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Cattle are driven down a road by nomads
Climate change is advancing in Nigeria: we can’t keep running
Insight, 17 December 2019
Thousands of scientists attended the March for Science in Washington D.C. to protest against political attacks on climate science and evidence-based research. Similar protests were held in over 600 cities around the world (Photo: Adam Fagen, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Marching into May talks: LDCs lead the way on climate change
… Europe and the United States in support of science (22 April) and climate justice (29 April) are welcome signs for the world's poorest countries that the vital issue of climate change has not been forgotten. Action on climate change is right, … a meteorologist by training and come from Ethiopia. I also chair the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the UN climate change …
Insight, 04 May 2017
Woman filling a jerry can with water
Putting gender, intersectionality and social justice at the centre of transformative responses to climate change
… men and women, young and old. Social justice is at the centre of our climate change research. But over the past year – a year when the COVID-19 … of people across the intersectionality spectrum. Focusing on one group narrows the view of inequalities, excludes other categories, but … Climate change … and social justice at the centre of transformative responses to climate change …
Insight, 19 May 2021
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
… on a range of issues that link policy, knowledge and practice for climate ambition. This year's event was part of the  Understanding Risk … World Resources Institute (WRI), International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact … Climate Fund; Gebru Jember Endalew, chair, Least Developed Countries Group; Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, action track co-manager, Global …
Event, 02 December 2020
Arid landscape in the Mount Kenya region
Archive of completed 'Global ambition for climate action and justice' projects
Article, 14 April 2021
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
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Regaining momentum: critical negotiations for LDCs at COP28
… has seen record temperatures and stark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warnings of the risks and consequences of further temperature … This briefing will be of particular interest to UNFCCC and LDC Group negotiators, the COP28 presidency and other COP participants. … Climate change …
Publication, 16 November 2023
A woman waits beside a busy intersection as cars and motorbikes drive past.
State of the cities marks phase two of Transformative Urban Coalitions
News, 22 April 2024
Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama speaks at the podium at the start of the pre-COP23 ministerial meeting. He called for a coalition of partners to reach 1.5 degrees (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
Least Developed Countries Group sets out priorities for COP23
… of Parties (COP23)  to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Bonn, Germany, from 6-17 November … the subsequent COP.  LDC chair Gebru Jember Endalew outlined the LDC Group's priorities, as agreed by LDC ministers at a recent meeting in … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP23) …
News, 25 October 2017
Head and shoulders images of four people.
Debt swaps for climate and nature: innovation for resilience? Make Change Happen podcast episode 8
… IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our … eighth episode explores IIED’s recent work around tackling the debt, climate and nature crises together . Drawing from our research , we … Laura Kelly , director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . A solution to a pressing problem In the context of the COVID-19 …
Article, 12 November 2020