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A glacial lake near the Jomolhari mountain in Bhutan. Receding glaciers threaten Bhutan's ecosystem with flash floods, landslides and water security problems (Photo: PNUD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: A crucial year for our planet, says Prime Minister of Bhutan
Article, 24 November 2015
Installing solar panels in Rwanda. Photo: Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)
Theories of change for low carbon resilient development
… National governments in the least developed countries (LDCs) are increasingly considering how to incorporate the low …
Project, 03 January 2013
Cover for 20096IIED.pdf
Planning a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in The Gambia
… of the thinking will be applicable to the recovery journeys of other Least Developed Countries (LDCs). …
Publication, 21 April 2021
A boat floating on the water, seaweed is seen underneath.
Negotiators return to the high seas
… national jurisdictions), despite widespread calls to protect at least 30% of the global ocean . The proposed BBNJ treaty would transform … regulation, erosion control, and tourism. Many coastal developing countries, particularly the least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States, rely on …
Insight, 07 March 2022
An illustration of a man in a boat rowing past a submerged house, with the text underneath "climate change is often called the biggest injustice of our generation"
Loss and damage animation chosen for Charity Film Award – and we need your vote!
… of climate change loss and damage faced by people living in the least developed countries (LDCs). The first animation focused on the Solomon Islands , …
News, 17 December 2021
A satellite phone provided by Télécoms Sans Frontières, with European Commission funding, enables a man from Tanna island to finally talk to loved ones ten days after communications were cut off by Cyclone Pam in March 2015 (Photo: TSF, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Finance, Addis and the Sustainable Development Goals
News, 07 July 2015
Cover for 20216g.pdf
The impacts of COVID-19 on climate diplomacy
… learning paper provides a theoretical framework to assess how the Least Developed Countries (LDC) influenced climate diplomacy before the pandemic, and …
Publication, 26 May 2021
African Climate Policy Centre director Fatima Denton speaks at the 2015 Development & Climate Days event at COP21 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Breaking out of the development silos
… The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are showing that action on climate change no longer needs to be …
News, 22 March 2016
Man stands behind a lectern in the sea to give a speech, with the water above his knees.
COP26 debrief: where do we go from here?
Event, 24 October 2021
34 wind turbines in Adama, Ethiopia, produce 51 megawatts. Ethiopia is an early adopter of climate change policy (Photo: Ollivier Girard/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Author Q&A: The political economy of low carbon resilient development
… stands a much better chance of success – particularly in Least Developed Countries – if it is steered by an understanding of the actors on the …
Article, 08 November 2016