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South Africa: a case for Biomass?
… The government cannot keep up with demand for electricity and many rural communities lack adequate power. Heavy reliance on large-scale … climate negotiations. Biomass energy potentially offers a sustainable solution, and it is already the largest renewable energy … access. Find out more about our work on improving people's access to sustainable energy. …
Publication, 01 December 2014
Public protests against new dams in Patagonia. RIMISP's study shows the need for public consultation on major infrastructure projects (Photo: Glenn Switkes/International Rivers, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Learning the lessons from Chile's energy transformation
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer huge promise of a better world – with 17 … was realised? To answer that question, the Latin American Center for Rural Development (RIMISP) and the Foundation for Democracy and … perhaps because it was organised according to the proposed sustainable development goals and targets rather than the policy …
Insight, 23 March 2015
A Bolivian woman stallholder sells potatoes and other vegetables. Bolivian diets are changing, moving away from traditional foods and towards processed foods (Photo: Mauricio Panozo, Lucano Photography)
The Bolivian diet: women’s voices and choices
… exhibition was held alongside the Second Global Conference of the UN Sustainable Food Systems Programme , which took place in San José, Costa … around the globe to discuss how to make the world's food systems more sustainable. The photographs and the accompanying interviews paint a … mother goddess.  She knows family-run, small-scale food production in rural areas cannot meet the needs of today's cities. Many Bolivian …
News, 08 March 2019
Farmers sort tomatoes in Ethiopia.
How small-scale farmers make markets work for them
… work by researchers, business entrepreneurs, farmer leaders and development practitioners. Opportunities and dilemmas Rapid rural changes are confronting farmers with both dilemmas and … this work, contact Ethel del Pozo-Vergnes or Bill Vorley in IIED’s sustainable markegs group, or Josine Stremmelaar at Hivos: …
Insight, 28 November 2012
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?
… Land is the backbone of livelihoods for most women and men in rural Africa. It is central to food production and income generation. … sub-Saharan Africa have increased due to many factors including the development of commercial agriculture, climate change, urbanisation and … women’s land rights have never been stronger. Targets under the fifth Sustainable Development Goal – to achieve gender equality and empower …
Insight, 15 October 2020
The Saloum Delta Biosphere Reserve in Senegal (Photo: El Hadji Ballé Seye/UICN-Sénégal)
EBA Evidence and Policy: Senegal
Project, 02 April 2019
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Sustainable animal welfare: community-led action for improving care and livelihoods (PLA 66)
… action in India to improve animal health and work~practices, and the development by the community of a participatory animal welfare needs … union level. Working animals support the livelihoods of millions of rural and urban families throughout the world and the loss of an animal … Sustainable animal welfare: community-led action for improving care and …
Publication, 01 September 2013
A road full of congested traffic.
IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)
… international gathering for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable urbanisation. IIED’s researchers and partners shared … and research methods to secure low-carbon, resilient and pro-poor development. Effective interventions must involve slum dwellers as … and community garden initiatives, community buyers’ cooperatives and rural-urban linkages. The networking event brought together urban poor …
Event, 08 February 2020
A view of the Houses of Parliament, home of the Environmental Audit Committee which has warned that the government risks undermining new global development goals (Photo: Skeeze, via pixabay)
SDGs 'not just for overseas'
… The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) submitted evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)  that the government's position on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) threatened the universal scope of … and Climate Change (DECC) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) . It seems that the SDGs are just as relevant for …
News, 15 December 2014
A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… shows that an economy does not automatically grow by providing rural people with a power line to their village or installing a solar … Power India are two examples. Another tactic is providing business development services. This can range from local people learning about … is a senior researcher working on energy in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 12 September 2016