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Woman sitting on the steps on a hut, laughing.
Climate change and the gender justice backlash
… Climate change affects all of us, but not in the same way. A growing body of evidence proves that gender inequality exacerbates vulnerabilities to climate shocks.  Women … climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty (16 million more than the number of men and boys).  LGBTQIA+ …
Insight, 06 May 2025
Two men standing in front of wind turbines.
What does justice mean for the energy transition and how do we achieve it?
… Many of the millions of people who remain in energy poverty are also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and intersecting crises. In the effort to provide universal clean … What does justice mean for the energy transition and how do we achieve it? …
Event, 16 November 2023
Poorest countries at greatest risk of losses and damage from climate change
… are at greater risk of suffering losses and damage as a result of climate change, according to new research from IIED.  The analysis published in … affecting their vulnerability including their institutions, levels of poverty, prevalence of disease, gender equality, natural hazards and the … Climate change …
News, 25 August 2022
A protest march
Empowering women and youth for transformative climate and environment justice
… Environmental justice and climate justice principles are mutually reinforcing, covering respect … need empowerment?  Poor governance prevails worldwide, resulting in poverty and exclusion in society. Although central to changing this, … their needs.  The IIED gender equality, voice and power  theory of change notes, therefore, the need to include women and gendered local …
Insight, 14 May 2020
An illustration showing people and flowers in front of tall buildings.
Building better cities: responding to the twin challenge of inequality and climate change
… disruptive resilience : to tackle disruptive risks such as the climate emergency and COVID-19, cities must embrace innovative … : climate justice in cities must align with efforts to tackle urban poverty and inequality so that the impacts of climate change and efforts to reduce emissions do not deepen but instead tackle …
Article, 23 June 2022
A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
… Responding to the interconnected challenges of poverty, inequality, nature degradation and climate change requires mechanisms that enable people to engage actively and … Climate change … Engaging citizens for socially just climate action …
Project, 15 October 2020
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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
… the world, D&C Days offers a space for the emotions brought up by climate change – ranging from despair and anger to hope – that are often left … more than a third of the world’s food, contributing significantly to poverty reduction and food security. At the same time, smallholder … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP26) …
Article, 12 November 2021
LDC vision landscape
LDC 2050 Vision for a climate-resilient future
… The Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group at the UN climate negotiations has developed a vision for delivering a … the LDC Group works to secure effective and fair action on climate change. The 47 nations within the group have done least to cause the … (NDCs) and wider national efforts to build resilience and address poverty. IIED has been working with the LDC Group to support the review …
Article, 23 September 2019
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… in the South, and contributed to the emerging debates on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change is closely intertwined with the articulation between production …   Raising the profile of Gender and Generation: The role of the Climate Change Media Partnership : this paper details the initiatives …
Project, 26 April 2011