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View of a mountain with a few houses. Snowed mountains in the background.
Loss and damage: erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable
… is real”. But my beautiful homeland is a first-hand victim of the climate crisis. Our dependence on nature for our livelihoods makes us … My hometown Solukhumbu lies in the lap of the Himalayas, also home to the world’s highest mountain. We call Mount Everest “Sagarmatha” … their actions. The stories of the people most vulnerable to climate change must be heard and acknowledged. These stories of loss and damage …
Insight, 19 January 2022
Busy commuter traffic
What drives the world’s changing urban geographies?
… urban populations; the next blog will examine what influences urban change (including climate change); the one that follows will consider the influences on … and households, ICTs provide huge possibilities for working from home, or setting up and running businesses at home; the spatial impact …
Insight, 23 April 2020
People protesting
COP25 policy and activism: we deserved better
… 2019 saw people mobilising to demand climate action at an unprecedented scale. But their hopes were badly bruised at December’s UN climate change meeting . Activists, grassroots organisations and other civil … to achieve better COP outcomes by changing political attitudes at home. We must demand our countries enter climate change negotiations …
Insight, 13 January 2020
Delays deny the world the justice of climate action
… loss and damage that the poorest people face on the frontline of the climate crisis is unforgivable. “Scrapping the progress achieved on agreement of a standard system for measuring climate action and on carbon offsetting undermines years of work to meet … their measures to cut emissions and raise ambition to tackle climate change. But it is not enough.  “This was the meeting for real action. …
News, 15 December 2019
Timbuktu, Mali: A woman pours water from an irrigation canal onto her garden. Mali's climate-resilient agricultural plan will promote better irrigation systems (Photo: Marco Dormino/MINUSMA)
Least developed country leaders say "follow us" to tackle climate change
… There were many encouraging pledges made at the UN climate summit in New York. Representatives from China, the United … said they would respect their responsibilities to address climate change, even if they were short on specific details. Importantly, France … of low-carbon resilient development. They now have 3.2 million solar home systems and more than 1.5 million improved cook stoves across …
Insight, 06 October 2014
IIED statement on appointment of UN climate talks (COP26) president
… own commitment on net zero is also with him. Given the size of the climate emergency, it needs to be a priority for the whole of the … people in developing countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change so they can thrive. “This is an important opportunity for the UK … commitment into reality and make sure that every policy – both at home and abroad – is in line with addressing climate change. Its net …
News, 13 February 2020
Cua Van floating village, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Copyright Suzanne Fisher Murray
Building one village’s resilience to climate change starts with a cave
Insight, 19 April 2012
A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?
… mountainous landscape, makes Rwanda particularly vulnerable to climate variability and change . There is very little detailed information on how the climate in … the biodiversity hotspots such as the Nyungwe and Gishwati forests, home to mountain gorillas and chimpanzees respectively, are crucial for … Climate change …
Insight, 06 March 2013
View of Kunming, China, of a lake and houses in the background
Learning from Paris: what would ‘Kunming-compliant’ look like for development cooperation agencies?
Insight, 25 February 2021
Moving right along: climate change and migration
Insight, 13 December 2009