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Climate justice needs vaccine justice

Events

IIED at London Climate Action Week, June/July 2021

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Article

Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change

Four images of people from IIED's 2021 'super year' video, including a fisher hauling nets

Events

IIED and the 2021 ‘super year’

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News

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

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Project

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

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

Water is conserved at a devolved climate finance project site in Zanzibar

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

Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China (Photo: Simon Lim)

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

Knowledge and experiences from the 15th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

Updating NDCs: useful guidance to support greater ambition

Follow the money: tracking Least Developed Countries’ adaptation finance to the local level

Synthèse des approches de suivi, évaluation et apprentissage (SEA) tirées du mécanisme décentralisation des fonds climatEnseignements du Kenya, de la Tanzanie, du Sénégal et du Mali

Synthesis of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) approaches from the Devolved Climate Finance mechanism: lessons from Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Mali

Towards a low-carbon climate-resilient future. Developing The Gambia’s 2050 Climate Vision

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Five key questions for making the Global Goal on Adaptation work for local people and places

Blog, Jul 2021

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Understanding the challenges faced by LDCs in COVID-19 recovery

Webinar, Jul 2021

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IIED joins forces with the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership

News, Jul 2021

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Envisioning a better future for The Gambia

Blog, Jul 2021

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Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?

Blog, Jul 2021

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Argentinian city Rosario wins award for urban sustainability

News, Jul 2021

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COP26 hangs in the balance if G20 fails to show solidarity with climate-vulnerable countries by delivering action

Blog, Jul 2021

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Delivering an inclusive COP26 in the age of COVID-19 requires more than vaccines

Blog, Jul 2021

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Policymakers take note: climate displacement is driving millions into slavery

Blog, Jul 2021

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CBA15: Four messages ahead of COP26

Blog, Jul 2021

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A green recovery for inclusion: debt relief and special drawing rights for climate action

Webinar, Jul 2021

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Frontline Funds Accelerator: catalysing climate investment to the grassroots

Project, Jul 2021