IIED media calendar

IIED’s media calendar highlights events scheduled for the coming months as well as research that we are currently working on.

For more information about IIED’s work and how it relates to the events, or to request an interview or briefing, please contact media manager Sarah Grainger on sarah.grainger@iied.org or +44 7503 643332.

February

28 February: IPCC Working Group II 
A plenary session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is expected to approve the second instalment of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) submitted by Working Group II. It will detail how the places where people live, work and visit are impacted by and are vulnerable to climate change. IIED's David Dodman is one of the report's authors.

March

28 Feb-3 March: MENA Climate Week
The first ever Middle East and North Africa Climate Week will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai, bringing together governments, cities, private sector leaders, financial institutions and civil society. 

7-12 March: Africa Protected Areas Congress
The Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) is the first ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens, and interest groups to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature, safeguarding Africa’s iconic wildlife, delivering vital life-supporting ecosystem services, promoting sustainable development while conserving Africa’s cultural heritage and traditions. It will take place in Kigali, Rwanda. IIED researchers hope to present work on using private-sector insurance schemes to tackle human-wildlife conflict.

13-29 March: COP15 Subsidiary Meetings
Key negotiations over a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, updating the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), are due to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, having been postponed from January. The Framework is due to be presented to world leaders in Kunming, China at the COP15 later in the year. 

28 March: IPCC Working Group III Plenary Session
The third installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) is due to be published. It will focus on global and national efforts to mitigate the devastating and varying impacts of climate change, looking at innovation and solutions in energy and urban systems, and in sectors such as agriculture, forestry and land use, buildings, transport and industry.

April

22-24 April: World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings
Delegates from member countries are expected to take part in the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings to discuss international development, issues of debt, economic recovery, vaccines, and climate. IIED is advocating for a joined-up approach to COVID-19 recovery in lower-income countries by using debt restructuring to address climate change and nature loss. 

Ongoing research

Some of the issues that researchers are currently working on include:

  • Loopholes in mining exploration licences
  • Smallholder farmers in global value chains
  • Debt and the climate finance gap
  • Tracking climate finance to the local level
  • The politics of tree-planting schemes
  • Specific links between nature and climate in the CBD and UNFCCC