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Close-up of a group of young climate demonstrators
Acting on the planetary emergency
… promote effective actions for a just transition to a fairer and more sustainable world. An outstanding example is our work with the Least … be working throughout 2020 to seize opportunities to keep encouraging development actors to recognise and act on biodiversity loss as an …
Insight, 29 November 2019
Cooperative members at the Federation of Cooperatives of the Verapaces nursery in Cobán, Guatemala operate a compost packing machine. FEDECOVERA oversees the production of cardamom, allspice, coffee, tea, cocoa, essential oils, grains and vegetables (Photo: Juan José Ochaeta/FEDECOVERA)
IIED marks international forests day with major new research report and toolkit
… Forest business incubation is a process that accelerates the development of successful, sustainable forest businesses that serve both people and forests. The process is critical for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, …
News, 21 March 2018
With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change
… Foundation , the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , and … security, and water resource constraints into short- and long-term development planning. Like Durban, the City of Boston, USA, has been … , which presented to Mayor Thomas Menino recommendations on green development mechanisms and urban adaptations to sea level rise, expanded …
Insight, 06 June 2011
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Meeting small-scale farmers in their markets
… produce that reaches the formal sector originates. But the tide of development policy thinking has moved, and considers informality as a … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 July 2013
Women preparing tapioca
Tapioca tech in Togo – how producers are organising to transform lives and land
… improve fertility, and the agroforestry system provides a basis for sustainable subsistence – at least if populations do not grow too much … took part in FFF-funded business training called Market Analysis and Development .  The training inspired ideas about how to better organise …  – a support process that accelerates the successful development of sustainable businesses in forest landscapes – in Togo. And both CPC and …
Insight, 05 February 2020
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
… is Rutta from @Helvetas with 'Aloe Vera 4 You', which provides a new sustainable income for vulnerable communities in Wag Hemra, Ethiopia. … and to earn our own money. So that we can use our money to do our development, so that we are not always dependent and asking for … channel : [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZ5Z1NYnzI&] Sustainable development at the community level Resiato Salyan works for …
Article, 04 April 2019
IIED's animation about the way it works in partnership includes a focus on a project in Uganda to deliver fresh food systems (Image: IIED/NAP Design)
New video highlights how IIED's partnerships deliver change
… with partners on issues such as food security, securing land rights, sustainable urban development and international climate change negotiations. The … short space of time. In 2015 IIED commissioned an animation about the Sustainable Development Goals . This three-minute film told the story of …
News, 12 January 2017
A group of people line up in front of a mountain background.
Building green and inclusive energy
Project, 01 October 2020
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?
… sub-Saharan Africa have increased due to many factors including the development of commercial agriculture, climate change, urbanisation and population growth. Research (PDF) indicates that those … women’s land rights have never been stronger. Targets under the fifth Sustainable Development Goal – to achieve gender equality and empower …
Insight, 15 October 2020
Bangladeshi climate negotiator Qazi K Ahmad
Q&A: World leaders must abandon their narrow political interests to deliver the best deal at COP21
… change yet. Our plan obviously will increase emissions as we need development and we need poverty reduction and for that there will be an … developed countries are trying to merge climate finance with Official Development Assistance (ODA). What do you think? QA: On funding, ODA has … this on COP21's agenda, though this is very difficult. Even in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we did not make it as a goal but …
Article, 24 November 2015