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Care workers in Guinea put on protective clothing (Photo: EC/ECHO)
Ebola – what must we learn?
… and prosperity so all can benefit. The world is mapping out the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we hope will offer us a universal set of targets to be …
Insight, 30 October 2014
A host of government leaders made pledges at the 2015 UN Climate Summit hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (Photos: Saleemul Huq/IIED)
A week that may change the world
… joined by alumni of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) who live in the New York area and who brought an … Change (UNFCCC))  and Benin (which chairs the LDC Group in the Sustainable Development Goal negotiations). Big promises at the Climate Summit  …
Insight, 25 September 2014
Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh queue to get access to a raised tube well; local indicators about access to water are essential for the SDGs (Photo: Development Planning Unit, UCL, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Where are the local indicators for the SDGs?
… With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets agreed, now there is a need to work out how to …
Insight, 09 March 2016
How can we measure adaptation: monitoring and evaluation as an entry point?
… between different domains of decision making such as adaptation, development and disaster risk reduction. The speakers reiterated the …
Insight, 31 March 2011
Renewable energy has a place to play in providing energy access to small farms (Photo via Google reuse rights))
Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate
… boosts income and wellbeing in this way is referred to in the rural development arena as 'energy for productive uses' — and this is the … past, the different technical options – from rural electrification to sustainable agricultural practices – and potential success factors to … have to sit around the same table if we want to achieve the broader goals of food security, climate change mitigation and improved …
Insight, 29 April 2014
Climate fight must enlist biodiversity and communities
… (18 February) by the International Institute for Environment and Development. It warns that many efforts to mitigate climate change have … more joined up thinking to ensure that the aims of the UN Millennium Development Goals, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework …
News, 18 February 2008
Communities call for access to genetic diversity to combat poverty and climate change
… senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development. In many parts of the world, much of the genetic diversity … can help meet the global targets to tackle poverty in the Millennium Development Goals. Enhancing local genetic diversity is also critical to enable …
News, 21 January 2008
A Potato Park farmer in Peru leads the Potato Guardians collective (Photo: Adam Kerby)
Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation
… to enhance knowledge, adaptation to climate change and capacity development for sustaining potato production and traditional knowledge." …
News, 27 November 2014
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… in collaboration with the Bangladesh Environment Network and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Bangladesh, located at the northern tip … the role of urban design in creating a future city that is vibrant, sustainable, and can deal with future storms. Dr  Rosenzweig concluded …
News, 22 January 2013
A community sanitation facility in Jinja, Uganda (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
World Toilet Day: People need equality and dignity when they 'have to go'
… open also harms other aspects of wellbeing, from dignity to social development. MDG7 Overall, the world is unlikely to meet the Millennium Development Goal 7, Target 7c, to "halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation". Even if …
Insight, 18 November 2014