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The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… Date: Monday, 6 November Room: Interconnection Zone, German Development Institute (DIE), Room 'Sitzungssaal' Tulpenfeld 6, Bonn … Environment Institute); Angela Enriquez (WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities), and Sarah Colenbrander (chair, and global programme … carbon energy access and transformation at local level: delivering sustainable results and measuring impacts Pavilion event Date: Friday, …
Event, 06 November 2017
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vii The Millennium Development Goals and local processes: a summary
… Document begins: vii The Millennium Development Goals and local processes: a summary Any discussion of development assistance and of the role of international agencies has to … that can deliver the MDGs with regard to poverty reduction and sustainable resource use. It is perhaps stating the obvious that the …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… countries placed land rights at the centre of international development discourses.  In many agrarian societies land underpins … high-value areas, and profound social transformations – particularly urbanisation, agricultural commercialisation, the rise of the cash … by IIED , Tufts University (PDF)  and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment have highlighted how international investment …
Insight, 25 May 2016
A dish of amatehe
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
… Evidence provides answers An IIED-Hivos study carried out under the Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme  calls on local and … FRA is working with government as Uganda draws up a new national development and investment framework for the next five years.   Regina … Download:  Putting indigenous foods and food systems at the heart of sustainable food and nutrition security in Uganda …
Insight, 22 May 2020
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… into question. Download the report . 4. 'Post-2015' international development goals: Who wants what and why 2015 will be a watershed year … agencies often see as only as a problem — could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, according … the report or read the press release . 10. Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods This 66th issue …
Article, 27 December 2013
A man buying fresh fruit at a market stall.
How COVID-19 is impacting and changing East Africa’s agri-food systems
… IIED and its partners as part of an IKEA Foundation-funded project on sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.  …
Article, 07 August 2020
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… how IIED uses these four impact pathways to build a fairer and more sustainable future. Impact pathway 1: Multi-stakeholder dialogues IIED's … Basin, the IIED-led consortium  CoNGOs  is helping to create more sustainable and equitable livelihoods from community forests. In July … companies to invest more responsibly, and several initiatives on sustainable local timber production and processing.  Impact pathway 2: …
Page, 24 October 2018
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
Insight, 05 February 2016
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… and contributed to the emerging debates on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change is closely intertwined with the … analyses of gender and generation are important to the success of sustainable development initiatives, and many available tools and …
Project, 26 April 2011
IIED researchers in Uganda: "IIED works with small and medium sized enterprise (SMEs), municipal governments, pastoral communities, representatives of urban poor federations, smallholder farming groups, and other poorly represented interests" (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Reflections on my time as IIED director
… we are recognised not only as leading thinkers on environment and development, but also at the forefront of development communications. Generating ideas at the cutting edge of sustainable development debates , and making sure we thought through the … process, making the case for why climate change matters hugely for sustainable development. So we ensured that everyone in the …
Insight, 05 March 2015