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COP21 president Laurent Fabius (second right) and UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana Figueres (second left) celebrate the Paris Agreement (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A historic agreement in Paris
… of the breakthrough made these last two weeks you have to take a step back and consider the nature of the enterprise – and what happened last … Contributions, or INDCs).  This was a completely new method for building a global agreement – and not without problems. But it worked. …
Insight, 14 December 2015
Cover for G01626.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 19 The process of empowerment: lessons from the work of Peace Child International
Publication, 01 January 1996
Inspiring climate leaders, such as UNECA's Fatima Denton, are needed for Africa to tackle climate change (Photo: UNECA)
Africa moves ahead to tackle climate change
… at the prestigious 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture  in London on Thursday. Back in Marrakech, several hundred participants from all across Africa, …
Insight, 17 November 2014
An early sunrise at COP14 in Poznan (Photo: Friends of the Earth, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
COP14 UN Climate Change Conference
… Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  has ended, and we can look back with pride on our work at the summit in Poznan. Together with the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) , we enabled negotiators from the Least … storms, flooding and sea level rise are likely to hit hardest here.   Building resilience: how the urban poor can drive climate adaptation …
Event, 20 December 2008
Plan Vivo partners at a conference in Sweden commit to actively engage in the implementation and accountability of the SDGs (Photo: Plan Vivo Foundation)
The SDGs speak and we like what we hear
… "sustainability" means many things at the same time. I've just come back from the Plan Vivo Stakeholder Conference, held in Sweden at the … promotes reforestation and agroforestry systems with small farmers, building resilience and supporting alternative revenues in areas …
Insight, 15 October 2015
IIED senior fellow will speak at the UN Secretary General's climate summit in September (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Saleem selected for UN climate summit
… – it might hit the most vulnerable first, but ultimately it will come back and hit everyone." Getting the timing right One of the failures of …
News, 09 September 2014
Smog over Kathamandu. Air pollution in Nepal's capital regularly breaches the World Health Organisation's safety guidelines (Kashish Das Shrestha)
Clearing the air in Kathmandu
… also formally mandates all new homes to incorporate solar power, building on the initial work of MP Thapa . A net-metering policy makes … purely on grounds of common sense for common good, with science to back it up, I think we have no option but to move towards adopting …
Insight, 07 June 2016
In Tanzania, former artisanal mining licensees Mwanahamisi Mzalendo and Mwanamkasi Rasi are among entreprenurial women who have pooled their resources to create a quarrying business. They control the day-to-day running of the quarry, including supervising labourers, dealing with the local authorities, and taking care of the site's environmental footprint (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)
Q&A: Women are driving the change we need
… yes, it's taken some time. But it's very pleasing to see the UNFCCC building a strong network, with good champions and good ambassadors who … food security and promoting sustainable agriculture – and going back to my point about primary and strategic needs – collectively we …
Article, 08 March 2018
Side event at the CBD Global Workshop on NBSAPs Revision Process, 12 November 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya
Article, 21 May 2014
Maize crops in Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District, Nepal (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Investing in adaptation to climate change brings bonus benefits
… with and not just for these people. The multiplier effect So back to my original question. A problem shared is a problem halved? This …
Insight, 29 April 2014