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Can COP26 lay firm foundations for an ambitious new climate finance goal?

Event

IIED at COP26

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Webinar

Launch of the CRISP-M tool

Conference

Development and Climate Days 2021

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Blog

Nature-based solutions: building blocks for green recovery and climate action in least developed countries

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News

Taking locally led adaptation global – episode 3 of podcast mini-series

Mobilising money to where it matters

Researching the benefits and challenges of getting development and climate finance flowing to the local level More in this collection

Divisional Adaptation Planning Committees (DAPCs) act as community focal points (Photo: Sam Greene/IIED)

Project

Local climate finance mechanism helping to fund community-prioritised adaptation

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Article

Principles for locally led adaptation

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Project

Responding to climate change in Tanzania by strengthening dryland governance and planning

Stepping up global ambition for climate action and justice

How IIED is supporting the most vulnerable countries to increase global ambition to stay below 1.5°C More in this collection

Delegates from the LDC Group, including chair Gebru Jember Endalew and IIED's Achala Abeysinghe discuss the revised APA text, Bonn, May 2017 (Photo: IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)

Overview

Introduction to our work on global climate law, policy and governance: supporting LDCs in and outside of the UNFCCC process

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Project

Providing on-demand legal, technical and strategic advice to the Least Developed Countries Group

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Project

Supporting the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR)

Climate-resilient development

How IIED is supporting public policy responses in delivering climate-resilient development outcomes for the most poor More in this collection

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Article

Introduction to supporting public policy that delivers climate-resilient development

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Project

Enhancing climate resilience impacts of India’s social protection programme

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Project

Building resilience in Ethiopia: climate-resilient development planning and budgeting

Latest publications

Climate Resilience Information System and Planning Tool for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: the CRISP-M Tool

Quantifying the attributional and consequential impacts of Kenya’s future timber construction developments: Ndarugu Student City

Gender sensitive social protection in the face of climate risk. A study in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, India

The elusive US$100bn: will COP26 reboot trust and pave the way for a more ambitious finance goal?

Climate Change Loss and Damage: 3rd Deliberative Dialogue Report

Comparative analysis of the efficiency of different social protection delivery mechanisms in the context of climate resilience

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Cities into sinks: storing carbon in wooden architecture to mitigate climate change

Project, Oct 2021

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Humanitarian action is part of climate response – but must be early and locally led

Blog, Oct 2021

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Financing long-term strategies: are least developed countries and funders aligned?

Webinar, Oct 2021

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Escalating local climate resilience finance

Blog, Oct 2021

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Innovative financing for African economies to tackle debt, climate change and biodiversity loss

News, Oct 2021

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Introduction to forest-climate action

Article, Oct 2021

Man stands next to a hut and a jerrycan. Another man, wearing red, points to the right.

Can COP26 lay firm foundations for an ambitious new climate finance goal?

Blog, Oct 2021

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How the digital divide threatens the success and legitimacy of the COP26 talks

Blog, Oct 2021

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Locally-led action key to delivering the new global biodiversity framework

Blog, Oct 2021

IIED at COP26

Event, Oct 2021

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A glimmer of hope ahead of COP26 – financing for adaptation

Blog, Oct 2021

A group of people gather on top of a hill.

Launch of the CRISP-M tool

Webinar, Oct 2021