Search results

884 results
Cover for 17325IIED.pdf
Carbon investors and smallholders: a symbiotic relationship
… change and poverty reduction are top priorities embedded in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals will define national and international …
Publication, 01 November 2015
This graphic illustrates some of the benefits of undertaking monitoring and evaluation, including better decision making, supporting learning and accountability and gathering information for reporting
Supporting national monitoring and evaluation systems to enable adaptation assessment and reporting
Project, 24 September 2018
Smog over Kathamandu. Air pollution in Nepal's capital regularly breaches the World Health Organisation's safety guidelines (Kashish Das Shrestha)
Clearing the air in Kathmandu
… below the age of five.  "At this rate, not only will we miss our Sustainable Development Goal targets, but we risk undoing the gains we made in the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in relation to improved maternal health and ensuring …
Insight, 07 June 2016
The post-2015 development agenda must recognise that the fates of forests and people are entwined. Credit: Duncan Macqueen
Saving the forests for last – in the hope, at last, of saving the forests
… the eighth and last meeting of the Open Working Group on the future Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , is to help shape a report that will feed into …
Insight, 31 January 2014
An elderly woman in a field holds crops in the air with both hands
Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience
Project, 06 April 2020
A women farmer tends crops on a dried river pond
Transparent climate reporting in Malawi: what’s needed, what’s next?
… the ETF was created to track countries’ efforts to meet its ambitious goals. Requiring countries to report every two years and providing a … Malawi is being proactive, setting up structures for lasting and sustainable results. For example, prompted by the ETF, we are working … to report to the new standards. Stronger reporting fuels national development Meeting the ETF criteria is an opportunity for developing …
Insight, 03 October 2019
Aerial view of an informal settlement and an urban centre in the background
Rethinking household surveys reveals true picture of health inequality
… in this series have highlighted the lack of data on health and other development issues in informal settlements – despite the fact that, as … in their work at community, city and city region level to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals – as well as meeting goals for climate change adaptation and …
Insight, 18 January 2022
Seeds collected from a farm in Chiapas, Mexico, for replanting and use in traditional medicine. (Photo: Ina Porras)
Conditional transfers for poverty reduction and ecosystem management
… solutions for tackling poverty and improving ecosystems.   The 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed in 2015 will require governments to tackle multiple … Sustainable markets …
Project, 26 April 2016
Cover for G00401.pdf
Policy learning in action. Developing markets for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods
… away from simplistic regulatory or market “magic” solutions towards development of market mechanisms implemented by effective institutions delivering sustainable and equitable benefits. The Katoomba Group and key … water policy dialogues linked to the Millennium Development Goals, into which evidence will feed, provide windows of opportunity to …
Publication, 01 July 2003
Publications covers collage
IIED's best of 2019: publications
… links to related blogs and project pages. 1 Biodiversity loss is a development issue. A rapid review of the evidence Issue paper From genes … to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. IIED, the International Union for the … reviews of their progress on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Analysis of these voluntary national reviews (VNRs) found …
Article, 23 December 2019