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Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and chief COP23 negotiator, addresses the LDC Group and chair Gebru Jember Endalew. IIED principal researcher Achala Abeysinghe, who provides legal support to the LDC Group chair, is pictured right (Photo: Collin Beck)
LDCs approach Fiji COP with high expectations
… in May, also in Bonn, the LDCs made submissions on all the key issues in the rulebook negotiations. We worked with other Parties to … and Technological Advice (SBSTA)  on the Article 6 mitigation and sustainable development trading mechanism, cooperative approaches, and …
Insight, 01 November 2017
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 … companies and small-scale miners, international donors, NGOs and business membership associations. Hearing the voices of ASM IIED had …
Insight, 21 May 2015
IIED's Essam Yassin Mohammed directs questions to UCL senior lecturer Peter Jones on Marine Protected Areas (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Critical theme: Governing Marine Protected Areas
… with UCL's Peter Jones from IIED Exploring the argument that the key to social-ecological resilience is through diversity, both of … to many national and international organisations on MPA and MSP issues, is a ministerial appointee to the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and … at Tufts University, on 20 May focusing on the private sector and sustainable business practices. Her full presentation on "What would …
Event, 06 October 2014
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… Evaluation: a crucial ingredient for SDG success The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development calls for follow-up and review processes that … the flow of climate finance to decentralised energy, which is a key priority for achieving universal access, and identifies key funding … development outcomes. Read more: IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group explores how the formal and informal rules used …
Article, 02 January 2017
A goal worth scoring: Lessons from winning football teams can improve the supply chains of commodities that drive deforestation. Credit: Cusia-Inc
Football’s winning ingredients can help forests in Kenya and Tanzania
… It had dawned on me that the hallmarks of a winning team are also the key ingredients that could transform commodity chains linked to … leather brands) and formation of the Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock to develop principles and standards. The … destined for the rapidly-growing domestic (urban) and cross-border markets. They also need to adequately consider the needs and realities …
Insight, 20 March 2014
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 … its intention to achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2021. “We saw a business opportunity here, providing a certified, transparent instrument …
Insight, 26 June 2012
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… Why women's empowerment is essential for sustainable development February: Our most-read blog of 2016 put forward … across the world, supporting rural-urban migrants will be a key task.  McGranahan was summarising an article in the journal … we be at one of those moments in history when the rules by which markets work are reshaped by public will? We certainly need to be …
Article, 28 December 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 … to identify common problems and shared solutions. Collaboration, the key to achieving "shared value" in the extractives sector , is elusive. … benefits for all. Abbi Buxton is a researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at the International Institute for Environment and …
Insight, 11 February 2014
Book urges new development agenda for small-scale farming
… published today (29 November) — shows how mainstream efforts to make markets work for poor farmers can fail to operate in tune with the ways … central part of the study was managed by a network of farmer leaders, business people, researchers and civil society that spanned Central … structures, culture and traditions. The book draws attention to a key issue: the fact that fewer young people will want to farm tomorrow. …
News, 29 November 2012
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. IIED, the International Union for the … on the natural world, increasing urban risk, and unsustainable markets. It outlines IIED's work programmes and priorities for action in … era and beyond. More about this work: Evaluation processes play a key role in national and global review systems for the Sustainable …
Article, 23 December 2019