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Driving impact at the G20: lessons from IIED's engagement with philanthropies
… bold action urgently needed to address the multiple crises the world is facing. To respond to such crises, the G20 must unlock not just more … development. This process ,  and our participation in both the F20 Climate Solutions Forum  and the C20 mid-term meeting, has provided … with public policies that respond to demands for broader systemic change and inclusive, sustainable development. This, in their eyes, …
Insight, 24 July 2024
Crops and cattle
Climate change and conflict - reframing the debate
Project, 17 April 2023
Woman standing in a field of plants.
COP28 leaders pledge to make climate finance 'available, accessible and affordable'
… "The global financial system is a creaking relic of the last century that empowers wealthy countries and investors and which is acting as a brake on climate action. Climate finance is an issue of fairness and justice. … problem and have the fewest resources to confront it - that has to change. "Addressing the sovereign debt crisis is vital because deeply …
News, 01 December 2023
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Where to find IIED and partners at COP28: event listing
… of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  IIED's key areas of focus will be locally led adaptation and finance for climate and nature, food systems and farming, and supporting negotiators … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP28) …
Event, 30 November 2023
Woman picking weeds in a field of grass
Delivering LLA: lessons from the frontline of climate action
Event, 29 June 2023
Slabs of beef are displayed on supermarket shelves.
Rich countries should compensate global South for loss and damage of biodiversity driven by overconsumption
… according to IIED. The new loss and damage fund agreed at the COP28 climate negotiations will only address that caused by climate change. It includes the loss and damage of tangible things like … impact on species and ecosystems, most biodiversity loss and damage is caused by habitat loss and degradation as well as over-exploitation, …
News, 12 January 2024
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Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17
… practical ways for driving forward locally led adaptation (LLA) to climate change.  This first in-person CBA in four years created a dynamic and … rebalance the system.  Let’s not fake locally led adaptation; there is a difference between ‘with the community’ and ‘led by the … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP28) …
Insight, 20 June 2023
Two women struggle to wade through flood waters that reach chest level.
Bangladeshis facing anxiety, hair loss as non-economic losses and damages due to climate change mount
… Bangladesh are facing a raft of non-economic losses and damage due to climate change, including hair loss and anxiety, according to new research from … in Pakistan and a crippling drought in the Horn of Africa. But there is a focus on the economic losses inflicted by climate change as the … Climate change …
News, 11 October 2022
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Addressing urban inequalities II: discursive and material practices through scale
… Lilongwe, Lima and Mumbai with analyses of policies relating to climate-impacted dwellers in urban Bangladesh, to state-provided housing … in global policy discourses. Running through each of these papers is a focus on the discursive and material practices at different scales … the role of funds-based mechanisms for addressing urban climate change adaptation and proposes a conceptual framework for evaluating …
Publication, 30 April 2023
Aerial view of trees with a town and the sea in the backround.
Reform the global financial system to support transformational adaptation
… and have similar catastrophic impacts on their economies. This is the nature of climate change. Its impacts on our lives and livelihoods are relentless, and on … Climate change …
Insight, 03 July 2023