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A house on stilts, surrounded by flood water
Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games
… This year has forced a climate change reality check on the world. A wealth of new evidence highlighting … and support LDCs, check out this briefing I co-authored with the LDC Group chair, Sonam P Wangdi, from Bhutan. The LDCs’ major asks from … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP25) … Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games …
Insight, 04 December 2019
A last-minute speaker change resulted in IIED participating in an all-male panel (or 'manel') at the UN climate summit (Photo: Anne Schulthess)
Missing voices: let's hear women's experience of climate change
Insight, 06 December 2017
Event highlights: CBA14 – 14th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 17 August 2020
The people of southern Bangladesh are resilient and good at adapting to change: the most common vehicle in the city of Mongla is an electric rickshaw powered by a 12volt battery (Photo: Andrew Norton/IIED)
Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh
Insight, 01 February 2018
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IIED support to the Least Developed Countries Group
Publication, 01 May 2018
The home page of the AdaptaClima web platform
Sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation in Brazil
… rainforest to rapidly developing megacities. It faces a wide range of climate risks, from sea level rise to droughts and flooding.  … Adaptation Plan identified a vital need for accessible information on climate adaptation, and the plan, published in 2016, called for the … and make available information on priority topics related to climate change adaptation To promote communication and coordination between …
Project, 14 May 2018
Sandbags in a doorway to prevent flooding
Adapting to climate change in Europe: building a systemic and urgent vision
… In the last few months, the school strikers for climate and activist movements such as Extinction Rebellion have … public concern and media attention around the urgent challenge of climate change. This urgency is long overdue and welcome support for more … Climate change … Adapting to climate change in Europe: building a systemic and urgent vision …
Insight, 15 May 2019
Farmers in Nepal. Nepal has introduced a range of strategies and policies to tackle climate change (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Author Q&A: Trends in climate change legislation
… Subhi Barakat is a senior researcher in IIED's Climate Change research group . He is an expert on public international law, … Climate change … Author Q&A: Trends in climate change legislation …
Article, 08 May 2018
Three women try to walk while almost completely submerged in flood water.
Addressing loss and damage: actions to respond, recover and reduce the risk
… countries and communities face, who are already being hit by climate shocks with increasing frequency and intensity. In this IIED … actions. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that we already live in the era of losses and … the Climate Vulnerable Forum, the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group of negotiators, the Scottish government and affected communities …
Event, 27 July 2022
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Mobilising cooperative capabilities to cope with climate change
… This climate resilience case study (No.3) from Ghana is the third of ten case … give climate resilience. The KANBAOCU cooperative union serves 175 group enterprise members in seven districts of the Upper East Region of … value chains such as Parkia, Balanites and Tamarindus. Climate change is bringing more intense weather events to northern Ghana …
Publication, 01 October 2020