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Three farmers plan their crops on a steep hillside
Thorny issues: achieving a fair and equitable Global Goal on Adaptation
Insight, 25 January 2021
The cracked mud of a dried-up reservoir bed, with a dead river-mussel shell in the foreground and an abandoned boat in the background
Strengthening development in the face of the climate crisis and environmental destruction
… The climate emergency and broader environmental destruction – from forest … are often peripheral to how development agencies work. This needs to change. The question is how? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s … Climate change … Strengthening development in the face of the climate crisis and environmental destruction …
Insight, 31 October 2019
Hundreds of protesting young people march behind a sign saying "Global strike for climate change"
Q&A: CBA15 – is your climate innovation hot enough for the Dragons’ Den?
Article, 31 March 2021
Rising water levels submerge trees and encroach on land
Can COP26 reach ambitious outcomes for LDCs?
Insight, 22 October 2021
People building informal houses on stilts behind rising water.
IIED at WUF11
… The World Urban Forum (WUF) is a global conference on sustainable urbanisation. It was established … rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. It is attended by representatives of national, …
Event, 26 June 2022
An open sewer runs in front of homes
City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge
… As national governments struggle to agree on climate action, city leaders attending the Tenth World Urban Forum … need to show they can rise to the challenge.    Adapting to climate change is a huge challenge for urban areas around the world. It is particularly … Climate change … City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge …
Insight, 08 February 2020
Two women throwing fishing nets at a lake
Critical themes at IIED
… and 45 minutes of discussion, followed by informal networking. There is often live Twitter coverage, and some events are live streamed. This … can play. Panellists included Andrew Scott, head of programme, climate and energy, Overseas Development Institute; Emma Colenbrander, … during 2015, and the media narrative around the links between climate change, migration and conflict. April: Tackling inequality and …
Article, 05 March 2021
Two people carrying containers on their heads
COVID-19 and the sites of rights resilience
… address the inequalities the pandemic has so vividly highlighted. It is therefore unsurprising that reimagining that relation is emerging as … greater emphasis on socio-economic rights and on the human rights/climate change interface, and on confronting issues of socio-economic justice . …
Insight, 26 May 2020
Men and women sit around a table listening to a woman talk next to a white flipboard. behind them is a giant illustration related to climate change.
Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships
… these issues of power and resource differences. This work aims to change this dynamic.  Partnerships are central to IIED’s vision and … organisations suggest that the question of how to be a good partner is a common one.  Genuine collaboration requires the removal of power … , conferences on community-based adaptation and the Development and Climate Days conferences , all of which emphasise a focus on local …
Project, 27 October 2022
Landscape of fields and forest
Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples
… Daniel Kobei (DK) is founder and executive director of  Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program … Wildlife Management .  Here, Kobei shares how biodiversity loss and climate change have impacted Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and … Climate change … The 2021 'super year' for climate, nature and people …
Article, 09 August 2021