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People walking through a forest

Blog series

Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development

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

Blog

Mining cobalt better

Icon of two fish

Annual review video

Sustainable fisheries in Myanmar

A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"

Blog

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

A group of women stand and sit around a table discussing and adding information to a large piece of paper

Project

Scaling up CRAFT and Fairmined initiatives for responsible gold in Honduras

Feature

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

Transforming energy systems

Equitable energy driving climate-resilient communities More in this collection

People putting up solar panels

Overview

Inclusive finance for universal energy access

A carpenter uses a jointer powered by a mini-grid

Overview

Productive uses of energy to jumpstart livelihoods

Solar panel

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

People installing solar panels in a field

Insight

Accelerating energy access with aggregation

a turtle

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

Graphical illustration

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

Gender concerns in debt relief

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

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A group of women stand and sit around a table discussing and adding information to a large piece of paper

Scaling up CRAFT and Fairmined initiatives for responsible gold in Honduras

Project, Nov 2021

People walking through a forest

Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development

Blog series, Oct 2021

Woman in a forest holds a tree branch towards another tree

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

Woman looking to the front holding a water hose, a solar panel in the background

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

Blog, Dec 2020