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In response to the government’s decision to cut the UK's annual aid budget, IIED director Andrew Norton said: “By slashing the UK’s aid budget, the government is deeply damaging its fight against the climate crisis and nature loss, while jeopardising the lives and livelihoods of millions of women, children and men living in the most vulnerable countries."
Reacting to the speech by COP26 President Alok Sharma looking to the end of the UK's COP Presidency, IIED director Andrew Norton said: “This welcome speech demonstrates that Mr. Sharma understands that the work needed to address climate change and halt global warming did not end with the conclusion of the COP summit in Glasgow. Despite huge distractions, global attention needs to remain focused on putting words into action."
The heads of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) are together calling for "substantially expanded ambitions to tackle both extreme poverty and greenhouse gas emissions"
In response to the news that the UN climate negotiations (COP25) will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 2-13 December 2019, rather than Santiago, Chile, IIED climate change director Clare Shakya says: “With time running out to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown, it is imperative that the international climate talks do not lose momentum.
Struggling families in rural Bangladesh spend almost US$2 billion a year on preventing climate-related disasters or repairing damage caused by climate change – far more than either the government or international bodies, new research today reveals ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit
Diverse groups that make up the mining sector have outlined and begun work on two key issues that present barriers to an integrated industry
Six Chinese journalists who won fellowships to explore the growing links between China and Africa will share their experiences at a meeting in Beijing on 21 March. The 10-day fellowships have been organised by a China-based think tank with support from IIED. They enabled journalists to meet representatives from government, business, civil society, and media in Kenya
Aid agencies must fundamentally rethink approach to those displaced for the long-term to urban areas
As the second UN Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Forum opens in New York, an alliance of 26 civil society organisations (CSOs) are calling for the SE4ALL initiative to ensure that civil society can participate effectively in national and regional decision-making processes
The 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change will take place in Dhaka on 22-25 April. Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the conference, and the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, will give the keynote speech in the closing session