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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
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
Climate change and religion in flooded Bangkok
… the IPCC in 1995 and the subsequent agreement of the Kyoto Protocol under the UNFCCC in 1997, which was all about mitigation targets. Second …
Insight, 20 October 2011
Ancestral miners rush to find gold and platinum ore at a mine wall opened by medium-scale mining (Photo: Ronald de Hommel)
Informality and formalisation in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… briefing on labour in ASM networks in the Philippines, published under the Shaping Sustainable Markets initiative in partnership with the …
Insight, 12 November 2014
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
… in national, local, and sectoral development plans. The CCC sits under the Office of the President, and the president serves as …
Article, 30 October 2019
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
RRA Notes 9 cover
RRA Notes 9: General Issue
… appraisal of artisanal activities in Zimbabwe. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 31 July 1990
Urban poor transform slums in 100+ cities in 15 Asian nations
… create, and which rarely engage poor people as active participants. Under the ACCA programme, the first step is a city-wide, community-led …
News, 14 September 2011