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Scaling up of climate resilient housing in Gorakhpur
… – that of housing shortages and of increased vulnerability to climate change impacts, given the location of their houses as well as their … the existing constraints within the current financial mechanisms for home mortgages, especially for low income group households; the lack of … Scaling up of climate resilient housing in Gorakhpur …
Publication, 01 May 2016
Car driving through a heavily flooded road.
Urban flooding: the case of Karachi
… devastated? And two, was the heavy rainfall of 27 August linked to climate change? Vast population increase and lack of investment in sewers … has not been considered by the government agencies.   Meanwhile, climate change only adds to the urgency of addressing Karachi’s … Climate change …
Insight, 27 October 2020
Informal housing by the river.
Upgrading informal settlements in the global South: transforming relations with government, transforming lives
… David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of global urban change.  Planning to upgrade Planning for upgrading is quite different … complete upgrading This includes piped water and toilets in every home, along with electricity, and paved access roads. There is little … with greater attention to anticipating, assessing and preparing for climate change-related risks such as extreme weather events happening …
Insight, 05 October 2021
Montage of Kristalina Georgieva, Mia Mottley and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The third woman – getting trade back on track
… Returning home from the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International … seeing some international leadership on the triple crises of debt, climate change and nature loss. And it’s coming from women. Kristalina Georgieva …
Insight, 26 April 2023
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A study of LDC capacity at the UNFCCC
… 48 of the 197~parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate~Change (UNFCCC). Not only are they the world’s poorest~economies, they … struggles to participate, monitor and implement decisions back home. This paper aims to address this disconnect by analysing LDC … Climate change …
Publication, 01 June 2016
People use the pavement on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, close to the Bataclan concert venue which was the focus of the Paris attacks on 13 November, 2015, to share messages of support, and hope (Photo: Gael_Lombart, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
French lead drive for global climate agreement
… effort to lay the groundwork for a successful outcome to the COP21 climate conference has been outstanding. Embassies around the world have made climate change their top priority for the last year. President Hollande has … in representing the interests of the poorest countries, which are home to many of the people who are most vulnerable to climate …
Insight, 17 November 2015
A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
… many hurricanes like Sandy will it take to build a groundswell for change in US climate policy? Some pundits tell us that there was a significant shift … help change minds. While homes around the world are vulnerable to climate change, if you’re homeless through flooding you’ll do better  in … Climate change …
Insight, 07 January 2013
An illustration showing connections between IIED's focus on 'partnerships for change', 'research excellence' and 'continual learning'
IIED is on the move
… and forge new relationships. Recognising a desire by many to change the balance between travelling to work and working from home since the pandemic experience has given us the evidence behind our … based in Scotland. Rooting IIED firmly in the Scottish ambition on climate and nature and well placed for the next climate COP, Edinburgh …
Insight, 20 November 2020
There was an 'atmosphere of suspicion' at the climate change talks in Warsaw in November (Credit: DrabikPany, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Climate diplomacy can build the trust needed to secure our common future
… the past decade I have travelled to meeting after meeting of the UN climate change talks as a national negotiator for The Gambia, as chair of the … of global agreement on a climate treaty that all nations can take home and ratify. But to increase political will we must first build … Climate change … Climate diplomacy can build the trust needed to secure our common future …
Insight, 14 January 2014
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
… communities – are given special attention in a robust and binding climate treaty next month. These vulnerable mountain voices often go … water .  Mountain ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change … events are occurring in widespread locations Mountain regions are home to some of the poorest and most marginalised indigenous people. …
News, 18 November 2015