Climate change news
Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain
10 August 2018Experts point to growing awareness of the potential of nature-based solutions to climate change – but say work must be done to improve understanding and policy take-up
Webinar: What does successful adaptation look like, and what do we want to measure in the context of adaptation, national development and SDGs?
3 July 2018IIED organised a webinar on 28 June 2018 to discuss how developing country governments can assess adaptation actions to inform national planning and international reporting.
CBA12 Twitter chat
25 May 2018Join IIED and Practical Action for a Twitter chat on 1 June 2018 to discuss how to scale up local climate action.
Discussion: what next for UN climate talks?
7 December 2017Leading international climate negotiators and their advisors will analyse the outcomes of the Bonn climate talks and discuss key issues for future negotiations at an IIED event
Negotiators from developing countries get skills boost ahead of UN climate talks
13 November 2017More than 40 climate negotiators from vulnerable developing countries were briefed on key issues and negotiating strategies at a workshop just before the opening of the Bonn climate talks
Climate change: "The biggest social injustice of our generation"
12 November 2017IIED director Andrew Norton told the Development & Climate Days audience in Bonn that climate change is "the biggest social injustice of our generation"
Least Developed Countries Group sets out priorities for COP23
25 October 2017The chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group has issued the group's key priorities at a high-level preparatory meeting for the next UN climate talks
Join us for the 15th Development & Climate Days at COP23
14 September 2017Registrations have opened for Development & Climate Days 2017, which will explore four key themes towards climate resilience for all
Asian and Pacific officials to build their climate negotiation skills
4 September 2017Junior climate negotiators from Asia and the Pacific region will develop their climate negotiation skills at a training workshop in Sri Lanka this month
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
28 June 2017The International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples has called for support and legal protection for biocultural heritage landscapes and community conserved areas following an event in Peru
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)
Call for feedback: inventory of tools to support ecosystem-based adaptation
19 December 2016IIED, IUCN, UNEP-WCMC and GIZ are seeking feedback on an inventory of ecosystem-based adaptation tools, designed to help practitioners and policymakers incorporate EbA into climate adaptation planning
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
2 December 2016A 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 most
Indigenous 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
Inter-Parliamentary Union and IIED say raising the climate ambition is critical
21 November 2016With growing focus on the importance of driving the ambition for climate action, organisations focus on the need to increase the ambition for climate action
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
CBA11 scheduled for Kampala in June 2017
3 November 2016The 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA11) will focus on harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for adaptation
Anglophone African officials enhance their climate negotiating skills
3 November 2016A workshop in Dar es Salaam trained junior climate negotiators from Anglophone African countries
Co-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 2016Registrations 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 summit
Biocultural 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 2016IIED 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 development
Mountain 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