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A coastal river system seen from above
Developing a vision for The Gambia’s future
Insight, 20 April 2020
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India: many villages traditionally administered local forests for sustainable benefits. (Photo: goldentakin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Breaking down barriers to tenure-positive climate finance
Project, 27 March 2018
With food and climate change, policymakers risk betting on the wrong horse
… It urges negotiators at the UN climate change conference in Durban later this month to give stronger support to … and this is a more self-reliant and sustainable farming system for adaptation. Modern varieties on the other hand have to be bought each … Climate change … With food and climate change, policymakers risk betting on the wrong horse …
News, 31 October 2011
Man on a dried beach. Palm trees with roots uncovered.
IIED at 50: making IIED future fit
… IIED to shape those issues and share thoughts on how IIED needs to change, develop and stay relevant. Q: What do you see as the most … we look ahead to the future? AC: For me, the most critical issue is climate justice. The climate justice movement gives us the framing to tackle big questions … Climate change …
Article, 20 December 2021
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 … including the guidelines for nationally determined mitigation and adaptation plans, the global stocktake for assessing progress in … are left struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change. However, the urgent need for action did not translate into a …
Insight, 21 November 2017
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How can standardised evaluation metrics increase climate resilience?
… Climate shocks are hitting the Least Developed Countries with increased … development progress and leaving communities even more vulnerable. Adaptation initiatives seeking to combat this are hindered by a lack of … but frequently fail to adequately define the relationships between climate shocks and development outcomes or to offer standardised metrics …
Publication, 01 March 2020
Vietnam's Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute is working on developing rice strains that are more tolerant to heat, increased salinity and longer periods under water (Photos: V. Meadu/CCAFS)
New publication studies climate finance at national level
News, 20 March 2015
New Melones Lake, California, which is facing one of the most severe droughts on record with a state of emergency declared in January (Photo: Ben Amstutz, Flickr, via Creative Commons)
2016 – when global meets local in climate action
Insight, 04 January 2016
A solar-powered building alongside wetland
LDCs and the Paris Agreement: moving from international commitments to national implementation
News, 20 July 2020