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Where to find IIED and partners at COP29: event listing

Event on 11 November 2024

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Development and Climate Days 2024: Turning climate ambition into action – confronting uncomfortable truths

Event on 17 November 2024

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Hot cities: researching extreme heat in the world's biggest capital cities

23 July 2024

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IIED hosting the chair of the IPCC

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New tool to value economic and non-economic climate impact

09 September 2024

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Research shows gap in climate protections for India's small-scale cotton farmers

30 September 2024

IIED at COP29

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) was a pivotal moment for advancing climate action and securing the scale of finance needed to support resilience and adaptation, particularly for communities in the least developed countries that are most impacted by climate change. IIED researchers and partners led and presented at several events in-person and online throughout COP29.

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Unpacking the climate and nature COPs: what happened and what next?

Event on 04 December 2024

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A missed opportunity: why COP29’s broken promises will leave billions behind

Tom Mitchell
28 November 2024

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COP29 reaction: A wealthy few prioritised consumption and fossil fuels

25 November 2024

Hidden handbrakes

Help us tackle the complex and little-known barriers preventing climate action

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Locally led adaptation

See how IIED is working with diverse partners, including governments, donors, academia and other NGOs, to promote locally-led approaches that advance justice and resilience for people, climate and nature.

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Introduction to locally led adaptation

21 October 2024

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Principles for locally led adaptation

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LLA Alliance: join the endorsers of the locally led adaptation principles

Participants discussing the different tools and approaches to decolonise climate action and promote LLA at the 2023 D&C Days event.

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Evidence and tools for locally led adaptation

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Learn more about focused areas of IIED's climate change work

UN climate change conference (COP29)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2024 UNFCCC climate change summit in Baku

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Stepping up global ambition for climate action and justice

A programme of work showing how IIED is supporting the most vulnerable countries to increase global ambition to stay below 1.5°C

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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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Climate-resilient development

A programme of work showing how IIED is supporting governments, civil society and communities to achieve climate-resilient development outcomes for the most vulnerable people

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