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Press releases

Carbon-intensive ultra-processed ingredients subsidised by nearly $43 billion a year

Press release, 28 November 2023

Oil rigs in water with mountains in background.

Fossil fuel companies rake in $80 billion of taxpayers’ money through shadowy investment tribunals

Press release, 23 November 2023

A conference room with people sitting at tables.

Least developed countries call for rapid action to get Paris climate goals back on track

Press release, 21 November 2023

UN releases Emissions Gap Report 2023

Press release, 20 November 2023

Smallholder farmers worldwide spending $368bn annually adapting to climate change, nature loss

Press release, 14 November 2023

A blanket of smoke obscures a usual picturesque landscape of forest and fields.

UN Adaptation Gap Report shows major polluters failing to take responsibility

Press release, 02 November 2023

A misty seascape with rigs protuding out of the water.

ICJ should address legal contradictions holding back action on climate change

Press release, 17 October 2023

Man standing next to a toppled tree in the middle of a road.

Private investors profiting from $200 billion of bond debt in climate-vulnerable developing countries

Press release, 05 October 2023

Huge population growth in major river deltas puts tens of millions at increased risk from climate change floods

Press release, 26 September 2023

A woman hangs up clothes on a rail in a shop, with clothes on shelves behind her.

Refugee camps failing as a safety net against hunger, homelessness and ill-health

Press release, 22 September 2023

A woman on a protest march holds a sign above her head, saying: 'Act now or swim later'. The sign has a vivid red background.

Countries missing deadlines to submit climate plans more than half the time

Press release, 19 September 2023

An aerial view of a seascape, dotted with islands full of trees.

Vulnerable island nations turning to pricey private debt as climate disasters escalate

Press release, 13 September 2023

A young woman arranges clothes on the clothesline of her house, which floats on water, while in the distance there is a built-up area and high-rise buildings.

UN publishes global stocktake report

Press release, 08 September 2023

Grants for developing nations to address climate change outweighed two to one by new debt

Press release, 07 September 2023

Pre-COP28 talks 'a real chance to protect the most vulnerable'

Press release, 17 August 2023

IIED to host chair of IPCC

Press release, 26 July 2023

Climate-vulnerable indebted countries paying billions to rich polluters

Press release, 10 July 2023

Bangladeshis brace for return of monsoon and reveal true toll of last year’s record rainfall

Press release, 28 June 2023

Paris finance summit makes minimal progress on debt

Press release, 23 June 2023

Poorest countries spending billions more servicing debts than they receive to tackle climate change

Press release, 20 June 2023

UK government responds to inquiry into debt in low-income countries

Press release, 07 June 2023

A water faucet with a drop of water coming out of it.

Climate change driving increase in farmer suicides in India

Press release, 10 May 2023

Innovative insurance could prevent sovereign debt defaults in wake of climate disasters

Press release, 27 April 2023

Exposing the ‘hidden handbrakes’ blocking action to halt climate change

Press release, 18 April 2023

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