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A refinery under a clear blue night sky.
Hidden handbrakes: an Open Space conversation
Event, 25 June 2024
Low-cost solar lanterns enable a boy to study at home in the small village of Shidhulai in the Natore District of northwestern Bangladesh (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Universal energy access: combining public and private sector efforts
… viability and returns are assured. Decentralised and low-income markets tend to be neglected because investments here are long term, … Wilson ( [email protected] ) is a principal researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group  and the leader of IIED's energy and extractive industries team. …
Insight, 30 September 2014
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… to as wide an audience as possible: you can download all the publications in this top-10 list free of charge in PDF format. You can … importantly, political will.  Read more: IIED's Human Settlements Group is working with partners around the world to identify the … change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible? The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the United Nations' development …
Article, 31 December 2015
People installing solar panels in a field
Accelerating energy access with aggregation
… facilities. Huge investment will be needed if we are to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 , ensuring “access to affordable, … instruments that attract more private money, grants to jumpstart markets and subsidies targeting people unlikely to be reached by other … funds are development finance institutes (DFIs): FMO, Norfund, CDC Group and OPIC. DFIs have been investing concessional finance into …
Article, 13 November 2019
South Africa: Anna with friends and family in front of her new solar water heating system. It is often more cost-effective to provide energy services to poor communities via off-grid sources (Photo: Abri le Roux, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Public and private sectors: delivering energy access for people living in poverty
… people lifting themselves out of poverty. It is often more feasible, sustainable and cost-effective to provide the energy services poor … funds should be best targeted to attract investment in off-grid markets and to fill the gaps where the private sector cannot reach. … to attend. Panel speakers Jorund Buen, co-founder and partner, Differ Group : Differ is spearheading the scale up of small-scale carbon …
News, 04 June 2015
A collection of IIED's most downloaded publications in 2014 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2014: publications
… Sustainable Development Goals: a forest module for a transformative … with trees) are such an important part of a number of different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we recommend working towards a … set out three of the key positions for the Least Developed Countries group: on a 1.5 degree pathway, on a binding regime and on achieving a …
Article, 29 December 2014
Sales to processor at wholesale market. Photo: Jikun Huang
Regoverning Markets
… Rapid changes are taking place in agrifood markets in middle and low-income countries. The spread of modern … by a regionally-based consortium member. An international Advisory Group was in place with members from the business sector, the OECD, the … Woodhill Programme Team Leader Bill Vorley , Principal Researcher, Sustainable Markets Group …
Project, 09 August 2013
A beautiful coastline but, in the foreground, a woman is sorting a huge pile of plastic bottles
Wanted: corporate global citizens to deliver the SDGs
… Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a global issue; all the world’s … alone. It requires more than philanthropy. We need to leverage markets and their actors to make a difference, and not just economically … that influence our decisions, and associate with a relatively small group. This supports technological solutions, maybe even drives them. …
Insight, 24 January 2020
Watch an animation produced by IIED to highlight its sustainable fisheries work
Inspiring action for sustainable fisheries: Today and the future
… it would set an important precedent for direct payments to encourage sustainable fisheries elsewhere. IIED's  Sustainable Markets research group  has also created an online FishNet platform  to bring together … Sustainable markets … Inspiring action for sustainable fisheries: Today and the future …
News, 28 March 2014
Fenced working site in a field. There are workers and cars parked and a mineral exploratoion drilling rig
Mineral exploration goes unchecked as demand escalates
… Increasing pressure to be more sustainable and more responsible is forcing business to rethink, … – whether for gold or ‘green growth’ metals – risks undermining sustainable development attempts to manage mining’s expanse and its … its ALIGN programme (a partnership with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)  and Namati ) is offering technical advice …
Insight, 16 February 2022