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In 1992 the United Nations called Mexico City "the most polluted city on the planet". City authorities took radical steps to cut pollution, but Mexico City still has smog and is increasingly vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Fidel Gonzalez, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Should cities invest in climate mitigation?
… not be enough to avoid dangerous levels of climate change. To achieve sustainable and inclusive urban development, grassroots organisations must play a leading role. A new … risk-reward ratio. What are the implications for human development goals? While the working paper identified significant opportunities for …
Insight, 21 September 2015
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
… (24-25 September), the 2019 High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development (26 September), and New York Climate Week . The … a resilient future and embed resilience into efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It was designed to create a participatory, innovative, inclusive …
Event, 23 September 2019
Images of the UK and EU flags, IIED director Andrew Norton says: "Losing membership of the European Union must not mean that the UK withdraws from the great global challenges of our time" (Photo: Reuters, via Google Licence)
Navigating uncharted waters: the EU referendum, the spirit of Paris, and the SDGs
… on climate change? Will the UK still be a leading voice for global development and humanitarian action? Might Brexit be the leading edge of … relevance of the global development agenda, as expressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Clearly many of the UK citizens who voted to leave the EU …
Insight, 27 June 2016
Brazil's favelas are a legacy of a more passive resistance reflecting an unwillingness to plan for anticipated population growth (Photo: Chris Jones, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Exploring inclusive urbanisation and other migration crises
… will be addressed at a workshop co-hosted by IIED, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the  United Nations Population … and that to achieve this they need to be open and welcoming. The 11th Sustainable Development Goal is to 'Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable'. Next year's big international meeting on cities and towns, …
Insight, 28 October 2015
Farmer stands in her field of groundnuts boarded by maize in Malawi
Democratising food and agricultural research
… potential to address the challenges of food security, poverty and sustainable natural resource management. It can generate knowledge, technologies and policies for sustainable agricultural development, working across disciplines, sectors and stakeholder groups. … of smallholder farmers, pastoralists and scientists. One of IIED's goals was to support knowledge sharing and to broker relationships …
Project, 17 August 2012
Champion of urban climate action Debra Roberts will deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture. Click the image to apply to attend the event (Image: IIED)
Jack of all trades, master of the urban agenda
… climate change adaptation in the urban arena. She now heads up the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives portfolio in eThekwini … practice and policy. It has placed her at the nexus of global development issues at a time when the world is trying to juggle the … the "motherhood and apple pie story" of the Sustainable Development Goals and other "aspirational" global policies. "When you focus on the …
News, 14 September 2016
Costa Rica has adapted its systems of payments for ecosystem services over the past two decades
Payments for ecosystem services: Costa Rica’s recipe
… emotions reflect a sometimes complex mix of protected areas, agrarian development, and land tenure histories, and a continued experimentation … criteria to select contracts in line with PES conservation policy goals. These favour applications from indigenous territories, areas with low social development scores, and from properties under 50 hectares. The PES …
Insight, 29 November 2013
Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
… maintenance of the old. The achievements in meeting the Millennium Development Goal  "to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation" may not prove sustainable if handpumps continue to fail in such large numbers. IIED …
Project, 05 August 2013
People wearing face masks and medical suits
IIED's best of 2020: blogs
… best way to save them April: Dilys Roe  reflected on the concept of  sustainable use of wild species and its role in reducing biodiversity … biocultural heritage approach can achieve multiple conservation and development goals.  ...it is unsurprising that the rich diversity of nature is …
Article, 22 December 2020
Pope Francis is providing global leadership in the battle to take action on climate change (Photo: Raffaele Esposito, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A papal message reaching out to everyone
… is widely recognised that 2015 is a critical year for environment and development issues. The 'big three' summits that will shape our future … Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, the ratification of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York in September, and the all-important UN climate …
Insight, 18 June 2015