New podcast mini series
Sustainable Development Goals: evaluating progress for a brighter future
In this new podcast mini series, IIED, the German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deval) and EvalSDGs (a network of development institutions, policymakers and practitioners), join other specialists in evaluation theory and practice to talk us through the details and challenges of assessing progress against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In episode one, IIED hosts a discussion about the principles, practice and challenges of considering climate risks in evaluation of programmes aimed at achieving the SDGs.
Listen now to episode one, Adaptive evaluation: considering climate risks in theory and practice.
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Work programme
Introduction to housing justice
IIED is working with partners to generate awareness among policymakers and international development agencies about the fundamental role that housing plays in advancing social justice, wellbeing and environmental sustainability. This programme of work builds partnerships and research that informs community-led and resilient housing responses in cities of the global South.
Find out more.
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"Access to adequate and secure housing is key to advance people’s capabilities to live a dignified and flourishing life. "
– Alexandre Apsan Frediani, IIED principal researcher
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Blog by David Satterthwaite
Definitions matter – part two
This continues the discussion from a previous blog on definitions that matter because they can misrepresent, distort or obscure key issues. Among examples given were definitions for poverty lines and toilet standards that were set far too low. In this blog, David Satterthwaite asks, how is it possible to monitor progress, or otherwise, towards the SDGs for water and sanitation without clear definitions?
Read the blog.
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Loss and damage animation nominated for Charity Film Award
IIED's loss and damage animation, 'Untold stories of climate change loss and damage in the Least Developed Countries: Solomon Islands' has been nominated for a Charity Film Award. We're delighted to be nominated and need the public to vote for the film!
Vote for our animation now.
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Project
COVID-19 and forest communities
IIED and partners are exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community forest organisations and the lessons that can be learned through the resilience they have demonstrated, and their contributions to building back better.
Find out about the project.
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The Barbara Ward Lecture for Rebeca Grynspan
The Barbara Ward Lecture – IIED’s celebration of outstanding women in development – was delivered by UNCTAD secretary-general, Rebeca Grynspan. She led a fascinating and inspirational discussion, focusing on: Costa Rica’s journey to global climate leadership – what can we learn from a good example?
Watch the recording of the lecture in English and Spanish / en español.
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Project
Scaling up CRAFT and Fairmined initiatives for responsible gold in Honduras
IIED is working with the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and other organisations to prepare stakeholders in Honduras’ artisanal and small-scale mining sector to implement the European Union regulation on conflict minerals, improve practices within mineral supply chains and improve the livelihoods of artisanal and small-scale miners through responsible gold production.
Find out more.
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Project
Cities into sinks: storing carbon in wooden architecture to mitigate climate change
IIED and partners are exploring how wooden architecture might expand the forest carbon sink to help mitigate climate change while also incentivising smallholder tree-growing to drive forest landscape restoration.
Read about the project.
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We are hiring
Apply to be our new executive director
Our trustees are looking to appoint a new executive director to join IIED in summer 2022 to lead a step-change in our institutional strength and voice. Working with a talented global staff team, and living the values of the organisation, the executive director will lead progressive change for IIED in the coming years, defining our position in a complex new world.
This is one of the most important roles in the world for environmental and social justice. We hope you will be inspired to apply by 5 January 2022.
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Working paper, 44 pages
Assessing vulnerabilities to disaster displacement: a good practice review
Climate-related disasters put millions of people at risk of displacement. To effectively plan and deliver disaster risk reduction and response plans in contexts at risk of disaster displacement, governments and humanitarian agencies require good quality assessments of displacement risk. Social vulnerability is a key displacement risk factor that needs to be well integrated into assessment tools. In this review, we take stock of how social vulnerability is integrated into displacement risk assessments and propose a series of practical solutions.
Download the working paper.
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Research report, 48 pages
Democratizing earth observation to improve transparency in land use governance
Deforestation driven by international agricultural investments and mining operations are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, often under a cloak of secrecy. Satellite imagery and data allows us to track and report on rates of forest loss and empower communities and activists with evidence to resist unjust or harmful land deals. This paper from the LandCam programme looks at two case studies to demonstrate the value of satellite imagery in land governance. It finds that earth observation can serve to increase transparency in large land deals and provide a useful tool for organisations safeguarding the environment and communities defending their land rights.
Download the report.
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