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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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Article

Building better cities: responding to the twin challenge of inequality and climate change

23 June 2022

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Event

Where to find IIED and partners at CBD COP15: event listing

Event on 05 December 2022

Project

Scaling up support for locally led adaptation

July 2021 - December 2022

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Article

IIED at CBD COP15

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Project

Civic media for housing rights: lessons from struggles against evictions in São Paulo and Lagos

August 2022 - February 2025

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Blog

Adaptation finance must reach and pass the US$40 billion target

02 November 2022

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Project

Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships

May 2022 - June 2023

News

The Enhanced Transparency Framework: why it matters and what it means for the least developed countries

24 October 2022

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News

Online tool helps people in rural India adapt to climate change

20 October 2022

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Blog

Can global reporting bring about transformation?

Alexandre Apsan Frediani and Camila Cociña
12 October 2022

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News

Local and regional governments hold key to tackling rising global inequalities

11 October 2022

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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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City planning with displaced communities: the benefits of inclusion

Mapping COVID-19’s web of impact

How Uganda’s climate reporting is delivering national value

The power of ‘tech plus people’ in collective climate action

Local responses to climate-related non-economic losses and damages: a case study in Burigoalini and Gabura Union, Southwest Bangladesh

Financing loss and damage: four key challenges

Practical action to tackle loss and damage risks: ten guiding principles

Tackling loss and damage risks: seven key action areas

Seven priorities for an inclusive Global Goal on Adaptation

Addressing loss and damage: practical insights for tackling multidimensional risks in LDCs and SIDS

IIED at CBD COP15

Article

Civic media for housing rights: lessons from struggles against evictions in São Paulo and Lagos

Active Project

Adaptation finance must reach and pass the US$40 billion target

Blog, 02 November 2022

Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships

Active Project

The Enhanced Transparency Framework: why it matters and what it means for the least developed countries

News, 24 October 2022

Online tool helps people in rural India adapt to climate change

Press release, 20 October 2022

Can global reporting bring about transformation?

Blog, 12 October 2022

Local and regional governments hold key to tackling rising global inequalities

Press release, 11 October 2022

Smiling women and men standing in a field looking at a mobile phone

Power of 'tech plus people' in early warning, early action and climate risk management

Event on 20 October 2022

COP27: re-imagining partnerships for adaption finance

Blog, 05 October 2022