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Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
… applauded Fiji for its inspiring presidency at this year's UN climate talks. The tiny Pacific Island led with big ambition, sealing … January rather than getting caught up in procedural discussions. The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are pinning hopes  on the Talanoa … through strengthening Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Pre-2020 climate action Bending the curve of emissions by 2020 will pave the …
Insight, 21 November 2017
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… publications of 2021 Read our 10 most read blogs of 2021 After 2020 saw a significant increase in how video was used in a variety of … for our video efforts earlier this month when one of a series of climate change animations was nominated in the Charity Film Awards … lecture is also available with Spanish interpretation . 3 2020 annual review: Sharing nature-based solutions for climate and biodiversity …
Insight, 28 December 2021
A poster at COP25
COP25: the morning after
… the past ten years. Clearly, we’re doing something wrong both to our climate and in the process we established to fix it. And after … and damage For developing countries, a top priority at COP25 was the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism on loss and damage (WIM) . … order to deliver success at the climate summit in Glasgow in November 2020. The event was  live streamed on IIED's Facebook site . …
Insight, 13 January 2020
Many flags
IIED and partner events at COP25
… Climate negotiators gathered in Madrid in December for the 25th … of climate change  | Ensuring COP25 delivers increased ambition in 2020 The role of finance in supporting sustainable development in … our climate-resilient future: lessons from a global evidence review (PDF) | Time to redress the globally unjust cost of climate …
Event, 02 December 2019
The Forest Investment Program, an example of an investment fund with simplified funding frameworks, has invested $10 million in a $24 million project with the African Development Bank to restore Ghana's rapidly degrading forests (Photo: Greg Neate, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Six steps to local climate finance
… Countries are fast ratifying the Paris Agreement on climate change, which entered into force on 4 November 2016. Now comes … for their annual conference. One of the key themes will be the review of the donor's roadmap towards achieving $100 billion of climate finance annually by 2020.  Within that review, and the resulting guidance to funds that will …
Insight, 06 November 2016
The island nation of Tuvalu is one of the Least Developed Countries that is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with an average elevation of just two meters above sea level (Photo: Nick Hobgood, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The road through Paris: key messages for ministers
… only five weeks left before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference (COP21)  starts, when all countries … must commit to meaningful, ambitious climate action for the post 2020 regime Developed countries must show leadership in delivering … those commitments regularly This process must be informed by a global review process The review must inform domestic processes to formulate …
Insight, 09 November 2015
Bhutan has committed to remain carbon neutral, mainly thanks to its high forest carbon sequestration capacity. Some people say that trees in Bhutan have legal rights, referring to the constitutional mandate for 60% of our land area to remain forested for all time. (Adam Brill, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Negotiating transparency for the Paris deal: next stop, Bangkok
… Agreement, parties need to know how others are progressing on their climate pledges. This calls for a reliable and comprehensive … arrangements which will be replaced with this enhanced system after 2020. The foundations of the ETF have been developed over more than 20 years and bring many strengths – for example a strong expert review process has helpfully identified many capacity building needs for …
Insight, 28 August 2018
People use the pavement on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, close to the Bataclan concert venue which was the focus of the Paris attacks on 13 November, 2015, to share messages of support, and hope (Photo: Gael_Lombart, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
French lead drive for global climate agreement
… effort to lay the groundwork for a successful outcome to the COP21 climate conference has been outstanding. Embassies around the world have … important 'asks' of Paris – the incorporation of a five-year cycle of review and adjustments of the country commitments to limit GHG emissions … at the first review point, before the agreement comes into effect in 2020. We don't have time to waste and we can't just bet on technology …
Insight, 17 November 2015
COP19 in Warsaw – a private finance climate conference?
… At the UN climate conference in Copenhagen 2009, developed countries committed to provide funds rising to US$100 billion per year by 2020 to support developing countries in their efforts to address climate … on private sector climate finance for adaptation (such as this new review by Bonizella Biaginia and Alan Miller of the Global Environment …
Insight, 31 October 2013
Mary Robinson addresses the Development and Climate Days, with (from left to right), Katharine Mach, IPCC; Claudia Martinez, CDKN; Janos Pasztor, UN (Photo: Climate Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mary Robinson: global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis
… Robinson, the former Irish President and champion of human rights and climate action, called on Sunday for global solidarity to tackle the … An idea is emerging among parties to the UNFCCC that they may review their pledges even before the new Paris climate agreement is due to go into force in 2020. Nonetheless, as  Robinson said, the gathering of nations in Paris …
Insight, 09 December 2015