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The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the UN, Kunzang Choden Namgyel, signs the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Photo: Amanda Voisard, UN Photo)
Lessons in climate diplomacy from Ethiopia and Bhutan 
… the rules For example, the agreement mandates a "stocktake" of its goals every five years, but how will this process be taken forward? What … leadership that enabled the government to integrate climate into its development strategy, set ambitious national targets and successfully … a unique moral high ground. The nation has implemented a series of sustainable development policies to achieve carbon neutrality and …
Insight, 27 October 2016
People use the pavement on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, close to the Bataclan concert venue which was the focus of the Paris attacks on 13 November, 2015, to share messages of support, and hope (Photo: Gael_Lombart, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
French lead drive for global climate agreement
Insight, 17 November 2015
A shoal of muguraan circle above a bait net
First steps towards a global agreement
Insight, 21 September 2018
A trader wades through knee-high flooded water in a marketplace
Community voices – the climate needs you in COP26 countdown
… a critical UN biodiversity conference (COP15), the maturing of 21 Sustainable Development Goal targets, global ocean treaty negotiations, finishing … on the climate frontline get the support they need to build sustainable, successful livelihoods.  Midway into this series of events, …
Insight, 28 January 2020
Green Economy Coalition gives Rio 2012 text a Grade B
… Twenty years on from the first summit on sustainable development, yesterday the United Nations Conference on Sustainable … to launch an inclusive process to devise Sustainable Development Goals by 2015; it recognises the limitations of Gross Domestic Product …
Insight, 13 January 2012
A field team designing a REDD strategy in Mozambique talk to farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi as part of their research (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
What happened when IIED focused on research quality?
… Formal and informal discussions with institutions aiming at similar goals (particularly with the World Resources Institute , Overseas Development Institute and the International Development Research Centre … high quality evidence to support policy to build a fairer and more sustainable world. David Dodman is a senior researcher in IIED's human …
Insight, 13 March 2014
The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… by some very favourable government procurement deals), nor that its sustainable production, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council … value. They are using a community business to pursue a balance of development needs or prosperity. The women’s wooden toy enterprise, … value is summarised in the rather unwieldy Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . But recent research led by IIED under the title ‘ …
Insight, 10 September 2018
Nick Robins makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff in May 2014 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Critical theme: How can the financial system serve a green and inclusive economy?
… Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, discussed "How can the financial system … Although most national and international strategies for sustainable development have not touched directly on the 'rules of the game' that … help underpin the implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement. An early member of IIED's …
Event, 15 May 2014
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
Project, 04 September 2018
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Roses and people: exploring sustainable livelihoods in the Rose valley, Bulgaria (PLA 58)
… local awareness of the potential for discussion to clarify common goals at all levels. The adults of Turnichene had been brought up … Roses and people: exploring sustainable livelihoods in the Rose valley, Bulgaria (PLA 58) …
Publication, 01 June 2008