Policy and planning

We use research and action to support evidence-based research, policy and planning that can deliver sustainable development

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Least developed countries (LDCs)

Climate change adaptation

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News

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

16 November 2023

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Blog

Progress towards gender balance at the UN climate negotiations: slow, steady – but not enough

Stella Gama
13 November 2023

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News

Improving climate negotiation skills for African officials

07 November 2023

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News

UN Adaptation Gap Report shows major polluters failing to take responsibility

02 November 2023

Event

Development and Climate Days 2023

Event on 07 December 2023

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News

D&C Days 2023 returns in person at COP28

01 November 2023

COVID Relief Archive for Lessons on urban Social Protection (CORALS)

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Project

Tackling climate change loss and damage by strengthening anticipatory risk response under social protection programmes

Global research priority tracker

New research by IIED Europe shines a spotlight on the policy priorities for the European Union as determined by experts from the Majority World

Article

IIED Europe Global Research Priority Tracker

EU policies and the Majority World

25 January 2023

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Article

IIED Europe

Related collections

Learn more about focused areas of IIED's policy and planning work

UN climate change conference (COP27)

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Event

Mobilising money to where it matters

A programme of work helping to initiate a positive shift in the quantity and quality of climate finance reaching the local level to support locally-led solutions that address climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss

Collection

Stepping up global ambition for climate action and justice

A programme of work showing how IIED is supporting the most vulnerable countries to increase global ambition to stay below 1.5°C

Collection

Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development

A series of blogs and case studies scrutinising approaches to tackling the nature and climate crises

Series

Publications

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Exploring new approaches to urban refugee hosting in Kenya

Championing continuity for graduating LDCs

Finding urban solutions for Ethiopia’s Eritrean refugees

D&C Days at 20

Manual for SAGE facilitators

Scaling up locally led adaptation in Bangladesh: three action areas

Urgent preventative action for climate-related suicides in rural India

Towards housing justice

EU policies and the Majority World

Non-economic loss and damage: closing the knowledge gap

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

News, 16 November 2023

Progress towards gender balance at the UN climate negotiations: slow, steady – but not enough

Blog, 13 November 2023

Improving climate negotiation skills for African officials

News, 07 November 2023

UN Adaptation Gap Report shows major polluters failing to take responsibility

Press release, 02 November 2023

Development and Climate Days 2023

Event on 07 December 2023

D&C Days 2023 returns in person at COP28

News, 01 November 2023

COVID Relief Archive for Lessons on urban Social Protection (CORALS)

Article

Tackling climate change loss and damage by strengthening anticipatory risk response under social protection programmes

Active Project

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Launch event: Anticipatory Social Protection Index for Resilience (ASPIRE)

Event on 30 October 2023

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Struggling, silenced and (barely) surviving the perfect typhoon

Blog, 04 October 2023