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Cover for 11005IIED.pdf
The Role of the Minerals Sector in the Transition to Sustainable Development
… may well not be required by a more sustainable economy. But under any plausible definition of need, there will be a substantial …
Publication, 01 May 2001
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Cost implications for pro-poor REDD+ in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam
… This report is published under the ‘Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD …
Publication, 01 October 2013
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Changing Ownership and Management of State Forest Plantations in India
… communities are already working with state Forestry Departments under the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme to protect and manage … considering that nearly a fifth of state forestland is already under JFM and the area is likely to increase in future, the potential …
Publication, 01 August 2003
Delegates from the LDC Group, including chair Gebru Jember Endalew and IIED's Achala Abeysinghe discuss the revised APA text, Bonn, May 2017 (Photo: IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
Introduction to our work on global climate law, policy and governance: supporting LDCs in and outside of the UNFCCC process
… in force, the implementation of and drive to increase ambition under the Paris Agreement will shape the work of the UNFCCC for the …
Article, 17 December 2012
Climate refugees of the future
… is even lower. "Roughly 20 per cent of our country's landmass will be under water if sea levels rise by 89 centimetres. Such a catastrophe … change victims should be included in the new global climate deal under discussion. Raja Devasish Roy, the chief of the Bangladesh … not recognise climate or environment refugees, as they are not listed under the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention. Now some experts suggest the …
Insight, 30 April 2009
Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and nature
… how and why the scale and depth of urban poverty is so frequently under-estimated by governments and international agencies worldwide. The …
Publication, 01 December 2012
Lebanon is hosting one million Syrian refugees, and around half of them are children. Most families live in makeshift shelters; some rent half-built apartments, sharing with two or three families (Photo: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Coping with forced displacement: lessons from cities
… the Middle East'. The discussion was part of work we are carrying out under our Urban Crises Learning Fund . Speakers shared experiences from … Working Paper Balancing water stress, human crises and innovation under a changing dryland climate , Hadi Jaafar, Diane Archer, Ihab …
Insight, 11 May 2017
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… biodiversity and livelihoods 2003 – 2008 A project analysing how and under what conditions decentralised governance, capacity building and …
Page, 30 September 2022
The landscape of the Santurbán páramo.
Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia
… review of governmental action, especially when the government is under pressure due to the risk of arbitration.  The need to look deeply …
Insight, 21 December 2020
A fisherman looks at his latest huge catch of fish caught in nets
It is time to control fishing on the high seas to protect the life of the ocean and coastal people who depend on it
… the coastal communities in developing countries who depend on it are under threat. According to the l atest global assessment of biodiversity …
Insight, 08 June 2019