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Mining and Community Development Agreements: a panacea for community justice in Uganda?

Kevin Bakulumpagi
29 November 2022

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Data tales – part four: combining community skills and computer power to tackle the climate crisis

Antarin Chakrabarty
28 November 2022

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Heteronormativity in the development sector: where are we now?

Event on 08 December 2022

Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation

24 November 2022

Article

Interviews: co-creating pathways to urban equality

23 November 2022

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COP decision on loss and damage: two steps forward, one step back

Ritu Bharadwaj and Tom Mitchell
22 November 2022

Focus on COP15

Our latest and key events, news, blogs and publications related to the Convention on Biologiocal Diversity COP15 conference

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Where to find IIED and partners at CBD COP15: event listing

Our key research, commentary, analysis and events about the 2022 global biodiversity conference

Event on 05 December 2022

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COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Philile Mbatha
24 November 2022

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IIED at CBD COP15

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COP15 should protect mountain landscapes, and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities governing them

23 November 2022

UN biodiversity conference (COP15)

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Where to find IIED and partners at CBD COP15: event listing

Event on 05 December 2022

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Heteronormativity in the development sector: where are we now?

Event on 08 December 2022

UN biodiversity conference (COP15)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 15th Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP15)

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Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation

Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets

The good climate finance guide for investing in locally led adaptation

360-degree accountability: improving climate adaptation finance

Building climate resilience in Ethiopia

After the Paris Agreement, the debt deluge: why lending for climate drives debt distress

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) approach: delivering climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods

Gender equality and informality in low-carbon transitions: a review of evidence to identify transformative outcomes

Focus on COP27

Our latest and key events, news, blogs and publications related to the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Egypt

Blog

COP decision on loss and damage: two steps forward, one step back

Ritu Bharadwaj and Tom Mitchell
22 November 2022

A man stands behind a podium in the distance, in front of a backdrop that says "United Nations Climate Change"

News

COP27 draws to a close

19 November 2022

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Champions group renews commitment to climate adaptation needs

13 November 2022

UN climate change conference (COP27)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2022 UNFCCC climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh

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Our work in depth

Our researchers are active on a range of projects under wider programmes of work to tackle the biggest global challenges...

Mobilising money to where it matters

A programme of work helping to initiate a positive shift in the quantity and quality of climate finance reaching the local level to support locally-led solutions that address climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss

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Housing justice

A programme of work producing knowledge and methodologies for housing policy and initiatives that promote wellbeing and sustainability in cities of the global South

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Localising forest-climate action

A programme of work engaging with locally-controlled forestry organisations to upscale effective climate change adaptation, resilience and mitigation through the restoration of forest landscape biodiversity

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