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Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… the world. Let us mourn Cecil, but be careful what we wish for. Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now March: The environmental … at the potential impacts of climate change on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals .     Clearly, there is a need for these discussions to come …
Article, 22 December 2015
The Swiss ski resort of Davos, which hosts the World Economic Forum (Photo: swiss-image.ch/Michael Buholzer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The glass is half full: in 2015 we need to demand that our leaders deliver
… deliver on reaching a climate agreement, agree and implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty and find the money to make all this …
Insight, 21 January 2015
Flooding in Fiji. Fiji's prime minister has said the his nation is in "a fight for survival" as climate change brings almost constant cyclones (Photo: TC Evans/Fijian Government)
The Talanoa dialogue: sharing stories in Bonn to inspire ambitious climate action
… not the responsibility of national governments alone – achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement requires a multi-level approach and the … only global warming but also the broader challenges of inclusive, sustainable development.      2017 marked yet another record of extreme weather …
Insight, 02 May 2018
A proper technological integration would make feasible the implementation of more micro-grids such as this one, pictured, on Chile's border with Bolivia (Photo: Boris Lopicich)
What will speed up the micro-grid revolution?
… and stand-alone systems mean these regions can now be reached and the Sustainable Energy For All goals achieved; but to be effective, policies to support access to these … Congress of Chile, and managing director at the NGO Innovation, Development and Equity. …
Insight, 24 November 2015
Cover for G03141.pdf
Climate Change and Poverty Reduction
Publication, 01 August 2011
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… forest enterprises through a process called Market Analysis and Development (MA&D) .  The MA&D training helps local forest users analyse … environmental strategies that allow both profit and sustainability goals to be met. In this way they engage in marketing for a wider range … enterprises while managing their community forests in a way that is sustainable.  In Cameroon, the CoNGOs project is supporting 10 women-led …
Insight, 29 November 2018
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… into question. Download the report . 4. 'Post-2015' international development goals: Who wants what and why 2015 will be a watershed year for … agencies often see as only as a problem — could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, according …
Article, 27 December 2013
Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
… for assessing progress in reaching the agreement's long-term goals, and on the mechanism to facilitate implementation and promote … by 2050 and a climate resilient world; it will also keep the Sustainable Development Goals within our reach. COP23 stood out for recognising the …
Insight, 21 November 2017
Delegates at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
D&C Days in Lima to highlight 'historic opportunity' to reduce poverty and emissions to zero (#zerozero)
… Climate Centre , the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) , and the …   The timetable for agreeing a new global climate agreement, new goals for sustainable development, and a new international disasters agreement in …
News, 04 December 2014
Cover for G03098.pdf
Mainstreaming environment and climate change: Agriculture
… water scarcity and climate change — in a way that does not compromise development goals. Delivering pro-poor, sustainable and more productive agriculture requires policymakers to …
Publication, 01 April 2011