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Moving beyond the preamble to creating a new story at Rio+20
… at the meeting organized by the All Party Group for International Development and the Environment .  Opening the discussion Mark Simmonds MP called for three key outcomes from Rio+20: A set of sustainable development goals (SDGs), structured around the core themes … welcomed because they were community, rather than corporate-led, projects. Mark Simmonds responded that there would be deep hostility to …
Insight, 24 May 2012
Community-based adaptation in Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning
… for assessing and planning how to integrate climate into the business of national and sub-national planning professionals. The … future decision making process. There must be assured, adequate and sustainable financial resources for the poorest of the world impacted by … events." Next year’s conference will take place in Nepal and its theme will be 'financing adaptation'. …
News, 25 April 2013
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
A farmer tending his sunflowers in Kenya. Credit: Abbi Buxton
A day in the life of a commercial consultant
… As part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -funded New Business Models for Sustainable Trading Relationships project , IIED has … businesses. Here, William Van Bragt blogs about a day in his life. 6.30 AM It’s still dark and the alarm goes off. After a shower, … busy making different compositions while trying to stick to the same theme and – more importantly – similar costing. Current selection of …
Insight, 14 February 2012
Chinese supermarket. Photo: Simon Lim
Reflections on ten years of rating big brands for sustainability
… costly and highly labour intensive. In RTTT we worked with Kent Business School to develop a survey tool to measure the fairness and … engagement between companies and NGOs around environment and development issues. But in the continued absence of government … they appear to be. Bill Vorley is a principal researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. …
Insight, 27 February 2013
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… to the UNFCCC was hosted by Fiji and took place in Bonn, Germany from 6-17 November 2017. This page summarises IIED's activities during the … Shannon Bouton (chief operating officer, McKinsey Center for Business and Environment); Shewangizaw Kifle Mulugeta (chief of the … (D&C Days) Conference   Date: Saturday 11 to Sunday, 12 November The theme for the 15th D&C Days conference is 'Global ambition. Local …
Event, 06 November 2017