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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work on the action needed to accelerate the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Research highlights the importance of local knowledge, and the power of grassroots organisations and local governments, in creating positive action towards the goals.

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IIED and the Independent Research Forum hosted side events at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in Jul

2016 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Event on 11 July 2016

Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era

Insight, 28 June 2016

Images of the UK and EU flags, IIED director Andrew Norton says: "Losing membership of the European Union must not mean that the UK withdraws from the great global challenges of our time" (Photo: Reuters, via Google Licence)

Navigating uncharted waters: the EU referendum, the spirit of Paris, and the SDGs

Insight, 27 June 2016

Six representatives of developing country governments – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nepal and the Philippines – shared their experiences of rolling out the sustainable development agenda at the 21st Poverty Environment Partnership meeting (Image: IIED)

Country progress on putting the sustainable development goals into action

Insight, 23 June 2016

Mobile phones being sold in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Access to information and new technologies will be key to help delivering transformational change to the world's poorest countries (Photo: ConDev Center, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Painting a new picture of development

News, 17 June 2016

Around 80 per cent of schools in Haiti are privately run, and the good ones too expensive for children from poor areas like Cité Soleil (Photo: Breezy Baldwiin, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Ending endemic violence through education in Cité Soleil

Insight, 10 June 2016

In 2010 a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti. Six years later, there has been progress in rebuilding, but much remains to be done (Photo: iolanda, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: LDC Independent Expert Group chair on the SDGs and tackling inequality

Article, 08 June 2016

Smog over Kathamandu. Air pollution in Nepal's capital regularly breaches the World Health Organisation's safety guidelines (Kashish Das Shrestha)

Clearing the air in Kathmandu

Insight, 07 June 2016

A street in Freetown, Sierra Leone: involving growing low-income urban populations in urbanising countries will help result in more inclusive urbanisation (Photo: bobthemagicdragon, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

In the world's poorest countries, cities could be the Sustainable Development Goals test

Insight, 07 June 2016

An image of the outside of a Malawi bank, showing a ramp installed for wheelchair users. Generally the country is lagging behind in terms of provisions for people with disabilities (Photo: Steve Sharra)

People with disabilities struggle in Malawi's cities

Insight, 06 June 2016

An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Q&A: A shift in mindset for the LDCs

Article, 03 June 2016

An image of crouching community members in a village in Champasak province, Laos identify areas where open defecation is taking place ahead of implementing sanitation measures (Photo: Viengsompasong Inthavong/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

An urban approach to 'leaving no one behind'

Insight, 02 June 2016

An image of the front of a stationary train on the Addis Ababa light rail system, which opened in 2015, and was the first to be built in Sub-Saharan Africa. The two railway lines, which have their own dedicated power grid, demonstrate how Ethiopia is seeking low-carbon energy initiatives (Photo: Wikipedia, via Google licence)

Q&A: Linking low-carbon pathways with the SDGs

Article, 30 May 2016

An image of a man with a wheelbarrow in the Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, the biggest in Africa and one of the biggest in the world. The rights of all must be incorporated into the 'new urban agenda' (Photo: Steffan Jensen/www.reversehomesickness.com, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Recognising urban rights: global debates and local struggles

Insight, 26 May 2016

An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs

Article, 25 May 2016

An image of women selling produce in an internally displaced persons camp, near Tawilla in North Darfur. The 'leave no one behind' agenda aims to ensure the poor are included in sustainable development (Photo: UNAMID, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Unpacking what we mean by 'leave no one behind'

Article, 24 May 2016

An image showing two men on the roof of a school in Zambia carrying out a macrosolar installation. Sustainable energy solutions for Least Developed Countries were discussed at the event in London (Photo: Steve Woodward)

Reimagining development in the LDCs: what role for the SDGs?

Event on 13 June 2016

Residents of Sitio San Roque, Philippines, watch a demolition team tear down their houses during an eviction (Photo: Alamy)

Briefing: Will Habitat III produce an effective "new urban agenda?"

Event on 05 May 2016

Water kiosks in Zambia provide safe drinking water for poor households in peri urban areas of Chipata. Careful consideration of the affordability of water services for the urban poor is vital to provide universal and equitable access to safe and affordable water for everyone by 2030 (Photo: SuSanA Secretariat, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Improved water access unaffordable for urban poor

Insight, 22 March 2016

The UN poster showing all 17 sustainable development goals (Image: UN photo)

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): IIED and the new global agenda on sustainable development

Article, 15 March 2016

Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh queue to get access to a raised tube well; local indicators about access to water are essential for the SDGs (Photo: Development Planning Unit, UCL, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Where are the local indicators for the SDGs?

Insight, 09 March 2016

The Bairro Proletário do Dique in Rio de Janeiro was settled in the 1960s. The local infrastructure remains poor (Photo: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda?

Insight, 02 March 2016

Building an embankment in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has been forced to learn how to cope with the realities of climate change (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)

Does "leave no-one behind" risk too narrow a focus?

Insight, 01 March 2016

Meceburi Forest, Mozambique: a young woman harvests casava (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)

Seeds of the post-capitalist forest?

Insight, 11 February 2016

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