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Foreign investment, knowledge and international arbitration: inside a research trip
… or straightforward. The contribution of foreign investment to the Sustainable Development Goals depends on developing a holistic understanding of interlinked …
Insight, 22 June 2020
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… Congress  helps to shape the direction of conservation and sustainable development. The theme of the IUCN Congress 2016 was 'Planet at the … scaling up action on biodiversity and the sustainable development goals.  Members of IIED's Natural Resources research group  and partners …
Event, 01 September 2016
A daily savings book: local savings groups collect small payments from slum dwellers which can be leveraged to support slum upgrading projects (Photo: SDI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Transforming aid for urban areas
… are most urban governments. Nor are the global agendas, including the Sustainable Development Goals. Provision for water and sanitation is actually getting worse in …
Insight, 04 September 2018
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How can payments help manage watersheds sustainably and fairly? Phase 3 workplan for an action learning process in South Africa
… Baseline information, key constraints and opportunities for the development of payments for watershed services identified, analyzed and …
Publication, 01 March 2005
Moving beyond the preamble to creating a new story at Rio+20
… at the meeting organized by the All Party Group for International Development and the Environment .  Opening the discussion Mark Simmonds MP called for three key outcomes from Rio+20: A set of sustainable development goals (SDGs), structured around the core themes of water, energy and …
Insight, 24 May 2012
A slum is upgraded in Zambia. Local urban poor organisations are working with local governments to solve problems, but need financial support (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), via Google licence)
Show me the money!
… This week, national and local governments, development agencies, NGOs and civil society gather in Quito for the … to achieve Habitat's vision of creating global cities that are sustainable and inclusive and that truly benefit the people living in … if properly resourced and supported, are key to realising global goals such as the SDGs and commitments such as the New Urban Agenda. …
Insight, 18 October 2016
More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
… for food security, climate change adaptation and local economic development.  Mountain indigenous peoples play a vital role in … indigenous peoples and biocultural landscapes for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Aichi Targets." Mountain ecosystems are extremely …
News, 28 June 2017
US President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2014. Bilateral meetings are a key part of climate diplomacy (Photo: US Embassy, The Hague, Creative Commmons, via Flickr)
Climate diplomacy: a beginner's guide
…   Though climate change was also a goal of the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals, it is through the UNFCCC negotiations that parties hope to …
Insight, 13 October 2015
Annual reports 2001-2006
… and services that are essential for human wellbeing and vital for development. The 2005/06 Annual Report focuses on IIED's work in this … areas into which we are delving, including the Millennium Development Goals, global governance, and tourism for sustainable development. Download the 2003 Annual Report from IIED's …
Page, 18 April 2005
A busy side street in the settlement of Dharavi
Invisiblising cities: the obsession with national statistics and international comparisons
… applies for water and sanitation data used to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring progress on the SDGs has become increasingly …
Insight, 25 February 2020