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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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What's happening to aid to the Least Developed Countries?
New figures show an overall decline in aid to the world's Least Developed Countries, yet commitments made in Paris and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda call for more aid, not less
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SDGs 'not just for overseas'
In its latest report, the UK parliament's Environmental Audit Committee has warned that the government risks undermining new global development goals, following evidence that the UK has been seeking to limit their scope and ambition
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Conference explores ways to bridge varied visions of ‘green economy’ to foster inclusive growth within environmental limits
Business leaders, politicians and representatives of international financial institutions, UN agencies, think tanks and non-governmental organisations will meet next week to explore fast-evolving views of the green economy concept.
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IIED opens doors to open minds
As part of efforts to explore new ideas and widen the knowledge of its staff, IIED has launched a new series of talks by visiting experts
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Green Growth and equity must go hand in hand
The OECD’s latest report begins to bridge the growing divide between international institutions’ focus on green growth, and developing countries’ need for greater equity.
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Bloggers: Have you joined a virtuous circle yet?
“It is a call for a fundamental reorientation of how societies work and govern themselves.” That’s what one blogger Jeff Kelly Lowenstein has said about IIED’s new book Virtuous Circles: Values, systems and sustainability by Andy Jones, Michel Pimbert and Janice Jiggins. Launched two weeks ago, we asked you to tell us what you thought. Thanks to those of you who have blogged already – and if you haven’t, it’s not too late.
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Calling all bloggers: Join a virtuous circle
We need to talk about ketchup. We all love the red stuff. But we really need to talk about it. Analysis of the steps involved in processing ketchup – from farming the tomatoes through to packaging – to transporting and retailing that symbol of American mass consumerism reveals an alarming fact. To produce it requires a mind-boggling 150 separate processes, across several continents, according to research cited in a new book by the International Institute for Environment and Development.
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Three angles on 'green growth'
How can you marry environment and development? Over the past two years, governments and businesses have begun to trumpet ‘green growth’ as one way of boosting economic growth without compromising environmental sustainability.
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Technical Secretariat on Strategic Environmental Assessment
IIED's Strategies, Planning and Assessment team (SPA) is providing a Technical Secretariat to the OECD DAC Task Team on Strategic Environmental Assessment.
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Review of strategic environmental assessment
The strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of policies, plans and programmes is a rapidly evolving field.
