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From aspiration to application: making the Global Goal on Adaptation work
… The 2025 United Nations climate change conference (COP30) delivered the first agreed indicator package … use. This briefing traces the evolution of the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) from its adoption in Paris in 2015 to now, and analyses … Climate change … Policy and planning … From aspiration to application: making the Global Goal on Adaptation work …
Publication, 01 April 2026
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Multilateral climate funds: three ways to step up for the world’s most vulnerable nations
… ‘ New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG') delivered at last year’s UN climate negotiations (COP29) set a goal of mobilising at least US$300 … (MCFs), set up by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to serve the Paris Agreement, must gear up to meet the … challenge. Among the major MCFs are the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Adaptation Fund (AF) − we focus on these here. While the climate funds …
Insight, 28 October 2025
Protestors at a cafe sit-in near COP21. They are holding signs that say 'Ambition fair shares for 1.5', 'Finance adaptation finance now!' and 'Justice human rights'.
COP30 is the moment to show the world why climate adaptation must be locally led
… The fast-approaching UN climate negotiations (COP30) have been dubbed the ‘adaptation COP’. Hosts Brazil are demonstrating strong commitment to … driven and sustained by those at local level and on the frontlines of climate impacts.  Examples included women in rural communities who are … Climate change … Policy and planning …
Insight, 25 September 2025
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A shared vision, clear actions and a growing community: the next 20 years of locally led adaptation starts now
Insight, 21 May 2026
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Reframing transformational adaptation in the UNFCCC: lessons and pathways
… This briefing examines the evolution of 'transformational adaptation' within the scientific community and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), highlighting its contentious reception among developing … Climate change … Policy and planning … Reframing transformational adaptation in the UNFCCC: lessons and pathways …
Publication, 09 May 2025
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From CBA19 to the global climate negotiations: nature must take centre stage
Insight, 12 August 2025
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Development and Climate Days 2025 goes digital-first ahead of Brazil UNFCCC COP30
… Development and Climate Days (D&C Days) , the influential climate event that … said IIED's Paul Mitchell , principal researcher (locally-led adaptation and climate finance), explaining their decision to … together climate thought leaders online to develop key messages and policy asks to influence COP30 negotiations in Brazil. The in-person …
News, 11 September 2025
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Closing the gender data gap to enhance climate adaptation in urban Zimbabwe
… more than 40% of households are headed by women. And, despite some policy advances, women and girls face disproportionate climate risks, especially in informal urban settlements.  Although some … of disasters on women and the importance of their leadership in adaptation efforts. Scaling up efforts to develop gender-responsive …
Publication, 30 October 2025
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Finance for climate adaptation in the most vulnerable places… Time for a major rethink?
Long read, 23 June 2025
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Beyond COP30: climate finance, justice and action in 2026
… For the first time, the UN Climate Conference (COP30) was hosted in Belém, Brazil, in the largest rainforest in the world. Amid intensifying climate disasters, seismic geopolitical shifts and persistent barriers … moment for climate and nature. The need to mobilise finance, scale up adaptation and secure national climate plans has never been greater. The …
Event, 09 December 2025