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Costs of adapting to climate change significantly under-estimated
News, 26 August 2009
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… and human-caused disasters and shocks. The LDC Independent Expert Group (IEG) was created in 2013 to encourage LDCs to take a leading role … in 2016. Decisions taken at the 2015 Financing for Development and climate change conferences started to take effect. LDCs needed advice and … Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group …
Article, 03 August 2015
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Browsing on fences. Pastoral land rights, livelihoods and adaptation to climate change
… a holistic perspective and accounting for changes brought about by climate change. It brings together the inputs made by over 120 participants in a … the World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism in 2007, focusing on climate change, adaptation and pastoralism, which received contributions … Climate change …
Publication, 01 May 2008
Bhutan has committed to remain carbon neutral, mainly thanks to its high forest carbon sequestration capacity. Some people say that trees in Bhutan have legal rights, referring to the constitutional mandate for 60% of our land area to remain forested for all time. (Adam Brill, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Negotiating transparency for the Paris deal: next stop, Bangkok
Insight, 28 August 2018
Discussing climate resilience in Kinna, northern Kenya.
How do we tell whether climate change adaptation is making headway?
Insight, 06 December 2012
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Climate change and pastoralists: Investing in people to respond to adversity
Publication, 01 October 2006
IIED reactions to COP19 climate change conference
… Simon Anderson, head of IIED's climate change group says: "There is no sense from the outcomes of Warsaw that … IIED reactions to COP19 climate change conference …
News, 25 November 2013
Combine harvesters in a wheat field
Is adaptation the missing ingredient from the new UN biodiversity action plan?
… should also plan for adaptation to biodiversity loss.  Learning from climate change debates  In the language of climate change, taking action to halt or reduce the rate of biodiversity … Climate change … Biodiversity, climate and development in the 2020 debate …
Insight, 24 February 2020
A large sign in a street
Cities: where public health and climate experts must meet
… Beyond COVID-19: grassroots visions of change This article is part of a new IIED series that brings … Here, IIED principal researcher  Aditya Bahadur and independent climate policy researcher Anmol Arora look at the importance of  … security, health and financial shocks and works with a varied group of stakeholders to build resilience .   This joined-up approach …
Article, 24 July 2020
Landscape of fields and forest
Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples
Article, 09 August 2021