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A night view of the 193 flags of the UN Member States outside the UN Office in Geneva (Photo: United Nations Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
On the road to Paris: departing Geneva with expectations high
… (mitigation, adaptation, finance, capacity building, technology development and transfer, transparency of actions and support) to be … Panel on Climate Change and calls for countries to move towards a sustainable development pathway consistent with carbon neutrality/net zero emissions …
Insight, 16 February 2015
People gesture and point at a man with a microphone.
G8 summit: A revolutionary agenda
… the key mainstays of what he refers to as his “golden threads” for development, which he outlined in this speech : “No conflict, access to … as a critical step on the road to accountability and fair and sustainable development. Our research has made big contributions to … You Pay (PWYP) questions remain on how to make transparency work for sustainable development . It’s clear that just implementing standards …
Insight, 14 June 2013
Mountains such as the Andes, in Peru, are among the regions most affected by climate change (Photo: David Stanley via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Indigenous spiritual values guide climate change adaptation in mountain communities
… Krystyna Swiderska of the International Institute for Environment and Development, which has organised the event with the Potato Park, … to be more effective in attaining food sovereignty and endogenous development goals, and serve as a means of strengthening community capacity." The …
News, 25 April 2014
A girl in Pakistan collects rainwater for washing (Photo: Fawad Khan)
Recognising the concerns of women and girls can improve the effectiveness of climate change adaptation
… our understanding as part of the Tracking Adaptation Measuring Development (TAMD) initiative . Our focus has been on whether adaptation … these differences to be tracked. Finally, if M&E systems are to be sustainable, they need to build on data already collected through … what gender-disaggregated data are already collected. This is a more sustainable approach as the data needed to analyse change over time will …
Insight, 14 January 2015
An image of an open sewer in the Kibera informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya, Refugees in such informal settlements face even more challenges than existing habitatants to access to services, such as language barriers (Photo: Eoghan Rice/Trócaire)
Revealing the hidden refugees in African cities
… new ways of engaging with the intended beneficiaries. Effective local development in urban areas is often based on established grassroots … to realise the rights of all urban residents , as reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals , the Habitat III process , and this month's World Humanitarian …
Insight, 06 May 2016
Roadside stalls
For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings
… but can also create safer and healthier communities. To meet the  Sustainable Development Goals  for ending poverty while providing decent work and universal …
Insight, 12 August 2019
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MDG3-cover.qxd 31/8/05 9:28 am Page 1 How to Make Poverty History: The central role of local organizations in meeting the MDGs
… role of local organizations in meeting the MDGs The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community How to Make to an … Histor and international policies related to agriculture, trade, and sustainable development; enhance the effectiveness of their aid …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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Chapter 11 GLOBAL SECTOR-WIDE APPROACHES
… sustainability assessments. We provide some examples below. 11.1 The Sustainable Paper Cycle study Following the Rio Earth Summit, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) commissioned the International Institute for … have to be made between competing economic, social and environmental goals at different stages of the paper cycle and in different regions; · …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Temporary settlements in Kirtipur, Nepal, which was devastated by earthquakes in 2015 (Photo: Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed)
Cash transfers in urban crises: do they work for women?
… shows how efforts to incorporate gender equality into broader development policy  can help secure fairer access to jobs and education, … out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015), the Sustainable Development Goals (2015), and a host of UN Security Council resolutions on women, …
Insight, 08 March 2017
A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?
… Rwanda has made significant progress in establishing and meeting key development goals. The small ‘land of a thousand hills’ aims to become a … a specialised fund to mobilise this finance called FONERWA , a Sustainable Financing mechanism for Environment and Climate Change …
Insight, 06 March 2013