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Cover for G03352.pdf
Fair ideas conference programme 16th June
… sessions contribute to one or more of the event’s key themes: Shaping Sustainable Development Goals~ Urbanisation that improves lives~ Business models for …
Publication, 01 March 2012
Cover for G03353.pdf
Fair ideas conference programme 17th June
… sessions contribute to one or more of the event’s key themes: Shaping Sustainable Development Goals~ Urbanisation that improves lives~ Business models for …
Publication, 01 March 2012
An image of an outdoor community meeting in Zimbabwe. Ensuring the perspectives of local people and communities are heard in Habitat III's high-level consultations is a critical part of IIED's work (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
IIED and Habitat III
… need to play if we are to transition to a more just, inclusive and sustainable future. But many of the perspectives and issues that IIED's … group and its partners identify as critical to sustainable urban development remain misunderstood or ignored. These include the central … their rights to be engaged in the setting and monitoring of goals and targets, and the potential of coproduction of basic services …
Article, 23 May 2016
Langrug informal settlement, South Africa, May 2014 (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Introduction to urban poverty
… over the next five years we will: Help to ensure that the post-2015 sustainable development agenda  (replacing the Millennium Development Goals) pays more detailed attention to urban poverty and inequality, and …
Project, 09 September 2014
A shepherd and a herd of sheep in a mountain
COP27: vital but at-risk IPLC landscapes urgently need more climate finance
… climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and inclusive sustainable development. But prior to COP26, a study found that IPLCs receive less … Nationally Determined Contributions to meet mitigation and adaptation goals. Additional resources Download ' Biocultural heritage territories: …
Insight, 08 November 2022
Low-cost solar lanterns enable a boy to study at home in the small village of Shidhulai in the Natore District of northwestern Bangladesh (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Universal energy access: combining public and private sector efforts
… This is not necessarily a bad thing – private businesses drive development by serving populations that, while not living in acute … large- and small-scale private investment to deliver development goals – and when to target public funds to meet the needs of the most … Wilson ( [email protected] ) is a principal researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group  and the leader of IIED's energy and …
Insight, 30 September 2014
2015 is a critical year for sustainable development: IIED is tracking the route to Paris and COP21 in December (Image: IIED)
Walking along the road to Paris
Insight, 15 June 2015
10 Downing St. creative commons, MOD
IIED responds to UK election outcome
… on the UK government. 2015 is a landmark year for climate change and sustainable development. The global community must seize the opportunities before it … cent. The timetable for agreeing a new global climate agreement, new goals for sustainable development, and a new international disasters …
News, 08 May 2015
10 Downing St (Photo: Ministry of Defence, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED hopes new UK government will demonstrate leadership on inclusive citizenship and green prosperity
… on the UK government. 2015 is a landmark year for climate change and sustainable development. The global community must seize the opportunities before it … cent. The timetable for agreeing a new global climate agreement, new goals for sustainable development, and a new international disasters …
News, 07 May 2015
Bangladeshi climate negotiator Qazi K Ahmad
Q&A: World leaders must abandon their narrow political interests to deliver the best deal at COP21
Article, 24 November 2015