progress towards being an anti-racist organisation
… racial injustices in our organisation and in the international development and environmental sectors within which we work. We recognise the sustainable development sector carries complex historic legacies of … also an integral part of the environmental protection and development goals that we seek to contribute to. Our challenge is to tackle racism …
Article, 15 December 2021
Participants in a focus group for smallholder farmers and land administrators in Mali (Photo: Emily Polack/IIED)
What makes community engagement meaningful in the extractive industries?
… to ensuring competing rights and interests are incorporated into development planning. A key question is how can these diverse goals be achieved and evaluated? Our respondents reinforced the … forward. Contact: Sarah Best ( [email protected] ), of IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets …
Insight, 14 March 2016
Debra Roberts makes a powerful presentation in the opening session of the 2018 Development & Climate Days (Photo: Alex Wynter/Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
"Half a degree matters" – D&C Days focuses on IPCC special report on global temperature-rise scenarios
News, 09 December 2018