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Queering climate justice − what climate justice can learn from queer groups

May Thazin Aung
21 September 2023

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Blog

Adaptation's turning point: can we set global targets in time for COP28?

Lina Yassin and Binyam Gebreyes
20 September 2023

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News

Countries missing deadlines to submit climate plans more than half the time

19 September 2023

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Making CBA events more accessible for disabled people

18 September 2023

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Blog

The push for clean energy: how nickel mining expansion is impacting agrarian economies in Indonesia

Mutmainnah Adenan and Imran Tumora
12 September 2023

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News

Vulnerable island nations turning to pricey private debt as climate disasters escalate

13 September 2023

Hidden handbrakes

As IIED tackles the complex and little-known barriers preventing climate action, try our online beta platform

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Hidden handbrakes: tracking the invisible barriers slowing climate action

This event during Climate Week NYC will launch the hidden handbrakes platform, a new space to expose the invisible barriers to social justice and climate action

Event on 22 September 2023

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Blog

Climate action is being held back by ‘hidden handbrakes’

Tom Mitchell
18 May 2023

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Food systems governance and the environmental agenda

Sinking islands, rising debts

Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions

Equitable governance underpins effective conservation

Measuring what makes a ‘good life’ in exile

Social protection in Indian cities: lessons from the pandemic

Bringing coherence and a rights-based approach to Indonesia’s climate and investment governance

Towards queer-centred urban development

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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