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LDCs can use the example of Brazil, which has achieved a drastic fall in emissions thanks to avoided deforestation, to see what is possible despite limited economic capacity. Pictured is deforestation for the use of clay in Rio de Janeiro (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014
Insight, 04 June 2014
A beach with cows
Supporting LDCs to develop long-term strategies
… least developed countries (LDCs) have contributed the least to global climate change yet suffer the most from its impacts. As their growing economies … development out to 2050. At the international level, the LDC Group of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has … Climate change … Stepping up global ambition for climate action and justice …
Project, 16 April 2020
Marchers, including Saleemul Huq, at the New York climate change march (Photos: IIED)
Huq hails People's Climate march ahead of UN summit
News, 23 September 2014
This 500W solar system in a rural village in Uganda powers a home, a public broadcasting system, a barbershop and a video hall (Photo: SolarNow via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable?
Insight, 19 June 2018
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… ‘Development’s Invisible Hands: Development Futures in a Changing Climate.’ 8th November 2008, Church House, Westminster, London 1. Introduction It is now well established that anthropogenic climate change is a reality, and that those worst affected will be the poorest … 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel …
Article, 14 November 2008
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A climate-resilient cooperative business model for cassava processing
… This climate resilience case study (No.8) from Togo is the eighth of ten case … members (95% women) to find nature based solutions (NbS) that give climate resilience.  NOVI VA was established as a Simplified Cooperative … beneficiary of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) Phase II.  Climate change involves irregular rainfall, reduced soil fertility and …
Publication, 08 November 2020
COP19: Cities on the agenda at the climate talks
Insight, 22 November 2013
Pa Ousman Jarju has written an open letter to US President Barack Obama (Photo: Steve Jurvetson via http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Letter to America: Gambia envoy asks Obama directly for US climate leadership
News, 06 June 2014
There was an 'atmosphere of suspicion' at the climate change talks in Warsaw in November (Credit: DrabikPany, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Climate diplomacy can build the trust needed to secure our common future
… the past decade I have travelled to meeting after meeting of the UN climate change talks as a national negotiator for The Gambia, as chair of the Least Developed Countries group, and now as Gambia's Special Climate Envoy. This journey has … Climate change … Climate diplomacy can build the trust needed to secure our common future …
Insight, 14 January 2014
Illustrator Jorge Martin creates a 'living graphic' to chart the conversations on 'tough talk on poverty and climate' at the 2015 Development & Climate Days (Photo: IIED/Matt Wright)
Participants in Development & Climate Days focus on "bold action needed now"
Insight, 06 December 2015