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Villagers in India dig out a silted-up water tank as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (Photo: McKay Savage, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee

The front cover of the book ‘Climate Action with Tomorrow in Mind: Expert Perspectives on Long-term Climate and Development Strategies’

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Book summary: Climate Action with Tomorrow in Mind – Expert Perspectives on Long-term Climate and Development Strategies

A daily savings book: local savings groups collect small payments from slum dwellers which can be leveraged to support slum upgrading projects (Photo: SDI, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Transforming aid for urban areas

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Biodiversity on the brink: local people must shape nature’s new deal

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

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

September 2015: on the eve of the United Nations summit to agree the 2030 Agenda, a film introducing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is projected onto the UN headquarters building (Photo: UN Photo/Cia Pak)

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Effective evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Reimagining the climate finance system with digital technology

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Bosques saludables para fortalecer la resiliencia al cambio climático en Chile

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Proposed solutions for inclusive shelter in Hawassa

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Getting food on the table in cities

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Meeting the enhanced transparency framework: what next for the LDCs?

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Evaluating sustainable development: how the 2030 Agenda can help

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A map showing the neighbourhoods around Port-au-Prince, Haiti

IIED publishes archive on post-quake planning in Haiti

News, Jan 2020

A road through deforested land

Investor-state dispute settlement: IIED and partners contribute to reform working group

News, Jul 2019

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Pathways to learning – finding new ways to evaluate SDG progress

Interview, Jul 2019

Two fishermen cast their nets from a small boat

New guide to monitoring progress on SDG14

News, Jul 2019

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Climate action: let’s be bold in Bonn

Blog, Jun 2019

A street scene with pedestrians, stallholders, motorbikes and cars

Making Indian cities inclusive means making them more walkable

Blog, Jun 2019

A flooded street in an informal settlement

To stay ahead of climate change, cities need to act now

Blog, Jun 2019

A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening

Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?

Blog, May 2019

Villagers in India dig out a silted-up water tank as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (Photo: McKay Savage, Creative Commons via Flickr)

2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee

Blog, Dec 2018

The UK government has warned that flooding is likely to become more frequent as the country’s climate changes (Photo: Dachlan, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Celebrating 10 years of the UK Climate Change Act: an influential law beyond its borders

Blog, Nov 2018

A father and son plough a field in Ethiopia. For Ethiopia's smallholder farmers, oxen are still the main source of agricultural power. It is one of the world's least developed countries, making it more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Bjvisser, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)

Momentum builds for ambitious agreements at COP24

Blog, Nov 2018

A carpenter bee

Biodiversity on the brink: local people must shape nature’s new deal

Blog, Nov 2018