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Agricultural research must change radically to realise people's right to food
… Environment and Development (IIED). "It is about supporting domestic markets and small-scale agricultural production, and it is about … the need to transform knowledge — using ecology as the basis for sustainable agriculture and de-colonialising economics from narrow … the strengths of farmers and scientists in the search for fair, sustainable and locally adapted food systems. Transforming agricultural …
News, 16 February 2007
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… and contributed to the emerging debates on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change is closely intertwined … reproduction services, women’s (and men’s) participation in labour markets, wealth and status inequalities, and the constantly evolving … analyses of gender and generation are important to the success of sustainable development initiatives, and many available tools and …
Project, 26 April 2011
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 … a nation’s economy; Increasing the role of the private sector in the sustainable development agenda. None of the other panelists were going …
Insight, 24 May 2012
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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Annual report 2007/08
… shaping futures all around the globe: in short, the human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights Climate change … between global issues:  IIED’s Poverty and Conservation Learning Group, which includes over 100 organisations, used their annual … the legal tools needed to reclaim a measure of control. Sustainable markets Exploring a future for fossil fuels:  IIED was working in the …
Page, 23 December 2008
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… the efficacy and sustainability of development investments. In turn, sustainable development can reduce vulnerability to climate change, … conditions in urban settlements, and providing access to financial markets and technologies, will all improve the livelihoods of vulnerable … 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel …
Article, 14 November 2008