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Houses on stilts at the side of water, with trees behind
30x30 – a brave new dawn or a failure to protect people and nature?
… In a landmark judgement on 28 December 2020, five anti-poaching agents from the Salonga National Park in the … killings, nine rapes and the torture or physical abuse of at least 63 others. This followed 2015-16 research by Rainforest Foundation … violations and food insecurity of those least responsible for the climate and biodiversity crises. Based on a study published in the …
Insight, 21 October 2021
A house on stilts, surrounded by flood water
Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games
… This year has forced a climate change reality check on the world. A wealth of new evidence … new and enhanced climate pledges before they are held to account in 2020. Pledges currently on the table are not remotely enough to avoid … 2020 that represent the most ambitious national climate action.   Review of the international mechanism to address climate-related loss …
Insight, 04 December 2019
Piles of bags and jerrycans. Men pick some of them up.
Tackling loss and damage: who is most vulnerable to disaster displacement?
… highlighted the urgent need to address loss and damage caused by climate-related disasters, and for their international donor partners to … people were displaced by weather-related disasters between 2008 and 2020, and over 30 million in 2020 alone – mainly in poor regions of … Assessing vulnerabilities to disaster displacement: a good practice review …
Insight, 17 November 2021
LDC vision landscape
LDC 2050 Vision for a climate-resilient future
… The Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group at the UN climate negotiations has developed a vision for delivering a … and solutions. 5 We ask you to develop your own strategies by 2020 for 1.5° low-carbon climate-resilient pathways. Three LDC … and build on, existing good practice. The project includes a robust review of evidence  on effective adaptation and resilience …
Article, 23 September 2019
Desertic landscape
A new COP26 decision for long-term strategies: what’s in it for LDCs?
… The Paris Agreement invited countries, by 2020, to formulate ‘long-term, low greenhouse gas development strategies’ – visionary plans for delivering low carbon, climate resilient development by mid-century. But the 2020 deadline has … the global goal on adaptation , and support in understanding how to review progress and implement the goal in-country. Connection to LTS? …
Insight, 31 May 2021
An orange sky
How can we avoid another ‘lost decade’ in the climate fight?
… the last decade under a cloud: the inter-governmental process on climate change crashed disastrously at COP15 , held in Copenhagen in … the multilateral process to its knees at COP25 in Madrid.   Now, as 2020 dawns, we are not seeing the urgency of intent or action necessary … in the world's poorest nations. 2019 delivered an authoritative review of the scale of global biodiversity loss – the ‘hard drive’ for …
Insight, 06 January 2020
Covers of best publications 2021.
IIED's best of 2021: publications
… outcomes for local people and, ultimately, the delivery of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Sustainable Development … jobs, food security and empowerment as well as resilience to climate change.   Overall, we found a wealth of evidence that … low-income urban residents. Synthesising evidence on the pandemic’s impacts in urban areas, this issue paper outlines a set of policy …
Article, 17 December 2021
Headshots of four people over a sunrise over a lush forest
Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… the Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO), has a clear message on climate resilience and the success of food systems: “We believe in the … smallholder cooperatives are tackling climate change  Summary of the 2020 Annual Report (PDF) (Forest and Farm Facility, 2020) T hriving in … businesses ' by Anna Bolin et al (2019) Small, but many, is big: a review of issues in assessing the collective scale of small and …
Article, 13 September 2021
Close-up of a group of young climate demonstrators
Acting on the planetary emergency
… Warnings on the climate emergency have rung out clearly over the last year, voiced by … and environmental stewardship, that we must do more. An internal review in January 2020 will seek ways to cut our carbon footprint even more, while still … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP25) …
Insight, 29 November 2019
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
Event, 23 September 2019