Steve Bass, Senior Associate with GEC founding member IIED, gives an overview of recent progress in building a global green economy to ensure climate friendly prosperity for all. I was in Paris for the first working day after the historic climate change agreements in December 2015. The Secretary... Read more
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Monday, 27 June 2016 - 1:12pm
Monday, 27 June 2016 - 10:34am
At the UN Summit in September 2015 , nations announced and adopted a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that would drive the implementation of sustainable development globally, after 2015. The SDGs build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and seek to complete what they did not... Read more
Monday, 27 June 2016 - 10:33am
With 16 days until the launch of the Measure What Matters: A framework for action , today we focus on Goal 2: Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture (see targets below). We hear from the next generation (click video below) as students... Read more
Sunday, 26 June 2016 - 8:57am
With 17 days until the launch of the Measure What Matters: A framework for action , today we focus on Goal 1: No poverty (see targets below). How are developing country governments taking action on the Sustainable Development Goals? In today’s blog , Paul Steel – Chief Economist at IIED , reports... Read more
Sunday, 26 June 2016 - 8:00am
The 21st Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) meeting, held earlier this month by IIED and partners, focused on putting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into action. 2015 was a critical year in the poverty and environment arena, with a number of major global agreements sealed, including... Read more
Friday, 24 June 2016 - 12:29pm
On 12th July His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will convene a global forum, “ Measure What Matters: a Framework for Action “, in London. The forum will bring together leaders from across government, business, finance and civil society to inspire action towards achievement of the Sustainable... Read more
Friday, 24 June 2016 - 12:25pm
Is your business or community taking action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Do you have insights on how to implement the SDGs? Are you partnering with other organisations to make the SDGs a reality? We want to hear from you! In the build up to our Measure What Matters: A Framework... Read more
Monday, 13 June 2016 - 5:49pm
Erinch Sahan, an Oxfam private sector adviser, is thinking through the implications of inequality for the businesses he interacts with. Tackling inequality is a game changer for business and private sector development (which is why most of them are ignoring it). Mention inequality to a business... Read more
Monday, 13 June 2016 - 2:29pm
In this EurActiv.com piece, Anna Lisa Boni, secretary-general of EUROCITIES , asks the question 'How can we make our cities more sustainable and liveable?' Green economies are an important part of the answer. Europe is in the midst of an employment crisis. Many, and especially the most vulnerable... Read more
Monday, 6 June 2016 - 2:43pm
On 12th July His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will convene a global forum, “ Measure What Matters: a Framework for Action “, in London. The forum will bring together leaders from across government, business, finance and civil society to inspire action towards achievement of the Sustainable... Read more
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