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Mobilising social science for humanitarian action: insights and lessons
This webinar will share key learnings from the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform’s mobilisation of evidence and expertise...
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CEDCA Panel Discussion: Opposition and resistance to clean energy transition
While switching from fossil fuels to clean energy addresses the climate crisis and offers development opportunities, opposition to the...
Book Chapter
14 May 2024
The Role of European Investment Bank (EIB) and National and Regional Development Banks in the Green Transformation
Published by: Springer
This chapter examines the important role that can be played by national and regional development banks in the green transformation. Our focus is on the European Investment Bank (EIB), but we argue that EIB’s effective mechanisms to fund the initiatives of the European Green Deal can be diffused worldwide to other regional and national banks, including in Latin America. Carbon shadow carbon pricing, green taxonomy, climate roadmap, and new instruments such as venture debt constitute experiences that can be drawn on by Latin American and other countries.
Working Paper
8 May 2024
Protest Event Analysis: Grievances, Triggers, and Strategies in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Protests are a feature of both democratic and non-democratic regimes. However, protests in non-democratic regimes have received insufficient academic attention. The nature of protest grievances, strategies, and tactics have been little studied in authoritarian and hybrid regimes. Additionally, triggers of protests are themselves an under-theorised concept.
Working Paper
26 January 2024
Dispositions Towards the Living Wage Proposition: Baseline Report of the Rainforest Alliance Living Wage Strategy Evaluation
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper reflects on the changes induced by modifications in the Rainforest Alliance certification system that require wage transparency from plantation owners, a comparison with the local living wage benchmark, and a wage improvement plan. The paper synthesises the findings of four case studies in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, and Kenya, covering plantations of coffee, bananas, and tea.
Report
10 November 2023
Insights for Influence: Understanding Impact Pathways in Crisis Response
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This report presents an overview of impact pathways from a selection of the Covid-19 Responses for Equity projects, chosen to represent the diversity of approaches to engage policymakers, civil society, and the media to generate and share evidence of the effect of the pandemic on diverse vulnerable groups.
Working Paper
18 September 2023
Landscapes of (In)justice: Reflecting on Voices, Spaces, and Alliances for Just Transition
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Diverse groups of citizens need to be engaged in the design and implementation of global energy transition policies across all scales and sectors for them to succeed and be socially acceptable. But how? And what lessons can we take from emerging practice to guide future action?
Brief
8 August 2023
Bringing Democracy to Governance of Mining for a Just Energy Transition
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Societies are committed to moving from fossil to clean energies. Yet, this transition will not be possible if we do not change the way we extract minerals. Clean energy systems require massive amounts of them, but they create multiple environmental and social problems.
Working Paper
19 June 2023
Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam
Published by: Kingston University
The purpose of this paper is to outline a new intellectual and research agenda for future work taken forward by the Food Equity Centre on the theme of Healthy Diets. We outline our initial conceptual approach and summarise current thinking and action on dietary equity through four country case studies, then propose a number of research gaps that we will address in future research and publications together.
Project
Clean Energy for Development: Knowledge Translation and Communications Support
IDS is providing 12 IDRC-funded research projects on Clean Energy for Development with knowledge translation and communications support.