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Building an embankment in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has been forced to learn how to cope with the realities of climate change (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Does "leave no-one behind" risk too narrow a focus?
… think that's exactly the image the High Level Panel on post-2015 Goals  – co-chaired by Cameron – had in mind when they adopted this phrase, now included in the preamble to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) .  But it's not the only connotation. 'Leave …
Insight, 01 March 2016
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Cracking the climate-water-energy challenge in the drylands of Kenya
… can play an important role in supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and nationally determined climate change commitments. It …
Publication, 01 December 2016
The front cover of IIED's 2016/17 annual report (Image: IIED)
IIED's 2016/17 annual report highlights the institute's impact
… In Mozambique, IIED has encouraged small-scale loggers to commit to sustainable forest management by getting them to operate  20-year … on finance flows.   Providing tools to help deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The SDGs provide a set of universal goals covering issues …
News, 17 October 2017
A woman sitting on a raised platform
Urban food insecurity and malnutrition are about more than just food
Insight, 16 October 2019
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… knowledge is effective in conserving biodiversity and regulating sustainable resource use, including hunting, wild harvesting, fishing, … and the sacred and ancestral. Rather than focusing on economic development, their goal is holistic wellbeing, which is achieved through … heritage approach can achieve multiple conservation and development goals. Day of the Potato celebrations in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: …
Insight, 18 February 2020
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Disruptive change and civil society organisations in the global South: innovating funder practice
… organisational disruption has profound implications for realising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Not only can it hamper the current effectiveness of these …
Publication, 01 November 2016
Man picking up fruits from a tree
Food insecurity: an appetite for change
… access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life.” Perhaps this definition … higher likelihood of chronic illnesses in later life. With the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2) – zero hunger by 2030 – way out of … by wider economic development processes, of which projects funding sustainable energy and travel must play an important part. Other steps …
Insight, 12 August 2020
The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
… changing Kabarole region of Western Uganda. This approach aims for sustainable innovation in local food policy and planning, by including … More production is depleting natural resources and preventing sustainable production over the long term. The enormous opportunities to … drew on Vision 2040 as the starting point for driving local economic development, rural development, food security and ecological health. The …
Insight, 10 October 2016
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Summary report of the high-level workshop convened by IIED-Practical Action on scaling up agroecology to achieve the SDGs
… resilience,poverty reduction~and food security with a range of development organisations from civil society, research and government, in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thirty people from sixteen different organizations …
Publication, 01 October 2015
The endangered Ryukyu Black-breasted Leaf Turtle has been designated as a National Natural Monument of Japan (Photo: Patrick Randall, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Global spotlight on biodiversity as agreement of post-2020 deal for nature nears
… shared with equity. These provisions made it a unique instrument for sustainable development then and they continue to be crucial today,’ says Dr. Paşca … could contribute to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Dr. Paşca Palmer suggests that transformative pathways built on a …
News, 21 May 2018