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Power and politics in Nigeria
… with an independent regulator. Yet for the average citizen or lobby group wanting to know, the implementation plans are shrouded in mystery. … citizen momentum to demand it.   Ben Garside is a researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group.   …
Insight, 24 February 2011
Water kiosks in Zambia provide safe drinking water for poor households in peri urban areas of Chipata. Careful consideration of the affordability of water services for the urban poor is vital to provide universal and equitable access to safe and affordable water for everyone by 2030 (Photo: SuSanA Secretariat, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Improved water access unaffordable for urban poor
… as a way to improve provision and modernise water utilities. The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a target (6.1) to provide … ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 22 March 2016
A panel discusses artisanal and small-scale mining at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town (Photo: Abbi Buxton/IIED)
Building bridges between the money and the many in mining
… tend to see small-scale mining as a problem, the sector could provide sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people. It's … benefits for all. Abbi Buxton is a researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development ( …
Insight, 11 February 2014
An area of forest in Tanzania, where REDD+ activities have included the support of community land use planning and the provision of alternative livelihoods (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Tackling deforestation as part of climate action
Insight, 17 December 2015
Policymakers at a UN meeting in New York discuss how to end the legal 'no man's land' on 50 per cent of the Earth's surface (Photo by IISD/Francis Dejon)
Governing the ungoverned 50% of the planet
… comprehensive global regime to better address the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national … the trickiest part of the debate. The G77 plus China, the Africa Group and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are rightly of the opinion … ([email protected]) is a senior researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . The photo used is by IISD/Francis Dejon . …
Insight, 11 April 2016
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
… where it matters ; and supporting the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group of the UNFCCC, which attendied the summit and launched a 2050 … a resilient future and embed resilience into efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It was designed to create a … of transport infrastructure that connects people and freight markets, vulnerable rural and urban communicates, including energy …
Event, 23 September 2019
An interactive data visual that illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation that research by IIED has sought to document and describe
IIED's best of 2014: multimedia
… for future growth up to 2030. Produced by our Human Settlements Group in conjunction with Kiln , this was widely shared through social … over-fishing and climate change. The animation produced by our Sustainable Markets Group  was also designed to promote an online community, …
Insight, 12 January 2015
Women discuss forest management at a Community Forest User Group meeting in Nepal.
When pigs fly: Why is including women in managing forests still so unusual?
… northern India. She’s secretary of the Pragati Community Forest User Group (CFUG), attending most of the trainings offered by the REDD … largely invisible, while men’s work is often linked to timber and markets, and is thus more visible. The way men and women use and manage … Which of these support or obstruct women’s inclusion? Are projects in sustainable forest management that focus on women’s roles and needs more …
Insight, 24 September 2012
Green shoots and REDD herrings
… forest resources; strong civil society support for, and scrutiny of, sustainable forestry; and regular and systematic monitoring. Social …
Insight, 15 October 2009
Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… commercial actors, producing goods to supply international commodity markets and growing cities, have become the real main drivers of … The increase in forest cover in the foothills is mainly due to the sustainable management of forest resources promoted by Community … projects together to address this gap. At the end of the workshop a group of 16 participants from different organisations – including …
Insight, 18 July 2013