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A new COP26 decision for long-term strategies: what’s in it for LDCs?
Insight, 31 May 2021
A woman in Malawi carries a solar panel above her head through a forest path
Climate adaptation: its time is now
Insight, 29 May 2019
A green mangrove forest on the edge of a lake, with the roots of the mangroves exposed
Nature-based solutions: building blocks for green recovery and climate action in least developed countries
Insight, 31 August 2021
Workshop participants will hear from senior LDC climate negotiator Mamadou Honadia, who headed Burkina Faso's delegation to the 2016 UN climate summit (Image: Matt Wright/IIED)
Building climate negotiation skills for African officials
… country negotiators to effectively access and participate in UN climate talks.  The first workshop is designed for officials and junior … are among the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and are often least equipped to argue their case in international … (UNFCCC)  took place in 1995. Today, the Least Developed Countries Group collaborates effectively to put LDC issues at the forefront of the …
News, 31 May 2017
Old Fadama, Ghana: health conditions in many low-income and informal settlements will be worsened further by rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Climate change and urban health
Project, 29 July 2014
Tea pickers in Kenya's Mount Kenya region; smallholder folders in Least Developed Countries would be adversely affected by climate change (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Supporting the LDCs on climate change adaptation
… Over the last 14 years, the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) has provided support, capacity building and advice on climate change adaptation (CCA) to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). As it … Climate change … Supporting the LDCs on climate change adaptation …
Insight, 01 September 2015
Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
Insight, 12 August 2014
Hundreds of protesting young people march behind a sign saying "Global strike for climate change"
Q&A: CBA15 – is your climate innovation hot enough for the Dragons’ Den?
Article, 31 March 2021
A man makes a speech at a podium.
IIED’s urban legend wins global UN-Habitat award
… in London, has dedicated more than 50 years to delivering positive change in urban development , informal settlements and climate change adaptation. He is a former director of IIED’s Human Settlements research group, as well as a professor, author, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace …
News, 17 September 2024
As a group people mill around a room and talk with one another at an event, an elevated TV screen shows the transcript of speakers at the event.
Making CBA events more accessible for disabled people
… International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change returned in person, hosted in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2023. At … to engage fully. To guide us, we invited social and behaviour change specialist Mpho Tapela. Tapelahas wide-ranging experience in … Climate change …
News, 18 September 2023