Investment disputes from below: whose rights matter? Mining, environment and livelihoods in Colombia
In a new long read, 'Investment disputes from below: whose rights matter? Mining, environment and livelihoods in Colombia', IIED principal researcher Lorenzo Cotula tells the complex and compelling story of Santurbán, Colombia and the many diverse actors with interests in the fragile páramo. He explores how a locally grounded perspective can help us rethink the way we understand, and address, investment disputes.
Read the long read and watch the short documentary, 'Water before gold'
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Guest blog by Julia Young and Duncan Macqueen
Time to move unseen foresters into the limelight
A new report spotlights alternative approaches by which sustainable forest management can deliver more for indigenous people and local communities.
Read the recent blog to find out more
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"Coordinated action among multiple agencies is needed through innovative approaches that can deliver the transformative change necessary to protect both forests and people. "
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Event
14th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA14)
Join us for CBA14, the practitioner-focused forum on climate adaptation, delivering dialogue and evidence to inform policy and action – from the local to the global scale.
CBA14 will take place online from 21-25 September 2020, bringing together practitioners, grassroots representatives, policymakers and donors for interactive discussions, workshops and skillshares.
Find out more and register now
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Beyond COVID-19: grassroots visions of change
Cities: where public health and climate experts must meet
This article is part of an IIED series that brings together forward-looking responses on specific themes in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, drawing on our partners’ insights and providing a platform for voices from the global South.
Here, IIED principal researcher Aditya Bahadur and independent climate policy researcher Anmol Arora look at the importance of achieving a joined-up approach to risk management in urban settings.
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Webinar
What does the Paris Agreement’s transparency framework mean for LDCs?
This webinar on 4 August is the first in a series bringing together practitioners from LDCs with global practitioners, technical experts and other stakeholders to share their experiences in implementing frameworks and national policies, including the opportunities and challenges in bringing the Paris Agreement to life.
This webinar will discuss how least developed countries are proactively working at national level to put the goals of the Paris Agreement into practice. It will focus on their experiences of the implications of the new transparency framework for LDC practitioners.
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Guest blog by Michelle Winthrop
Can the impact of COVID-19 unite coalitions of young and old?
Guest blogger Michelle Winthrop discusses whether acute global challenges can drive intergenerational solidarity, helping to get the needs and rights of the young and old met.
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Reflection paper
Multi-actor initiatives in action: lessons from the Sustainable Diets for All programme
Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) is an advocacy programme coordinated by IIED and Hivos, designed to improve access to healthy and sustainable diets for low-income communities, while highlighting the links between food and climate. This paper documents the results of three multi-stakeholder initiatives (MAIs) in Uganda, Zambia and Bolivia. The paper aims to strengthen our understanding of MAIs by showing what works and what doesn’t, and provides recommendations for people designing MAIs.
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Briefing paper
Towards ecosystem-based governance of the high seas
Early in the international process to adopt a new international treaty on the conservation of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), the ‘ecosystem approach’ was identified as a tool to help “build a global legal regime that allowed for an integrated assessment of human activities and their interactions with the marine environment”. However its precise role is still unclear. To ensure effective implementation of the ecosystem approach, negotiators need to agree how it will be incorporated in a new treaty and to articulate clear guidance on putting it into practice.
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IIED jobs
We're hiring
We are advertising for a senior researcher to be our nature-climate policy lead and a researcher to work on inclusive blue and green economics:
Senior Researcher: Nature-Climate Policy Lead: apply by 6 August
Researcher (inclusive, green and blue economics): apply by 16 August
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