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A borehole in Zambia, among the countries to have started thinking about NAPs, is developed for domestic water and irrigation as part of climate change adaptation measures (Photo: Pascal Manyakaidze via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Least developed countries take climate adaptation to next level
… was to draw up National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) under a process that began in 2001 and was coordinated by the UN …
Insight, 11 March 2014
More than 70 people joined the webinar about evaluation and voluntary national reviews. You can watch a recording of the webinar at the bottom of this page (Image: IIED)
Evaluations, reviews and assessments are key to embedding the SDGs
… the co-generation of value judgements about what works, for whom, under what conditions. These judgements must be based on rigorous …
Insight, 19 July 2017
Durban Beach, South Africa (Photo: Darren Glanville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investing in natural capital to deliver the SDGs and reduce poverty
… how, while natural capital continues to decline, many new initiatives under way are seeking to reverse the damage. New players, new alliances …
Insight, 17 July 2017
A group of young men play volleyball in the middle of the street, with a makeshift net
COVID-19 in Guayaquil: from global notoriety to family responses
… safely with us”.  What about the civil society or state response?   Under the restrictions, few community organisations are active. One or …
Insight, 20 May 2020
A flooded street
How the Philippines’ national M&E system integrates climate and development
Article, 30 October 2019
An image of women selling produce in an internally displaced persons camp, near Tawilla in North Darfur. The 'leave no one behind' agenda aims to ensure the poor are included in sustainable development (Photo: UNAMID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Unpacking what we mean by 'leave no one behind'
… tanks, the private sector and UK government. The meeting was held under the Chatham House rule to provide a space for informal debate. …
Article, 24 May 2016
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 6 PRA for Rural Resource Management
… 1,618 acres can be Economic Change (SPEECH) conducted at brought under cultivation. In the meantime workshop on Participatory Rural …
Publication, 01 January 1988
Logging truck in Cameroon. Credit: World Resources Institute (Creative Commons)
What’s missing from private-sector REDD+?
… performance based payments to compensate for reduced emissions are under way), the long-term effects for both emissions reductions and …
Insight, 29 January 2014
IIED produced an animation to raise awareness of the SDGs and the potential of the new development agenda (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals for sustainable development
… is that there are also goals aimed at creating the conditions under which ending poverty, improving lives and protecting the planet …
Insight, 02 September 2015
Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable
… up pressures on land and bringing the rights of rural communities under serious threat. A recent IIED webinar examined approaches in …
Insight, 19 June 2017