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Good climate finance guide: lessons for strengthening devolved climate finance
… and excluded people have little say on the triple crisis of climate change, nature’s degradation and poverty; yet they are most affected by it. Climate finance is a key resource to help them deal with the impacts of this crisis. This paper uses six criteria for ‘good climate finance’ and a positive deviance approach to draw lessons from …
Publication, 01 November 2020
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Financing least developed countries’ climate strategies: taking the long view
… The Paris Agreement calls for immediate action to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown. But to achieve the treaty’s long-term goals, … governments to align policies across all sectors with their long-term climate planning processes. LTS are national plans, developed at national level and based on individual priorities for addressing climate change. Given adapting to climate impacts is a priority for …
Insight, 04 November 2021
A cartoon depicting a man holding a bag labelled 'power' away from a group of serious-looking people. Speech bubbles from the man say "OK, OK, I'm giving it to you", then "But, pay attention, it's fragile", then "Be very careful", then "I'm thinking about keeping it for a few more minutes, sorry guys"
“We need a stronger taskforce”: pushing for better access to climate finance for vulnerable countries
Insight, 02 June 2021
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Hurricane Beryl shows why fast-acting loss and damage fund is critical
… newly created loss and damage fund to be able to respond quickly to climate disasters. It also highlights the importance of more effective … long-term support for small countries on the frontline of the climate crisis, so they don’t spiral further into unsustainable levels … an individual country’s annual economic output. At last year’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai, world leaders celebrated the operational phase …
News, 04 July 2024
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Global Stocktake and Global Goal on Adaptation at COP28
… On plans for adapting to climate change in the Global Goal on Adaptation and Global Stocktake: … that more money needs to get to communities on the frontlines of climate change.   “Current pledges for adaptation are welcome, but … finance and debt relief, in order to protect their citizens from a climate crisis they’ve done little to cause. It’s past time for the …
News, 13 December 2023
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Climate change adaptation and resilience: an interactive learning journey
… Climate change involves tackling uncertainty and recognising … adapting quite successfully to the climatic changes and impacts of climate change, while others seem to still struggle or reach limits of … its partners, it is crucial to prepare for the changes to come and to climate-proof actions of today for sustainable outcomes of all …
Project, 01 August 2022
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Only a fraction of international climate adaptation finance for least developed countries found to also support nature
… Despite growing recognition of the links between climate change and nature, our preliminary research shows that less than … outcomes for nature in the 46 least developed countries (LDCs). Delivering on commitments to link finance for climate change and nature … to tackle climate change and other societal challenges while also delivering benefits for biodiversity. But as we highlighted in a report …
Insight, 10 March 2022
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COP27: vital but at-risk IPLC landscapes urgently need more climate finance
… Climate change epitomises injustice. Thousands of people have died in … and affected a further 19 million in Africa alone. As the COP27 UN climate negotiations get under way in Egypt, low-income countries are … is likely to reach those actually living on the frontline of the climate crisis – in particular, Indigenous Peoples and local …
Insight, 08 November 2022
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New report highlights evidence for directly involving people at the frontline of the nature, climate and poverty crises
… sustainable development journey and how to bridge the joint crises of climate change, loss of nature and poverty. IIED saw its beginnings at … the report launch   ‘ Money where it matters for people, nature and climate: driving change through support for local level decision-making … – for directly involving people at the frontline of the nature, climate and poverty crises in shaping and implementing actions that …
News, 23 May 2022
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Archive of completed forest-climate action projects
… closely with the IIED environmental economics team and, latterly, the Climate Change research group to position forests as an essential component of climate action including: Developing early pioneering thinking on … provinces of Sofala, Manica and Zambezia, involved both research and delivering REDD+ ‘on the ground’ through local partners. We published …
Article, 20 December 2021