Policy and planning

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Greenhouse gas emissions

25 entries

A queue of cars seen through a foggy pollution haze.

US to repeal climate 'endangerment finding'

Press release, 12 February 2026

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ICJ climate opinion: implications for investment treaties

Publication, 17 September 2025

A person wearing a hat is taking notes in a field.

New IIED toolkit supports least developed countries to report accurately on emissions, crucial for policy and planning

News, 16 November 2023

Cattle and fuming chimneys behind

UN publishes new Emissions Gap report

Press release, 27 October 2022

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How Uganda’s climate reporting is delivering national value

Publication, 11 October 2022

A chimney expelling smoke.

Waking up: the vital long-term finance goal of the Paris Agreement

Insight, 02 August 2022

Close up of a man speaking to a microphone and his hand raised. Behind him a sign says "climate hearing".

Why we need more leaders like Desmond Tutu to champion action for climate justice

Insight, 12 January 2021

New Melones Lake, California, which is facing one of the most severe droughts on record with a state of emergency declared in January (Photo: Ben Amstutz, Flickr, via Creative Commons)

2016 – when global meets local in climate action

Insight, 04 January 2016

People use the pavement on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, close to the Bataclan concert venue which was the focus of the Paris attacks on 13 November, 2015, to share messages of support, and hope (Photo: Gael_Lombart, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

French lead drive for global climate agreement

Insight, 17 November 2015

Citizens' protests against climate change action, such as this march in New York in 2014, have moved from the streets to the courts (Photo: South Bend Voice, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Using the power of judiciary to protect people from climate change

Insight, 24 July 2015

International climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are preparing the text for a global climate deal to be negotiated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)

A 1.5 degree goal could save us from ourselves

Insight, 10 June 2015

IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)

Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change

Insight, 11 December 2014

Delegates at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)

D&C Days in Lima to highlight 'historic opportunity' to reduce poverty and emissions to zero (#zerozero)

News, 04 December 2014

Camilla Toulmin: "The IPCC report.. concludes that no parts of the world are free from the risks of 'severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts'" (Photo: Google licence)

IIED responds to IPCC climate change report

News, 03 November 2014

Pa Ousman Jarju has written an open letter to US President Barack Obama (Photo: Steve Jurvetson via http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

Letter to America: Gambia envoy asks Obama directly for US climate leadership

News, 06 June 2014

LDCs can use the example of Brazil, which has achieved a drastic fall in emissions thanks to avoided deforestation, to see what is possible despite limited economic capacity. Pictured is deforestation for the use of clay in Rio de Janeiro (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)

Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014

Insight, 04 June 2014

At the start of June, US President Barack Obama made a major declaration on limiting emissions of carbon dioxide by a third from coal-fired power plants (Photo: Google licence)

Finally, the US gets serious on climate change

Insight, 03 June 2014

Cambodia's farmers face an uncertain future as the climate changes (Photo: Lorena Pajares via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Cambodia to climb climate change readiness ladder

Insight, 03 April 2014

In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)

Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet

Insight, 25 March 2014

A wind farm outside Adigrat, northern Ethiopia, is an example of low-carbon renewable technologies can initiate a process of transformational change within developing countries

Green Climate Fund: a big step forward, but many decisions pending

Insight, 28 February 2014

Sudanese Women selling charcaol. Rita Willaert/ Flickr (Creative Commons)

REDD+: 3 things to consider so men and women share the benefits

Insight, 18 December 2013

Poor and vulnerable countries are defying climate inaction

Insight, 09 November 2011

Urban societies can adapt to resource shortage and climate change

News, 26 May 2011

Climate change study provides greenhouse-gas emissions for 100 cities in 33 nations

News, 25 January 2011

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