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Chart showing decentralised energy access – finance needed and contribution of climate finance (Image: Sarah Best/IIED)
The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend?
… to reduce carbon emissions and build climate resilience in developing countries. But given the small number of projects allocated funding so … Almost half of the projects signed off in 2015 were approved for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). …
Insight, 24 June 2016
Introducing improved climbing bean varieties in Rwanda has transformed beans from a subsistence crop into a cash crop (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT via Flickr)
How are Rwanda, Ethiopia and Bangladesh preparing for climate change?
Insight, 24 November 2014
A Bangladeshi fisherman sleeps under a tree, one of thousands planted by the government in an attempt to slow tidal erosion and shield against winds as the country. As countries take such measures to tackle climate change, negotiators prepare for the road to Paris and COP21 (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Climate negotiations on the road to Paris: the Geneva stop
… summit in Paris in December (COP21)  will test the willingness of countries to act collectively to ensure an ambitious and effective … to communicate their INDCs by the end of March 2015. Others, such as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), …
Insight, 06 February 2015
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
… side events, our researchers provided support to negotiators from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group and analysed progress at the main negotiations. …
Event, 02 December 2018
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… sites Research report   The global climate is changing rapidly and countries need clear direction on how best to adapt to these changes. … a changing climate. More about this work: IIED is working with the least developed countries (LDCs) to increase their engagement and …
Article, 23 December 2019
A night view of the 193 flags of the UN Member States outside the UN Office in Geneva (Photo: United Nations Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
On the road to Paris: departing Geneva with expectations high
… of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and calls for countries to move towards a sustainable development pathway consistent … and vulnerabilities of the most vulnerable countries including the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The climate impacts are rising at an …
Insight, 16 February 2015
This sewage treatment plant in Delawas, Jaipur, was funded by the Asian Development Bank. There are concerns omitting local people from decision-making processes can lead to climate funds not sufficiently representing local priorities (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting Green Climate Funding to the local level
… While more than 80 per cent of the projects are located within Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island States (SIDs) or in African countries, …
Insight, 28 October 2015
Bimbo Osobe and Samuel Akinrolabu, members of the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation, lead a march of residents of Lagos waterfront communities threatened with eviction, to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's office to demand open dialogue with the government on alternatives to evictions of the urban poor (Photo: Andrew Maki)
Is this too easy?
… a panel for the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing …
Insight, 26 October 2016
A woman fishing off the island of Padma Pakur.
Vulnerable communities tackling climate change are our best teachers
… the poorest people and communities in every country and the poorest countries in the world. … Change (UNFCCC) . The Convention recognises the nearly 50 poorest, or Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as being particularly vulnerable to the …
Insight, 19 April 2013
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… as well as better conservation. More about this work: IIED has developed and tested a relatively simple, low-cost methodology for … and Kenya); and drawing on findings from past evaluations (Belize). Countries still to submit their first VNR could build on these examples. … framework that will build on this system of reporting and review. Least Developed Country (LDC) Parties alongside all other Parties will …
Article, 21 December 2018