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Blog

Sounding the alarm: new IPCC report reinforces urgency for G20 to take stronger climate action

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News

New briefing supports greater ambition for countries’ NDCs

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Blog

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

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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

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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

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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

Productive uses of energy for resilient livelihoods in LDCs

Climate change loss and damage: 2nd deliberative dialogue report

Climate change loss and damage: 1st deliberative dialogue report

Updating NDCs: useful guidance to support greater ambition

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

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

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Accelerating adaptation finance

Webinar, Sep 2021

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Building resilience and greening the COVID-19 recovery in least developed countries

Project, Sep 2021

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Untold stories: climate activism and the brutal realities of loss and damage

Webinar, Sep 2021

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Addressing the ‘triple crisis’ COVID-19, climate change and nature loss: a catalyst for business to increase its sustainability?

Blog, Sep 2021

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Unlocking public climate finance for sustainable business transformation in Africa

Project, Sep 2021

A green mangrove forest on the edge of a lake, with the roots of the mangroves exposed

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

Blog, Aug 2021

A large number of people, with backs to the camera, are seated around a table. On the tables there are cards indicating which countries they represent

Reviewing climate action: the hidden key for greater ambition

Blog, Aug 2021

Woman holds a hose in a greenhouse of pepper plants

New briefing supports greater ambition for countries’ NDCs

News, Aug 2021

A wildfire burns a forest. A man climbs a fire engine and another one, wearing a mask, walk on the road.

Sounding the alarm: new IPCC report reinforces urgency for G20 to take stronger climate action

Blog, Aug 2021

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Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples

Interview, Aug 2021

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Framework guides local governments towards people-led climate-resilient development

Blog, Aug 2021

Is COP26 back on track? The UN General Assembly will be a pivotal moment

Blog, Jul 2021