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Development finance and climate finance: achieving zero poverty and zero emissions
… The relationship between development finance and climate finance is a key political issue. Some (particularly least developed country (LDC) … to ODA and counted as the new metric of total official support for sustainable development (TOSD). … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 May 2015
Saba bananas, a cooking banana from the Philippines. Grassroots organisation FARMCOOP works with Philippine farmers’ cooperatives to negotiate fair contracts and build capacity (Photo: Obsidian Soul, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Supporting small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… imbalances and lack of information can be obstacles to achieving sustainable development outcomes. Ensuring that farmers can make … possible deals with their buyers, suppliers and service providers is key.  IIED’s new initiative – Empowering Producers in Commercial agriculture (EPIC)  – is working to address these issues. In the first webinar supported through this project, we …
Insight, 25 May 2018
An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs
Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap
… agencies. This one builds on the discussion by examining the key elements identified in an online workshop that focused on 'Critical … 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
IIED's ASM workshop brought together stakeholders from across the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia to share their experiences and perspectives (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Waking the lazy, sleepy giant
… a unique opportunity to generate a shared vision for the sector. With key stakeholders all in the same room for the first time, this was a great opportunity to focus on potential solutions to some of the issues relating to ASM. This workshop, which IIED explained is part of a … Hearing the voices of ASM IIED had pre-selected seven priority issues for discussion, which the institute explained were the output …
Insight, 21 May 2015
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IIED launches podcast
… your mobile phone – will feature IIED experts and guests focusing on key sustainable development issues and how we will play our part to make … episode, Mohammed and the director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, Laura Kelly , also look at international …
News, 23 August 2019
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How can we avoid another ‘lost decade’ in the climate fight?
Insight, 06 January 2020
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NGOs, Business and the Challenges of ‘Scaling Up’:
… was the second in a series of workshops exploring the role of NGOs in markets. The first in the series was convened on 26th March 2007 and was … between NGOs and business within markets. As a result of key issues highlighted in the first workshop, it was decided to focus on the … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 July 2007
Brazil's favelas are a legacy of a more passive resistance reflecting an unwillingness to plan for anticipated population growth (Photo: Chris Jones, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Exploring inclusive urbanisation and other migration crises
… on by governments from around the world, to be achieved? These are key issues that will be addressed at a workshop co-hosted by IIED, the … and that to achieve this they need to be open and welcoming. The 11th Sustainable Development Goal is to 'Make cities and human settlements … from avoiding discriminatory exclusion from certain areas, or from markets and services and so on, to more actively ensuring that the ways …
Insight, 28 October 2015
Peñas Blancas Reservoir in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica: Growing money on trees
… PSA in Spanish) are one of the most innovative instruments to promote sustainable development to emerge this decade. Based on economic theory, … forests. The same law recognised that these forests carry out key environmental services, such as carbon sequestration and the … grow extremely valuable crops, like pineapple,  spells trouble for sustainable management. “Small patches of forest in areas with high …
Insight, 26 June 2012
IIED mourns the death of much-loved colleague Ivan Bond
… immersing himself amongst those working on forest and climate issues at a frantic time. He leaves many, many friends. We know many … project Water ecosystem services and poverty under climate change: key issues and research priorities Incentives to sustain forest … lessons for REDD Fair deals for watershed services in South Africa Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas in Cambodia Payments for …
News, 04 March 2010