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COP28 leaders pledge to make climate finance 'available, accessible and affordable'

01 December 2023

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Leaders sign food sustainability declaration at COP28

01 December 2023

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First pledges to Loss and Damage Fund at COP28

30 November 2023

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

28 November 2023

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

23 November 2023

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

21 November 2023

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UN releases Emissions Gap Report 2023

20 November 2023

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

16 November 2023

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New animation shows how climate-related loss and damage is impacting people in Nepal

News, 22 September 2022

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How community-led design and planning can lead to housing justice

News, 16 September 2022

IIED’s new executive director starts today

News, 05 September 2022

Poorest countries at greatest risk of losses and damage from climate change

Press release, 25 August 2022

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Rising to emerging challenges: IIED reacts to findings of independent review

News, 15 August 2022

New tool helps communities from Outer Hebrides to Southern Africa to adapt to climate change

Press release, 10 August 2022

Multifaceted approach best way for vulnerable countries to overcome climate losses and damage

Press release, 27 July 2022

New approach to debt could raise over US$400 billion for climate and nature projects in developing countries

Press release, 14 July 2022

Conserving wildlife: how insurance can help

News, 07 July 2022

COP15 expected to be postponed and moved

Press release, 20 June 2022

Rich countries on track to give little more than half of climate adaptation finance promised at COP26

Press release, 08 June 2022

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Connecting for common goals: exploring 50 years of IIED and sustainable development

News, 26 May 2022

Slow onset climate disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking

Press release, 25 May 2022

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New report highlights evidence for directly involving people at the frontline of the nature, climate and poverty crises

News, 23 May 2022

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Prema Gopalan remembered

News, 23 May 2022

Climate change costing rural women in Bangladesh up to 30% of their outgoings

Press release, 18 May 2022

UK publishes new International Development Strategy

Press release, 16 May 2022

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Guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action supports decision-makers to restructure debt in response to COVID-19 and the Ukraine war

News, 28 April 2022

Building with wood in Africa could slash carbon emissions

Press release, 27 April 2022

Half of top ten countries most at risk from climate change already in or at high risk of entering debt distress

Press release, 20 April 2022

IIED appoints new executive director

News, 04 April 2022

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Navigating the challenges of land-based investment: new blog series

News, 31 March 2022

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Chinese hydropower starting to adopt social and environmental safeguarding norms, but with limitations

News, 17 March 2022

Nature being sidelined in efforts to fund adaptation to climate change

Press release, 09 March 2022

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COP28 leaders pledge to make climate finance 'available, accessible and affordable'

Leaders sign food sustainability declaration at COP28

First pledges to Loss and Damage Fund at COP28

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

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

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

UN releases Emissions Gap Report 2023

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

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New animation shows how climate-related loss and damage is impacting people in Nepal

How community-led design and planning can lead to housing justice

IIED’s new executive director starts today

Poorest countries at greatest risk of losses and damage from climate change

Rising to emerging challenges: IIED reacts to findings of independent review

New tool helps communities from Outer Hebrides to Southern Africa to adapt to climate change

Multifaceted approach best way for vulnerable countries to overcome climate losses and damage

New approach to debt could raise over US$400 billion for climate and nature projects in developing countries

Conserving wildlife: how insurance can help

COP15 expected to be postponed and moved

Rich countries on track to give little more than half of climate adaptation finance promised at COP26

Connecting for common goals: exploring 50 years of IIED and sustainable development

Slow onset climate disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking

New report highlights evidence for directly involving people at the frontline of the nature, climate and poverty crises

Prema Gopalan remembered

Climate change costing rural women in Bangladesh up to 30% of their outgoings

UK publishes new International Development Strategy

Guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action supports decision-makers to restructure debt in response to COVID-19 and the Ukraine war

Building with wood in Africa could slash carbon emissions

Half of top ten countries most at risk from climate change already in or at high risk of entering debt distress

IIED appoints new executive director

Navigating the challenges of land-based investment: new blog series

Chinese hydropower starting to adopt social and environmental safeguarding norms, but with limitations

Nature being sidelined in efforts to fund adaptation to climate change