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COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
… so before the UNFCCC sessions. The negotiators identified key issues for their countries and groups, and discussed how they can help the rest … to the Paris Agreement   Unlocking climate finance for decentralised energy access, serving both development and the climate Side event Date: … agenda   Climate summit for local and regional leaders: financing the sustainable transition of territories Date: Monday, 14 November, 2016 …
Event, 05 November 2016
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
Article, 02 January 2017
Cover for G02780.pdf
Executive Summary: Virtuous Circles: Values, Systems and Sustainability
… In recent years, simultaneous crises in energy costs, the price and availability of food, water supplies, … and 200%. This book paints a vivid picture of an alternative future: sustainable and fair systems for the provision of food, energy, fibre and textiles, housing and water …
Publication, 01 November 2010
Deforestation in Bhutan: forests are a prime example of how an integrated approach to policymaking can prevent benefits in one area undermining wellbeing elsewhere (Photo: Curt Carnemark/World Bank, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Integration: will the UN Forum on Forests lead the way?
… Integration is critical to the success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . This has been widely recognised, … on Forests (GOF) . As forestry policy experts gather in New York for the 11th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) , … The United Nations' Zero Hunger Challenge and Sustainable Energy for All initiatives, for example, could show leadership by first …
Insight, 01 May 2015
View of the coast, with a small island surrounded by water, seen from some foliage
Choosing a sustainable way out of the pandemic’s economic chaos
Insight, 12 October 2020
Delegates from the LDC Group, including chair Gebru Jember Endalew and IIED's Achala Abeysinghe discuss the revised APA text, Bonn, May 2017 (Photo: IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
Introduction to our work on global climate law, policy and governance: supporting LDCs in and outside of the UNFCCC process
…  aims to prevent dangerous climate change without compromising sustainable economic development.  Adopted in December 2015  and already … ambition under the Paris Agreement will shape the work of the UNFCCC for the foreseeable future. To achieve the UNFCCC's goal, all countries … long-term LDC initiatives on adaptation and resilience , renewable energy and energy efficiency , and capacity building . …
Article, 17 December 2012
Group of standing and seated people pose for a photo
CHOICES: community energy in South Africa
… The CHOICES (Community and Household Options In Choosing Energy Services) project in South Africa's Eastern Cape sought to enable communities to make sustainable energy choices that reduced energy poverty and stimulated … their perspectives, needs and aspirations, such as their need for jobs. CHOICES was designed to complement the efforts of the South …
Project, 31 October 2010
Smog over Kathamandu. Air pollution in Nepal's capital regularly breaches the World Health Organisation's safety guidelines (Kashish Das Shrestha)
Clearing the air in Kathmandu
… from Kathmandu and the chairman of the government's Agriculture and Energy Committee. He is also the father of two daughters below the age of five.  "At this rate, not only will we miss our Sustainable Development Goal targets, but we risk undoing the gains we … (@BhushanTuladhar) May 31, 2016 Bhushan Tuladhar, a technical advisor for South Asia, UN-Habitat, and a resident of Kathmandu, tweeted about …
Insight, 07 June 2016
Close-up of a group of young climate demonstrators
Acting on the planetary emergency
… in many parts of the world – most often those nations least culpable for climate change.  Threats coming into sharp focus  The shape of the … as early as 2030. Calling for ‘rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure and industrial systems’, the IPCC … promote effective actions for a just transition to a fairer and more sustainable world. An outstanding example is our work with the Least …
Insight, 29 November 2019
Moving beyond the preamble to creating a new story at Rio+20
… the main UK parties at the meeting organized by the All Party Group for International Development and the Environment .  Opening the … Mark Simmonds MP called for three key outcomes from Rio+20: A set of sustainable development goals (SDGs), structured around the core themes of water, energy and food; Progress on GDP+, the term increasingly used to refer …
Insight, 24 May 2012