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Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… of the potential environmental benefits of urban density? Economics, markets, financial flows. With ‘rich’ economies in long-term recession … framed by the post-2015 development agenda , and in particular the UN Sustainable Development Goals , currently being negotiated by the … central to our work IIED partners are central to the way we work, and key to our work having impact. With our partners – rooted in …
Insight, 07 June 2013
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China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform: Report of an inception event and future agenda
… timber trade, and support local livelihoods. This report highlights key discussions held at the launch event of the China-Africa Forest … in Africa’s forest sector to support good forest management and sustainable forest product trade between Africa and China. Together, the Platform participants identified priority issues for joint research and action focused on: guidelines, standards, …
Publication, 01 July 2013
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
Three people talk into a microphone around the table
Protecting our ocean: Make Change Happen podcast episode 1
… IIED’s new ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides in-depth coverage of key issues in sustainable development today, and how we will play our part to make … He is joined by Laura Kelly , director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , who looks at how to engage investors in …
Article, 23 August 2019
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… most vulnerable citizens — live, work, trade and produce in informal markets, sometimes in volumes that rival the formal economy. It has long … increasingly clear that if attempts to achieve green growth and sustainable development are to succeed, they must be rooted in a sound … formalising the very significant sector of small-scale farmers is key. But if smallholders are to join the formal economy, the benefits …
Article, 21 July 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?
… years on, the Paris Agreement is on life support. A small number of key countries whose governments are driven by fossil fuel or other … for change through two channels. The first was a ‘signal to the markets’ that the entire global economy would undergo a fundamental … mass of China and the EU can push for a new set of rules for a more sustainable global economy. Political and legislative processes in the …
Insight, 06 January 2020
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
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World Food Day: how do you keep co-operatives competitive?
…  ‘ Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world’ ... chosen to highlight the role of … del Café (JNC) in Peru. It took JNC a decade to compete in demanding markets while balancing needs of farmers, a social component, and … between IIED, Hivos and a global network, addresses many of these issues. It will be launched in the Netherlands on 29 November 2012 and …
Insight, 15 October 2012
People wearing face masks and medical suits
IIED's best of 2020: blogs
… poor , who depend heavily on informal food systems such as street markets. Wertheim-Heck analysed the long-term effects of this shift in … have an outstanding value for the global economy, and all of them are key for the politics and the economy of their own nation and region. In … best way to save them April: Dilys Roe  reflected on the concept of  sustainable use of wild species and its role in reducing biodiversity …
Article, 22 December 2020