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Raipur in Central India is developing into a major urban centre, but the infrastructure in the city's expanding informal settlements is poor (Photo: India Water Portal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Addressing the needs of vulnerable groups in urban areas
… 'Vulnerable', along with 'sustainable' and 'resilient', are three powerful words that appear so … and declarations – and in the literature on environment and development. But are these now so commonly used that they are losing … and then often to list them – as in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN's ' New Urban Agenda' (PDF) .  The SDGs include …
Insight, 26 April 2017
Farmers in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces in Southwestern China have responded to climatic adversity by innovating to increase productivity using less water (Image: IIED)
Why listen to and support the most vulnerable?
… The declaration for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pledges that no one will be left behind on the collective …
Insight, 02 October 2015
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Water and sanitation; what will deliver the improvements required for urban areas?
… October 2003 issue of E&U. Around 800 million urban dwellers lack the sustainable access to safe drinking water that the Millennium Development Goals prioritize, and close to 1 billion lack adequate sanitation. This …
Publication, 01 October 2003
An image showing local people building a house in a slum in Bolivia, where Shack Dwellers International has worked with authorities. Many Latin American cities are leading the way in working with community organisations (Photo: Shack Dwellers International, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Is community-based adaptation suited to cities?
… that can fold climate change adaptation and mitigation into city development. But here is the challenge to national governments and … America Discussions within the United Nations on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals is mostly about national governments and national plans, but in …
Insight, 26 April 2016
New Potato Deal in Peru Signposts Global Drive to Open Up Food Genebanks to Indigenous Peoples
… restores these rights whilst recognising that "the conservation, sustainable use and development of maximum agrobiodiversity is of vital importance in order … It also reflects the ideals of the UN Millennium Development Goals to ensure sustainable and culturally-appropriate development of …
News, 18 January 2005
Women walking along Sélingué dam in Mali, June 2014 (Photo: Lucile Robinson/GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS encourages states to learn from returns on investment of large dams in West Africa
News, 25 March 2015
Rosalind Goodrich's tweet about developing communications strategies (Image: IIED)
Planning for communication starts at research design stage
… and climate adaptation in this case), and how this relates to policy development, international commitments and finance flows from the … Paris Agreement for climate change and domesticate targets from the Sustainable Development Goals. Going back to my original tweet, it was largely researchers who …
Insight, 27 March 2017
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
… Day , I was invited to reflect on the challenges of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water and sanitation at a conference in Dundee , …
Insight, 05 April 2016
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Scaling up CLTS in sub-Saharan Africa (PLA 61)
… Africa only four are currently on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7 target on sanitation. Diarrhoea is a major …
Publication, 01 November 2010
Storm watch for Cancun climate talks
… and forest degradation and includes the role of conservation, sustainable forest management and the enhancement of carbon stocks). The …
Insight, 23 November 2010