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Corporate responsibility: what's in a name?
… last week (22 June), a group of around 60 policymakers, academics and development practitioners gathered to discuss, among other things, the role of CSR in achieving development goals such as poverty reduction and the empowerment of small-scale … works alone? How can you mainstream it? And how can you make it more sustainable? When it comes to CSR as a route to improving rural …
Article, 27 June 2011
Washing in Kolkata. Urban poor groups must engage with city government and utility companies in order to become drivers for change (Photo: Wolfgang Sterneck, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can global funds be accountable at the local level?
… With landmark agreements including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement in place, there is much discussion on the …
Insight, 09 August 2016
A church under construction sits on a verdant green field with dark grey storm clouds behind.
Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
… transforming economic systems for people and planet, and shaping sustainable development goals (see list of speakers and other information ). An IIED team of …
News, 20 June 2012
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… the times We need effective solutions: biodiversity underpins all the Sustainable Development Goals . To find them, all actors must keep up with a fast-moving world. …
Insight, 28 June 2018
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Biocultural community protocols and ethical biotrade: exploring participatory approaches in Peru (PLA 65)
… and environmental expectations of their commercial relationships. The development of the BCP involved an internal reflection process with … by the wider community, the~process helped AFIMAD reflect on its goals and values, as well as its economic activities, and reaffirmed its … dialogue with Candela Peru much more assertively on issues such as sustainable resource use, negotiation processes, the kind of …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Downtown Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania is on track to have a population over 50 million (Photo: Babak Fakhamzadeh, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The shifting power of cities
… groups need to work together and focus their efforts to establish sustainable cities in low-income countries, especially in South Asia and … good progress towards sustainability – such as efforts to achieve development goals, less intense use of natural resources and cutting down on fossil …
Insight, 05 October 2016
A mother struggles to feed her children in the face of flooding (Image: IIED Independent Expert Group)
What does the Paris Agreement mean for LDCs?
… originally agreed in 1992. It follows international agreement on the Sustainable Development Goals , reached at the UN summit in New York in September 2015. …
News, 04 January 2016
2017: pastoralists in Isiolo county in Kenya are digging for water in dried-up river beds. Agricultural insurance schemes can help pastoralists and farmers be more resilient to climate shocks (Photo: Denis Onyodi/KRCS)
Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
Insight, 06 June 2017
The Forest and Farm Facility Vietnam team displays new forest and farm products and knowledge from work with Forest and Farm Producer Organisation businesses (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mass mobilisation: boosting businesses and protecting forests
… climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods demanded by the Sustainable Development Goals. But its real constituency are the women and men, smallholder …
Insight, 20 March 2018
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… discussed and created original approaches for conservation and development, helping to address the gap in the conservation and sustainable development agenda. The importance of equity, governance and … essential ecosystem services Position protected areas within goals of economic and community well-being, and  Demonstrate how this …
Event, 12 November 2014