Governance blogs
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Engulfed by the sea: the loss and damage from climate change
18 November 2020People from the Solomon Islands are experiencing profound loss and damage from climate change every day. Guest blogger Gladys Habu calls on the global community to recognise these losses, and act
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Can the Adaptation Committee find opportunity in adversity?
21 October 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a pause in climate negotiations, but it need not be time wasted. Binyam Gebreyes and Emilie Beauchamp consider how the Adaptation Committee is seizing the moment to tackle existing challenges, and how it could go further
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An indivisible whole: negotiating the fate of the ocean
5 September 2019Critical differences of opinion over how, or even whether, the high seas should be subject to a governance regime led to sluggish progress at times at international negotiations in New York recently. Essam Yassin Mohammed spells out how he thinks things need to change
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Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?
7 December 2018An ongoing multilateral process could provide a unique opportunity to reform a contentious area of global economic governance – but only if it properly identifies the key problems
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CBD COP14: a breakthrough on understanding and assessing equity in conservation
27 November 2018A new international decision recognising the importance of equity in conservation could help tackle the underlying drivers of biodiversity loss
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First steps towards a global agreement
21 September 2018IIED director Andrew Norton responds to the end of the first session of negotiations of new laws for the high seas, calling for a greater presence of the views of those most affected to ensure a fair and inclusive treaty
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How can insights from CBA12 inform global discussions on the SDGs and resilience?
16 July 2018Delegates to this week's UN High Level Political Forum on sustainable development will be considering the subject of resilience. Clare Shakya highlights some of the insights from CBA12 in Malawi that are relevant
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Long-term strategies under the Paris Agreement – key principles for good governance
13 July 2018The Paris Agreement calls for Parties to communicate their long-term, low greenhouse gas emission development strategies by 2020. Achala Abeysinghe looks at how to ensure good governance for these strategies
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Understanding governance and equity in conservation
27 April 2018A successful multi-stakeholder self-assessment in Uganda’s Lake Mburo National Park enabled local people to judge what does and doesn’t work, and draws out their ideas for action
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Striving for the highest standards in research ethics
14 June 2017Our new research ethics policy provides a practical framework for putting IIED's high ethical principles into practice
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Ending endemic violence through education in Cité Soleil
10 June 2016How to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for children growing up in a violent slum? An innovative project in Haiti faces big challenges
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CSR practices of Chinese businesses in the global South
31 March 2016Can Chinese business engagement ensure sustainability and benefit the poor? Our research suggests complex factors shape their operations – of which Chinese policies play only a minor role
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Barricading Karachi: how private security contributes to dividing the city
1 December 2015Violence in Karachi will not be reduced until more effective and equitable solutions to policing and urban planning are found. Guest blogger Donald Brown examines the ways physical barriers affect space and people.
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Driving change by supporting action at the local level
24 November 2015A new mapping project highlights the importance of local action in delivering global change
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'Sustainable development science' for transforming our world
9 October 2015IIED's Steve Bass proposes a 10-year review of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment as a guide for taking forward the SDGs
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Strengthening civil society to support natural resource management
29 July 2015A new report finds that civil society organisations in Africa struggle to get the support they need to play an effective role in natural resource management and conservation.
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The things that make me proud
22 June 2015Outgoing director Camilla Toulmin looks back at her early work on drylands and the three achievements while leading IIED that have made her most proud
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The value and limits of urban sustainability indicators
21 April 2015Are indicators a useful way of increasing resource efficiency and resilience in cities – and if so, which indicators are most valuable? Loan Diep and David Dodman report back from the ICLEI World Congress
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On the road to Paris: departing Geneva with expectations high
16 February 2015Progress in Geneva has meant a good start to the climate negotiations on the road to Paris, with elements in the text offering the possibility of a fair deal for developing countries
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It's time for the Davos super-rich to pay their fair share
22 January 2015As the rich and powerful gather in Davos, IIED director Camilla Toulmin urges a change in attitudes to taxation to tackle growing inequality
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Rushing into a new year
13 January 2015In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, IIED director Camilla Toulmin looks at the promises and challenges for the year ahead
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Can the road to Paris lead to the road to dignity?
15 December 2014After climate negotiations drew to a close in Lima, Jonathan Reeves reflects on the UN Secretary General's synthesis report on the post-2015 agenda and asks whether the "road to dignity" will take us to the right destination.
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Least developed countries take climate adaptation to next level
11 March 2014While many policymakers in the world's richest nations continue to deny the urgency of action on climate change, governments in the 48 least developed countries are pushing ahead with plans to adapt – or at least trying to
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Transforming growth for least developed countries
10 March 2014A focus on four key priorities could help Least Developed Country governments lift their citizens out of poverty by generating inclusive growth
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Media missing from UN drive to engage millions on post-2015 development agenda
4 February 2014Rosebell Kagumire says consultations on the future of global development framework should involve journalists or they will fail to reach the masses.