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Blog

Mining cobalt better

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Annual review video

Sustainable fisheries in Myanmar

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Blog

Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now

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Podcast

What makes a sustainable diet? And who decides? Make Change Happen podcast episode 5

Feature

Profit with purpose: the role of business in achieving sustainable development

Fishing the ocean

Long read

Action for an ocean for all

Transforming energy systems

Equitable energy driving climate-resilient communities More in this collection

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Overview

Inclusive finance for universal energy access

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Overview

Productive uses of energy to jumpstart livelihoods

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Project

Aggregating off-grid energy solutions to deliver SDG7 energy access

Insights: linking business and sustainability

A series of articles helping businesses and investors address development and environment challenges More in this collection

A shoal of fish

News

IIED launches new 'Insights' series linking business and sustainability

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Insight

Accelerating energy access with aggregation

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Insight

Navigating ocean investments

Inclusive blue economy

Supporting resilient marine and coastal ecosystems and the millions of people who depend on them to thrive by aligning incentives with investments More in this collection

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Article

Introduction to an inclusive blue economy

A deep-sea fishing trawler

Project

Helping the LDCs negotiate the high seas

Fishing boats

Project

Delivering sustainable fisheries through fiscal incentives

Latest publications

Redesigning debt: lessons from HIPC for COVID, climate and nature

Whose debt is it anyway? A sustainable route out of the crisis for low-income countries

Using food diaries within a citizen agency framework

Energy services for local development: integrated and inclusive planning for county governments in Kenya

Promoting women’s influence in their food systems. Women's influence within food systems outcomes in the Sustainable Diets for All programme

Promoting women’s influence in their food systems. Women's influence within food systems outcomes in the Sustainable Diets for All programme

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Escalating local climate resilience finance

Blog, Oct 2021

Two men carry a tray on the muddy side of a stretch of water, while another man, bending down, sorts through small stones

Mining cobalt better

Blog, Sep 2021

A close-up photo of a row of Dove soap bottles, focusing on the first bottle with others in a column behind.

Addressing the ‘triple crisis’ COVID-19, climate change and nature loss: a catalyst for business to increase its sustainability?

Blog, Sep 2021

Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant

Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers

Blog, Aug 2021

Sprouts of chilli plants

Turning up the heat – how chilli growing is conserving Uganda’s wildlife

Blog, Jun 2021

Women selling fish

Life and livelihoods: the impact of COVID-19 on small-scale fishing communities

Blog, Jun 2021

A man stands in front of a group of seated people outside answering questions

Partnerships and collaboration for a more responsible minerals sector

Article, May 2021

Icon of two fish

Sustainable fisheries in Myanmar

Annual review video, Mar 2021

Women spreading fish on a drying rack

Fish Night 7: Gender equality in the seafood value chain

Event, Feb 2021

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Where’s the capital for homegrown companies? Why energy access investments in Kenya need to go local

Blog, Dec 2020

A data collector speaks to a householder.

Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal

Case study, Dec 2020

A woman wearing a chef's uniform and hat poses in front of a breadmaking machine

Getting personal: tailoring support to power up Tanzania’s rural businesses

Blog, Dec 2020