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IIED's best of 2020: publications
… .  2 Tackling the triple crisis: using debt swaps to address debt, climate and nature loss post-COVID-19 I ssue paper  Even before … swaps – a system that makes it possible to tackle the debt, climate change and nature emergencies together, in order to reduce poverty and … other areas,” says IIED’s Paul Steele . 5 What is effective climate adaptation? Case studies from the least developed countries I ssue paper …
Article, 23 December 2020
Hope from action
Insight, 09 December 2011
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
Insight, 08 December 2019
Tidal damage on the small island nation of Kiribati. Small island developing nations, especially the atoll nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Jodie Gatfield, AusAID)
Paris Agreement must stand on three pillars
… As meetings resume in Bonn, Germany, the UN climate negotiations have entered the most important six months of … (COP21) in Paris. This means UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  diplomats have a tremendous task to fulfil here in … to adopt an agreement that is legal in nature, addresses mitigation, adaptation, means of implementation, transparency of action and support …
Insight, 01 June 2015
A group of people look at a TV screen, in front of which a computer shows how they appear on the screen.
Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… towers’ and access to clean water are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution (from mining, for example) and privatisation. Quechua … health and wellbeing, livelihoods, food security and climate adaptation and mitigation, based on customary laws. They provide a … Policy and planning …
News, 16 June 2023
A man walking in a flooded street
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
… developing countries to pursue locally led action to adapt to climate change. One of us represents millions of slum dwellers in hundreds of … we need to apply this ‘new normal’ in our approach to tackling the climate emergency – for our planetary crisis continues to escalate; the … Climate change …
Insight, 22 April 2020
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… goods and services (and are already bearing the brunt of climate change). So why does the development community often ignore biodiversity … to tackle dangerous declines in biodiversity. 2 Is ecosystem-based adaptation effective? Perceptions and lessons learned from 13 project …
Article, 23 December 2019
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Urban form, greenhouse gas emissions and climate vulnerability
… Chapter 4 of "Population dynamics and climate change". This book broadens and deepens understanding of a wide range of … of global greenhouse gas emissions, for developing and implementing adaptation plans and thus for global and national efforts to curtail … Urban form, greenhouse gas emissions and climate vulnerability …
Publication, 01 January 2009
IIED director Camilla Toulmin gave a lecture at the University of Sussex on 23 October (Photo: Chatham House)
Toulmin lecture: How can the Least Developed Countries be heard?
… Toulmin looked at how the LDCs can influence the negotiations on climate change and sustainable development goals. Negotiations for key … communications. IIED's new strategy 2014-19 builds on strengths in adaptation to climate change, building cities that work for poor people, … Climate change …
Event, 23 October 2014
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Division 44 Environment and Infrastructure Climate Protection Programme South-North Dialogue on Equity in the Greenhouse A proposal for an adequate and equitable global climate agreement
… Document begins: Division 44 Environment and Infrastructure Climate Protection Programme South-North Dialogue on Equity in the … countries in implementing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change through its Climate Protection Programme (CaPP) and other … concerned with the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change. However, …
Publication, 01 January 2004