Search results

348 results
Squamish river, Canada. Under Stephen Harper, Canada has lagged behind the rest of the world in combating climate change; will new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau make a difference? (Photo: James Wheeler, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will new leadership boost Canadian contribution to global climate negotiations?
Insight, 21 October 2015
Adaptation to climate change faces major constraints in urban areas
… authors include three contributors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, urges governments and international agencies to take adaptation … including avoidance of premature death, injury and property loss. As climate change intensifies, urban centres will face growing risks from … Climate change …
News, 13 November 2007
"This workshop aimed to generate a shared learning on how climate financing for low-carbon climate resilient development can better reach the people who need it most" said Neha Rai about the event to discuss accessing climate funds for low-carbon resilience development projects (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Reaching those that need it most: learnings for climate finance programmes
News, 02 April 2015
US President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2014. Bilateral meetings are a key part of climate diplomacy (Photo: US Embassy, The Hague, Creative Commmons, via Flickr)
Climate diplomacy: a beginner's guide
Insight, 13 October 2015
Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)
Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC
… special envoys gathered at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate to discuss the future of the international climate regime. Named by Responding to Climate Change as the who's who of people tasked to stop climate change, the … engaging in climate diplomacy. Successful climate diplomacy begins at home Gaining domestic constituencies that see climate action as a core …
Insight, 06 August 2014
Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
… The existing debate about climate finance tends to start from the wrong end. Most of the attention … the costs of putting the pieces of your life back together after your home has been flooded, or the costs of relocating your family to … understanding how poor people are already responding to climate change, and what these costs are, the appropriate national and …
Insight, 16 February 2015
Evolving urban health risks: Housing, water and sanitation, and climate change
… across space and time: spatially from burdens in and around the home, towards city and regional burdens, and finally towards genuinely global burdens such as climate change; temporally from immediate health impacts towards burdens that … Evolving urban health risks: Housing, water and sanitation, and climate change …
Publication, 01 July 2012
Pastoral livelihoods in the drylands are facing climate challenges such as increasing temperatures and increased frequency of extreme weather events (Photo: Practical Action)
Why we need to plug the adaptation technology gap
Insight, 25 May 2018
A woman stands with three goats in shadow amid a dusty terrain
Introduction to drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity
Article, 17 December 2012
A woman crouches on the flor next to a stove to make a meal
Multiple housing and climate-related vulnerabilities of informal workers in Indore, India
… vignettes reveal how complex factors including inadequate housing and climate change, influence their health and wellbeing. The interviews not only … plot of land five years ago. Here he is gradually constructing a home for his family of four. It has a tin roof and a toilet, although … Multiple housing and climate-related vulnerabilities of informal workers in Indore, India …
Insight, 16 December 2021