Climate change news
Building climate negotiation skills for African officials
31 May 2017Officials from African countries will have the opportunity to increase their climate negotiation skills at two training workshops in Dakar this June.
CBA field visits: deadline approaches to see community-based adaptation in action
9 May 2017As two new videos highlight the value of seeing community-based adaptation in action on the ground, register by 31 May to join this year's field visits at an international conference in Uganda
Registrations open for CBA11
26 February 2017Delegates can now book their tickets for the 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA11)
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
2 December 2016 A side event at COP22 heard how governments in Kenya, Tanzania, Mali and Senegal are using decentralised structures to get climate finance into the hands of local government and out to climate vulnerable communities who need it mostIndigenous people use own knowledge to boost food yields despite climate change, research finds
22 November 2016New research shows how indigenous communities are fine-tuning traditional knowledge to mitigate the risks of climate change
How devolved climate finance can deliver climate resilience at local level
14 November 2016IIED and partners are highlighting the potential of devolved climate finance to deliver climate funding that is equitable and responsive to the needs of local people. The organisations say that local climate adaptation planning offers significant benefits, particularly for people in poor and marginalised areas, and have released an animation that explains how decentralised climate funds operate, and the benefits they offer, that will be screened at a side event on devolved climate finance at COP22
Anglophone African officials enhance their climate negotiating skills
3 November 2016 A workshop in Dar es Salaam trained junior climate negotiators from Anglophone African countriesCo-producing urban innovation from the bottom up
24 October 2016 Finding alternatives to eviction: Teresa Corcoran reports on how urban poor organisations are working with local authorities to make cities more inclusive and resilientJoin us for the 14th Development & Climate Days at COP22
9 September 2016 Registrations have opened for D&C Days 2016, which will take place on 12-13 November 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, during the middle weekend of this year's United Nations climate change summitBiocultural heritage territories film now in Spanish
30 August 2016 A visually stunning photofilm that profiles three biocultural heritage terriritories and their role in biodiversity conservation and locally determined development is now available in Spanish. Biocultural heritage territories protect indigenous and traditional land tenure and use land management to preserve fragile ecosystems and promote locally determined patterns of developmentHow are the LDCs defining a new sustainable development agenda?
8 July 2016 IIED talks to development experts from around the globe to find out how the Least Developed Countries are working to define new ways forward for sustainable developmentMountain peoples call for support to protect traditional knowledge
4 July 2016More than 50 indigenous mountain peoples representing mountain communities in China, Nepal, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Peru gathered in the Stone Village, in Yunnan, Southwest China in May 2016, to discuss the impact of climate change on their communities. At the end of their meeting they issued the Stone Village Declaration, calling for urgent support for their traditional ways of managing natural resources, and setting out eight actions for the international community
Are you coming to CBA10?
7 April 2016 There are just days until the deadline to register for the 10th international conference on community-based adaptation (CBA10) to climate change. But if you can’t be there, you don’t need to miss outBreaking out of the development silos
22 March 2016 Many of the world’s least developed countries, hit hard by the impacts of climate change, are among the front-runners in finding ways forward for climate-friendly economic development, Fatima Denton has told IIEDBriefing: After Paris – what's next for the LDCs?
18 February 2016 IIED to host high-level briefing on the outcomes and challenges of the Paris AgreementWhat does the Paris Agreement mean for LDCs?
4 January 2016 A video draws on the expectations of the Least Developed Countries ahead of last month's climate deal and looks at what the Paris Agreement will mean for themLeast Developed Countries create pressure for climate shift
9 December 2015 As climate talks in Paris move into the final hours, the Least Developed Countries are fighting for their right for support and protection, and more and more countries are recognising the need to limit global warming to 1.5 degreesLeast Developed Country experts raise their voices at COP21
3 December 2015 Members of IIED's Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group will be at D&C Days in Paris as well as playing an active role at COP21A legally binding agreement in Paris? Points to watch
3 December 2015 Achala Abeysinghe sets out the key requirements for a legally binding agreement on combatting climate change at the Paris summitWhat do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21?
25 November 2015 A series of nine new interviews brings together different voices from the world’s Least Developed Countries to ask what they want from COP21 in ParisA champion for the most vulnerable
23 November 2015 Ahead of next week's UN climate talks in Paris (COP21), IIED principal researcher Dr Achala Abeysinghe has been named as one of the top 15 female climate champions in the worldMountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
18 November 2015For those mountain communities living at the extreme edges of the world, climate change is already a very real threat. Researchers are calling for vulnerable communities to be given special consideration in the Paris negotiations next month