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A group of women gather round the entrance to a building.
The health, wellbeing and climate benefits of slum upgrading
… Informal settlements are home to up to 60% of city dwellers in many low- and middle-income … of informal settlement upgrading for promoting both health and climate resilience, we contributed to research in Nairobi’s informal … and lessons to help fulfil the potential of upgrading for health, climate resilience and inclusion, our report identifies ten priority …
Article, 09 June 2022
Head and shoulders image of Alok Sharma talking to a computer camera in front of the Union flag
Ministers, NGOs, academia and grassroots discuss resilience beyond COVID-19
… speech in a discussion titled ‘ Resilience in light of COVID-19: climate action on the road to COP26 ’, hosted by IIED and E3G during  … Sharma noted that those who had contributed the least to climate change also have the fewest resources to adapt to it. He discussed the … all of us are resilient. #ResilienceforCOP26 ...we have no plan"B" home, but we can have & give a plan "B" hope to the next generations, we …
News, 07 July 2020
Workshop participants were briefed on the climate negotiating priorities of the Least Developed Countries (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Negotiators from developing countries get skills boost ahead of UN climate talks
… officials from more than 25 countries. They were briefed by leading climate negotiators and ambassadors, as well as legal advisors.   The … of Parties (COP23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place from 6-17 November in Bonn, Germany, and … I would be the only woman in the team. This helps me because at home I help with the COP preparation, and the high-level statement, and …
News, 13 November 2017
Women hoeing a field.
Building a women-led community climate movement
… The 'Engaging citizens for socially just climate action' project  examines deliberative and participatory … how to strengthen citizen engagement mechanisms and locally-led climate action and improve inclusive national-level climate decision … and peer-to-peer training and a focal point for demonstrating climate change solutions by implementing partners. Other 'climate centers' will …
Article, 03 December 2020
Climate change: governments should support migration, not fear it
… risk adopting policies that increase people’s vulnerability to climate change because of a general prejudice against migration, according to … this means policies that: • protect livelihoods in migrants’ home areas, with specific attention to ensuring access to land; • … Climate change … Climate change: governments should support migration, not fear it …
News, 02 February 2011
Houses view from above.
COVID-19 and the housing crisis in the global South – time for change
… neighbourhoods – and flooding, which have been exacerbated by adverse climate change. … COVID-19 and the housing crisis in the global South – time for change …
Event, 05 October 2020
A partly visible road and bridge due to muddy water covering half of it.
Loss and damage does not happen in a vacuum – it relates to power and politics
… ‘Loss and damage’ refers to the adverse impacts of climate change that have not, cannot, or will not be avoided. Climate change has … from the colonial era. Certain regions and populations are home to a concentration of power and capital, while others are … Climate change …
Insight, 16 August 2022
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Tackling loss and damage: lessons from vulnerable countries
… are experiencing unprecedented extreme weather events. Driven by climate change these shocks will worsen with every increment of global heating, … Climate change …
Publication, 18 October 2021
A man on the phone outside a small orange hut. A nearby sign advertises prices for mobile phone air-time.
How the digital divide threatens the success and legitimacy of the COP26 talks
Insight, 08 October 2021
'Population Dynamics and Climate Change' book
… Climate change is already impacting populations and ecosystems around the globe … of human populations influence, and are influenced by, our changing climate. This book is in part the product of an Expert Group Meeting on Population Dynamics and Climate Change held on 24-25 June 2009.  This meeting was hosted by UNFPA, the …
Article, 01 June 2010