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Panel discussion at the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Four speakers are sitting on chairs behind a table on a podium with a big blue screen behind while the audience is sitting on chairs and listening.
Santa Marta conference highlights legal barriers to the energy transition
… alternative livelihood systems. The spread of renewable energy projects, particularly wind power, is a potential new source of income … here. But Indigenous communities have raised concerns about how these projects are being rolled out , with disputes flaring up over … treaties protects vast fossil fuel investments, including coal-sector projects , against adverse public action. So when governments regulate, …
Insight, 18 May 2026
Men stand on lorries loading and unloading sacks at a busy market.
Trade and sustainable development
… are grappling with reorienting trade policies towards supporting sustainable development objectives. For example, international trade and investment … carbon adjustments (CBAMs) and raising concerns about the trade and sustainable development prospects for poorer countries. This project … Sustainable markets …
Project, 14 June 2022
Two men on the side of a mountain; one bends over to pick up two sacks, the other carries them on his shoulders
Promoting better policy and citizen agency in the mining sector
… With growing pressure on resources and increased scrutiny of business as usual, people are mobilising for serious change in the … of large-scale mining and governance of the newly created l ocal development funds .   In Guinea, the Collective of Civil Society … project . Designing research tools  In partnership with the Sustainable Development Strategies Group (SDSG) and the Columbia Centre …
Project, 22 December 2021
A solar panel outside a rural house on stilts
Critical theme: Can China help build a global eco-civilisation?
… the ' China in the world ' programme of work that focuses on the sustainable development challenges of China’s overseas aid, trade and … Development and Innovation Studies at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing and works on aid policies and … in China-Africa South-South Cooperation. About the Critical theme series IIED set up the 'Critical theme' discussion series to …
Event, 25 September 2019
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
Article, 12 November 2021
The logo for the Sustainable Development Goals (Image: the United Nations)
Public-private partnerships and aid's 'private turn': addressing the investment law dimensions
… 2030 Agenda.   In the context of shifting policy on the role of business in development processes, many donors have responded by … But the legal arrangements underpinning them do not necessarily place sustainable development centre-stage and could create unanticipated … initiative – Regulating Aid Investments in Development (RAID). If the theme resonates, we would be delighted to hear from you. Dr Lorenzo …
Insight, 30 January 2018
The home page of the AdaptaClima web platform
Sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation in Brazil
… and the Center for Sustainability Studies of the São Paulo Business School of Getulio Vargas Foundation (GVces) to develop the … improve Brazil’s ability to adapt to climate change. A participatory development process The development of AdaptaClima involved some 60 … evolved via a highly participatory process involving public, business, civil society, financial, academic and international …
Project, 14 May 2018
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Durban Beach, South Africa (Photo: Darren Glanville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investing in natural capital to deliver the SDGs and reduce poverty
Insight, 17 July 2017
A leopard in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. Uganda is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, and wildlife tourism is an important source of income (Photo: David Cook, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Uganda urged to use biodiversity for sustainable development
… and charities who will come together to discuss this year's IDB theme in the Ugandan context – biodiversity for sustainable development. The event, organised by WCS, NEMA and U-PCLG, … and corporate response toward creating strong environment and social business risk management systems while guaranteeing sustainable economic …
News, 22 May 2015