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A trader wades through knee-high flooded water in a marketplace
Community voices – the climate needs you in COP26 countdown
… political events in 2019 marked key moments for influencing the climate action agenda, including this September’s UN Secretary-General’s climate summit and the UNFCCC conference in Spain (COP25) .  The … Goal targets, global ocean treaty negotiations, finishing with climate COP26 in Glasgow when countries will be held accountable to the …
Insight, 28 January 2020
Durban Beach, South Africa (Photo: Darren Glanville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investing in natural capital to deliver the SDGs and reduce poverty
… water and SDG 15 to protect life on land must be at the heart of delivering the SDGs for poor people .  This natural capital is fast … by investing in natural capital to achieve the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement. Investing in Natural Capital was the theme of last … Climate change …
Insight, 17 July 2017
Community mapping in Mtandire informal settlement, Malawi. Federations of the urban poor can help residents to identify and communicate their development priorities (Photo: SDI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Breaking barriers to local climate finance for the triple win
… The Paris Agreement on climate change commits international support to help less developed countries build their resilience to climate change, deliver social and economic prosperity and reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change – the triple win. … Climate change … Breaking barriers to local climate finance for the triple win …
Insight, 02 May 2018
Man harvests sorghum seeds.
LDCs and the Paris Agreement: getting to grips with tougher climate reporting
Insight, 12 August 2020
Drip irrigation in Faylar village, Senegal. Investing in solar-powered water pumps and drip-feed irrigation systems can help farmers survive in times of drought (Photo: InnoAfrica, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community
Insight, 06 March 2019
Woman and donkey walk an arid landscape.
Adaptation finance must reach and pass the US$40 billion target
… At the 15th UN climate change conference (COP15) in 2009, the world’s rich countries … agreed to give developing countries US$100 billion a year to spend on climate change by 2020. This included a broad commitment to a ‘balance … transparent plan with clear division of labour is crucial.  Climate finance – what’s the issue? Rich countries are historically …
Insight, 02 November 2022
People gathering branches
Nature-based solutions to climate change: stories from Chile
Insight, 12 December 2019
A group of people, largely young people, gather to pose for a photo, inside a conference venue.
Building a resilient future led by youth
News, 17 November 2022
Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
… are powerful emission sinks and crucial in mitigating the impacts of climate change. And they must be protected: deforestation can be a major … showing the immense potential of forests for mitigation , the climate finance distributed is woefully inadequate: less than 3% goes … they care for and protect, are overlooked in the distribution of climate finance (PDF) – which prioritises centralised monitoring systems …
Insight, 05 November 2021
Participants at D&C Days took part in virtual reality game to help explain the complexities of making climate-related decisions (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Development & Climate Days 2016
… Days conference took place on 12-13 November 2016 alongside the UN climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco. More than 300 policymakers, … two-day event, which had the theme 'Global ambition. Local action. Climate resilience for all'. The programme sessions focused on efforts … on social protection initiatives and their potential for delivering climate resilience and carbon-neutral development. Nearly two …
Event, 12 November 2016