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Delegates at CBA12 in Malawi gather around a table and write on a document
CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action
… of practice and to get its voice heard. 2019 is a crunch year for climate action. The international climate community was left bruised … IPCC , or to stump up the money so countries hardest hit by climate change can adapt. The deflation from COP24 has redoubled pressure for … solution-focused discussion rooted in lived experience from a diverse group. Register now The following year, at CBA12 in Malawi , I was part …
Insight, 22 January 2019
A large group of people pose for a photo
Transparency programme: supporting LDCs to negotiate and implement the enhanced transparency framework under the Paris Agreement
Project, 27 April 2021
Debra Roberts makes a powerful presentation in the opening session of the 2018 Development & Climate Days (Photo: Alex Wynter/Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
"Half a degree matters" – D&C Days focuses on IPCC special report on global temperature-rise scenarios
… The two-day annual  Development and Climate Days  workshop opened on Saturday (8 December) in Katowice … In an opening address,  Clare Shakya , director of IIED's Climate Change research group , said: “There’s a huge opportunity in the coming year in the … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP24) …
News, 09 December 2018
Flooding in Fiji. Fiji's prime minister has said the his nation is in "a fight for survival" as climate change brings almost constant cyclones (Photo: TC Evans/Fijian Government)
The Talanoa dialogue: sharing stories in Bonn to inspire ambitious climate action
… Launched at last year’s climate negotiations, hosted by Fiji, the dialogue draws on the Fijian … first round of the Talanoa dialogue will take place at the climate conference beginning this week in Bonn. The dialogue is rooted … have the power to develop tangible, workable solutions to the climate change problem. These government bodies enjoy high levels of autonomy …
Insight, 02 May 2018
Drought affects Xinjiang Province, a consequence of climate change (Photo: Simon Lim)
Well-financed climate change action must be central to the post-2015 goals
Insight, 04 September 2014
This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
Article, 27 February 2019
Three people sat around a table speaking into microphones
Seizing opportunities for urban change: Make Change Happen podcast episode 3
… IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our researchers … funded the podcast, on a project exploring the pro-poor planning of climate resilience in marginalised neighbourhoods, so we know the will … community , including better housing, access to services and improved climate resilience. And it is this kind of work – the work of …
Article, 04 February 2020
Climate protestors in Doha. Photo: adopt a negotiator
COP18 Q&A: Latest from the Doha climate change conference
… vulnerable groups, the Alliance of small island states and the Africa group , have been pushing for some time for a much greater ambition in … countries to cut carbon emissions. It is the only global treaty on climate change that we have and emissions targets are to be replaced when it … Climate change … COP18 Q&A: Latest from the Doha climate change conference …
Article, 06 December 2012
People protesting
COP25 policy and activism: we deserved better
Insight, 13 January 2020
A farmer in Tanzania shows the effects of drought on her maize crop. Farmers in developing countries, and women farmers in particular, find it difficult to get multi-peril crop insurance (Photo: Anne Wangalachi, CIMMYT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Insuring farmers – adapting to climate change
Insight, 16 July 2015