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Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Dangerous backsliding Managed responsibly, facilitating natural …
Insight, 29 January 2021
Thousands of scientists attended the March for Science in Washington D.C. to protest against political attacks on climate science and evidence-based research. Similar protests were held in over 600 cities around the world (Photo: Adam Fagen, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Marching into May talks: LDCs lead the way on climate change
… to climate change.  Our countries are characterised by low levels of development, severe financial constraints and limited institutional … that have pledged to put forward a long-term, carbon neutral sustainable development pathway.  The ambitious Climate Resilient Green … emissions-neutral development strategies, which align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. This is the message the LDC Group will …
Insight, 04 May 2017
A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
… China is pursuing the biggest global development project ever. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)  easily beats the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement in terms of money on the table. In just …
Insight, 19 June 2019
Women living in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve are trained to sustainably harvest xate palms, providing them with income and preserving the reserve's biodiversity (Photo: Dani Newcomb/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The role, influence and impact of women in biodiversity conservation
… decisions is critical to ensure that biodiversity conservation and sustainable use efforts are successful in the long term. Without the … potential to contribute to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development is still to be fully explored This is especially true for … women across the world, as reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (targets 1.4, 2.3, 5.a).   We must allocate our attention and …
Insight, 09 October 2018
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Crucial conversations: our favourite five
… discussion and debate around the world on how to develop a fair, sustainable marine economy. The programme – including workshops, think … social media and writing skills met participant and staff learning goals and were shaped by 2018 feedback. Our ‘alumni’ Facebook group … to drill down into the detail of who our audiences are, their goals and what they need from us as communicators (Photo: Anne …
Insight, 10 March 2020
A carpenter bee
Biodiversity on the brink: local people must shape nature’s new deal
… have the resources and political commitment necessary to achieve its goals, as well as commitments from business. And it needs to recognise … biodiversity agenda supports and is fully aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Governments need to move beyond the current focus on …
Insight, 16 November 2018
A man points his finger at someone in a meeting room at a debate at a meeting on the sustainable development of the Amazon at Rio+20.
Five things we’ve learnt from Rio+20
… key issues that need to be followed-up over the news few years: 1. Sustainable development is still a long way from the top table of policy and power. … Guatemala were closely associated with the Sustainable Development Goals (PDF); African countries expressed strong interest in the notion …
Insight, 03 July 2012
More than 70 people joined the webinar about evaluation and voluntary national reviews. You can watch a recording of the webinar at the bottom of this page (Image: IIED)
Evaluations, reviews and assessments are key to embedding the SDGs
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will only become embedded in development planning when … an adapted MDGs framework  Countries with advanced frameworks on sustainable development, and Countries that must build a framework from …
Insight, 19 July 2017
New Melones Lake, California, which is facing one of the most severe droughts on record with a state of emergency declared in January (Photo: Ben Amstutz, Flickr, via Creative Commons)
2016 – when global meets local in climate action
Insight, 04 January 2016
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… 43 ‘Voluntary National Reviews’ (VNRs) of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Extending a 2016 analysis, it finds that monitoring is strong but …
Article, 21 December 2018