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Solar phone charging on a Ugandan island shows even isolated areas in Africa are getting connected by mobile phones and creating demand for energy (Photo: futureatlas.com/blog/)
Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella
… others held with Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the UN Special Representative on Sustainable Energy for All. This was an opportunity for experts from organisations concerned about energy access, sustainable development and poverty reduction to discuss their interests and … to lend them money. Distribution remains a key challenge for outlying rural areas. Renewable energy can be critical in responding to …
Insight, 31 July 2014
A mask-wearing man stands behind a food stall
A framework for a transformative urban recovery
Project, 05 May 2021
The meat from a duiker is prepared for a meal, close to the Dia Faunal Reserve, Cameroon (Photo: Stephanie Brittain)
Why eat wild meat?
… – particularly when the meat comes from endangered species. In many rural areas, wild meat is the key source of protein in peoples’ diet so, … Canada, on 25-29 November 2019 as background to the agenda item on sustainable wildlife management. Trial the design support tool Are you a … is available in multiple languages and supports practitioners to find sustainable alternatives to wild meat that work for rural people. If so, …
Project, 19 September 2018
A solar panel outside a rural house on stilts
Critical theme: Can China help build a global eco-civilisation?
… a set of rules and institutions informed by Chinese ideas about development and sustainability.  The Chinese government's concept of " … private financing for infrastructure projects deep into the lands and rural communities of developing countries.   Both these initiatives … the ' China in the world ' programme of work that focuses on the sustainable development challenges of China’s overseas aid, trade and …
Event, 25 September 2019
Cover for G00450.pdf
93 6 Feeding the future? Agri-food systems and the Millennium Development Goals
Publication, 01 January 1970
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… to negotiate international measures to ensure conservation and the sustainable use of biodiversity. Some 10,000 people representing … including work on mainstreaming biodiversity, forest conservation and rural livelihood initiatives, and equity in conservation. The Convention … trends in China in the last 50 years. Mainstreaming biodiversity in development and the SDGs: sharing and developing workable solutions …
Event, 04 December 2016
Despite the importance of the agriculture sector in Ethiopia, access to credit is limited (Photo: Morgana Wingard/USAID, Flickr via Creative Commons)
Farming impacts in sub-Saharan Africa
… Funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and the International Fund for Agricultural … the seven  launched last year on World Food Day . Ruth Hall's ' Rural resource grabs or necessary inward investment? The politics of … the way forward ' summarises innovations used to improve access to sustainable financial services for agriculture and rural areas in …
News, 23 April 2015
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vii The Millennium Development Goals and local processes: a summary
Publication, 01 January 1970
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… IIED’s research has been featured in noted journals such as World Development, The Lancet and One Earth, on subjects ranging from sustainable agricultural intensification to the potential of social … Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. The chapter discusses the right to land, which features …
Article, 23 September 2020
MMSD – regional reports
Article, 03 March 2009