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Our blogs give our experts and partners from across the world the platform to provide insight into key events, updates on ongoing research, and share experiences from their work

Informal housing piled on a hill

The favela of Rocinha: decades of struggle have led to a rich political – and cultural – landscape

Thaisa Comelli
22 March 2023

Man moves charcoal with a shovel

How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production

Kata Wagner
20 March 2023

People sitting under a straw tent next to rice fields

CBA17: back in-person, ready to harness energy to drive forward the locally led adaptation agenda

Sam Greene and Tracy Kajumba
15 March 2023

Landscape with lowe bushes, flowers and a hrose with hills in the background

Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers

Gabriela Flores Zavala
14 March 2023

View of a city with traditional housing and two skyscraper in the distant background

Asia’s fastest growing cities… and why these are mostly small cities

David Satterthwaite
09 March 2023

Woman holding to mobile phones

Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition

Tracy Kajumba
08 March 2023

Aerial view of an isle surrounded by water

A new climate finance goal is in the making: what must happen in 2023?

Illari Aragon
02 March 2023

Olivier Ishimwe and Yamikani Idriss sit on a table with world flags in the background

On the fast track to climate negotiating: learning from my mentor

Olivier Ishimwe
23 February 2023

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Countdown to COP15

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Social movements for climate justice

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The transition to a predominantly urban world

A series of blogs and interviews exploring what social, political and environmental factors cause cities to thrive or decline

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People queue in front of a desk

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part two: ‘universal’ access to benefits?

Blog, 22 February 2023

Two women talking

COP27: Negotiating for an outcome on loss and damage to support the most vulnerable

Blog, 21 February 2023

Letters that reads "COP 15 Montreal" stand in a snowed road with a snowed tree next to them

Reflections on COP15 and the ‘super years’ for people, nature and climate

Blog, 16 February 2023

A man carries a sack and walks in a field of tall weeds

The 30x30 target: more opportunity, less threat than expected?

Blog, 14 February 2023

Three women chatting

Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models

Blog, 13 February 2023

Men with traditional Maasai clothing walk in the savannah

Lessons from East Africa: getting climate and conservation funding to Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Blog, 09 February 2023

Woman wearing a face mask sits on the floor and handles tools

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part one

Blog, 07 February 2023

A cow and two goats eat grass surrounded by waste. There are houses and people in the background.

Why does so little aid seem to go to basic needs? – part two

Blog, 24 January 2023

Dirt and dirty canal next to a field. Informal buildings in the background

Are basic needs given low priority in most bilateral aid programmes? – part one

Blog, 10 January 2023

Young people hold signs that read "loss + damage", "don't fail us!" and "we are watching"

COP27: were the climate-vulnerable finally heard in Egypt?

Blog, 22 December 2022

Woman carrying a basket with plants on her head

Nature and people must thrive together in future economic strategies

Blog, 15 December 2022

A group of young people with their hands up posing for a picture

Engaging youth in climate action: recommendations from Ireland and Tanzania

Blog, 15 December 2022

Young man with blue and pink dreadlocks surrounded by a crowd wearing pride colours

Heteronormativity in development – what does queer have to do with it?

Blog, 14 December 2022

Room full of people sitting down and looking at their laptops

Indigenous Peoples, local communities underrepresented in governance of nature funding

Blog, 13 December 2022

Man types in a laptop, in front of a big screen

Data tales – part five: ‘not so smart’ computing?

Blog, 08 December 2022

Woman, wearing a hat and a basket on her back, picks vegetables

The unsung heroes for nature and climate

Blog, 07 December 2022

Houses can be seen inside a sealed, glass bottle on its side.

Wellbeing in refugee camps: life inside a bottle

Blog, 06 December 2022

A woman stands to speak at a community meeting, surrounded by other people.

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

Blog, 29 November 2022

Men and women gathered to look at a laptop

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

Blog, 28 November 2022

Woman holding rice plants

COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Blog, 24 November 2022

Five men and women wearing suits sit at a long table with microphones. The tables reads "COP27"

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

Blog, 22 November 2022

Man and woman fill up jerry cans with water from a fountain

Water access in the drylands – what’s not working?

Blog, 11 November 2022

Two men in a dinghy out on water; one holding an oar.

Protecting wildlife with local solutions: putting learning into practice

Blog, 10 November 2022

Man, wearing an apron and a face mask, holds shells. Sea behind him.

Why coastal communities are crucial to success at COP15

Blog, 09 November 2022