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A pot with bubbling food sits cooking on an open fire.
Sustainable energy: can a new initiative succeed where Rio+20 failed?
… people who don't currently have it. Energy for all Step forward Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL) — led by UN secretary-general Ban … 2014. In a Rio+20 briefing session Ban Ki-moon announced: “Achieving sustainable energy for all is not only possible, but necessary — it is … are needed. A recent IIED paper on the role of the private sector in sustainable energy for all explores financing mechanisms in more detail. …
Insight, 25 June 2012
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Mexico’s Payments for Ecosystem Services Programme
… the full toolkit and other related case studies, please visit the ‘Publications’ section of the IIED project linked at the bottom of this … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 March 2018
The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… as the Aichi targets, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). I joined a selected panel with Eike … researcher (environmental economics), in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . This blog was first published on the Green Fiscal Policy Network …
Insight, 25 July 2017
Drought affects Xinjiang Province, a consequence of climate change (Photo: Simon Lim)
Well-financed climate change action must be central to the post-2015 goals
Insight, 04 September 2014
Commercial logging in Tengchong, China. Photo: Simon Lim
Supporting locally-controlled forest enterprises
… forest enterprises lack the power to get a fair deal in markets or to improve the business environment in their favour. A core … indigenous and family foresters — the Three Rights-Holders’ Group — to promote investing in locally-controlled forestry at a global … practical action learning in several countries, but also through publications such as the ' Guide to investing in locally controlled …
Article, 11 September 2013
Workers at the Dakete Gold Mine explain health and safety procedures in a powdering station. The IIED dialogue aimed to engage key stakeholders, including mineworkers, in a conversation about the future of ASM mining in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
ASM dialogue creates ambition for change in Ghana
… their livelihoods and daily challenges, and also held focus group discussions with other community members. We heard how crucial ASM … initiatives.  With this vision in hand, a Learning and Leadership Group (LLG) was established . Comprising eight key ASM stakeholders they … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 15 September 2016
A woman in a yellow sari and wearing a facemask is standing in a field of crops. She is putting the plants into a bag tied around her waist.
Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural workers in India
… She works every morning picking flowers, which are sent to flower markets and sold for weddings, festivals and as prayer offerings in … National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Global Health Research Group using UK aid from the UK government. The views expressed are those …
Article, 06 June 2022
An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs
Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap
… adaptation interventions influence regional and urban real estate markets, with consequences for gentrification, land tenure shifts and … It can also unpack how finance for urban climate mitigation and sustainable development initiatives influences both the context for …
Insight, 25 April 2022
Three-wheeler vehicles known as Quinqis are a popular and cheap method of transport in Karachi, but they cause considerable congestion (Photo: Carol Mitchell, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Karachi's transport challenge
… other cities in the South) have developed into a powerful interest group who have violated rules, regulations and government policy … especially for women who feel more secure in them. If hired by a group, their affordability compares well with the minibuses. However, …
Insight, 13 August 2015
Solar phone charging on a Ugandan island shows even isolated areas in Africa are getting connected by mobile phones and creating demand for energy (Photo: futureatlas.com/blog/)
Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella
Insight, 31 July 2014