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Two women harvest crops in a field
Principles for locally led adaptation
Article, 21 January 2021
A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
… in Paris, they will once again gather to agree on action to tackle climate change. Securing any deal at this scale is impressive, and reflects … from David Dodman , acting head of IIED's Human Settlements Group , and Mike Day , visiting researcher at IIED.  … Climate change … Driving change by supporting action at the local level …
Insight, 24 November 2015
A view of the migrant informal community of Marathahalli, Bengaluru
‘Participatory’ adaptation plans aren’t working for migrants in cities
Insight, 09 May 2019
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa opens COP22 (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: Key decisions needed at COP22
Article, 11 November 2016
"This workshop aimed to generate a shared learning on how climate financing for low-carbon climate resilient development can better reach the people who need it most" said Neha Rai about the event to discuss accessing climate funds for low-carbon resilience development projects (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Reaching those that need it most: learnings for climate finance programmes
News, 02 April 2015
IIED statement on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s new report
… activities are responsible for rising temperatures and increased climate instability across the world. Continued greenhouse gas emissions … in what the IPCC report does not say, such as how the climate will change from place to place. Climate models are not yet robust enough to … stage." Dr Saleemul Huq, senior fellow in IIED's climate change group and coordinating lead author in Working Group II of the IPCC says: …
News, 27 September 2013
Angola aims to achieve its mitigation goals through the promotion of renewable energy, stabilisation of agricultural emissions, carbon sequestration from the forestry sector and other activities (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance is vital to secure a future worth having
Insight, 09 December 2015
A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
Article, 10 October 2016
A group of Indigenous Women wearing traditional dress protesting outside, holding signs and raising their fists in the air
IIED at the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)
… Climate change …
Event, 10 March 2025
CLACC Fellows gather in Durban, South Africa
Capacity Strengthening in Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC)
… are:  To strengthen the capacity of civil society in LDCs to adapt to climate change and fostering adaptive capacity among the most vulnerable groups … system to help countries to deal with the adverse impacts of climate change, and Integrate adaptation to climate change into the work … Climate change … Capacity Strengthening in Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC) …
Project, 05 September 2008