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Women gathered outside Sominé Dolo regional hospital in Mopti, Mali
The cost of crisis: loss and damage from climate, conflict and socioeconomic vulnerabilities in Mali
… Mali is facing a deepening crisis at the intersection of climate change, conflict and chronic development deficits. The Mopti region – … fragile areas – has witnessed compounding crises due to impacts of climate change and conflict, leaving communities trapped in cycles of … Climate change … The cost of crisis: loss and damage from climate, conflict and socioeconomic vulnerabilities in Mali …
Event, 03 April 2025
Group shot of the LDC Group
The future is here – introducing new LDC Group negotiators!
… To help sustain and amplify the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group’s voice and priorities in the UN climate change negotiations, IIED supports a cohort of junior delegates, … Climate change … Supporting new climate change negotiators … The future is here – introducing new LDC Group negotiators! …
Article, 18 October 2023
Photo of Tasneem Sied Ahmed.
Navigating conflict: my difficult journey to become a new climate change negotiator
… to a resilient world where the loss and damage caused by the climate crisis is addressed with urgency and empathy. To become a … decision-making of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany earlier this year. My story begins in … from a senior member of the Least Developed Countries ((LDC) Group . I saw the programme as a beacon of opportunity, giving young …
Insight, 03 November 2023
Indigenous Women performing a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony. They are wearing traditional dress and blowing into sea shells.
Reducing the data gap on the gender-climate-environment nexus
… to serve women, gender-diverse and marginalised groups, perpetuating climate and environmental injustices. The impacts of intertwined crises, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification, vary widely among women … Climate change … Reducing the data gap on the gender-climate-environment nexus …
Project, 11 March 2025
Group of civil society organisation protesting in a building. They are holding signs with slogans.
Paper walls: how visa barriers are silencing the global South on climate
… the world gather in Bonn, Germany , to lay the groundwork for the UN climate talks. These 'intersessional' meetings, held between the … and country alliances like the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group coordinate its positions. For smaller delegations, including the … travelling to Bonn, where the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat is based. Unlike COP host countries, Germany …
Insight, 19 June 2025
Publication cover.
Guide to climate negotiations terminology
… This is a guide to the terminology used in climate negotiations and their outcomes. It is designed as a companion … negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the negotiators of the Least Developed Countries Group. It offers an in-depth look at the specialised terminology used in …
Publication, 07 November 2024
Man wearing a mask on a protest march carries a sign, with a pink background, saying: "There is no pride on a dead planet".
Queering climate justice − what climate justice can learn from queer groups
… The concept of climate justice – increasingly becoming part of mainstream climate conversations − recognises unfairness associated with the causes and responses to climate change. It points to structural power imbalances caused by colonialism … Climate change … Queering climate justice − what climate justice can learn from queer groups …
Insight, 21 September 2023
A man in traditional robes bending to inspect crops in a large field of green vegetation
COP29 must deliver bold commitments to limit catastrophic climate impacts
… As a climate negotiator from Sudan and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group , I can see the potential of COP29 as a beacon for ratcheting up … to usher in a safer world free of the catastrophic effects of climate change. People in the most vulnerable countries, such as my home country … Climate change …
Insight, 11 November 2024
Image of Low-gauge tin roofs in Kenya.
Reflections from frontline settlements: connecting urban communities with climate scientists
… The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently developing its first-ever Special Report on … the everyday lived experiences of urban residents. As IPCC working group II co-chair Bart van den Hurk put it , “the IPCC special report on … from frontline settlements: connecting urban communities with climate scientists …
Insight, 28 August 2025
Women racing while carrying baskets full of sweet potatoes on their backs.
Faith in ecology: how one group of Indigenous people in the Philippines are advancing agrobiodiversity
… at Malico, in northern Philippines.  Rain from a succession of six climate-vamped typhoons, which struck the country in October and … from the spectacular Imugan waterfalls. It is in this region that a group of Indigenous people, the Ikalahan (meaning ‘people of the … and diseases. Agrobiodiversity maintains healthy nutrition, climate change resilience and functioning natural resilience. In Imugan, …
Insight, 05 December 2024