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The elusive US$100bn: will COP26 reboot trust and pave the way for a more ambitious finance goal?
Publication, 07 October 2021
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
… In a marked change from previous IPCC Assessment reports, the Panel's Fifth … adaptation and the transformative changes needed to avoid dangerous climate change, as evidenced by the IPCC's Synthesis Report, Climate … ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group , and   was a coordinating lead author (with Aromar Revi) on the …
Insight, 06 November 2014
Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)
2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism
Article, 15 June 2018
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Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Annex VI: West African Bibliography
… Document begins: CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION ON KEY RESEARCHABLE ISSUES ANNEX VI … AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY ENDA Saleemul Huq and Hannah Reid Climate Change Group International Institute for Environment and Development 3 … Climate change … Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues …
Publication, 01 January 1970
COP21 president Laurent Fabius (second right) and UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana Figueres (second left) celebrate the Paris Agreement (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A historic agreement in Paris
Insight, 14 December 2015
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Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Sectoral Issues Section 2.5. Health
… Document begins: CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION ON KEY RESEARCHABLE ISSUES SECTORAL … MURRAY AND SARI KOVATS Saleemul Huq and Hannah Reid Climate Change Group International Institute for Environment and Development 3 … Climate change … Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Communities call for access to genetic diversity to combat poverty and climate change
… livelihood options and resilience to environmental stresses such as climate change. "The current ABS regime does not adequately recognise the … diversity is also critical to enable communities to adapt to rapid climate change, and to converse biodiversity in situ." The report arose … Communities call for access to genetic diversity to combat poverty and climate change …
News, 21 January 2008
Construction of new homes designed with community inputs in Gorakhpur, India (Photo: Nivedita Mani and team)
Urban communities are devising their own solutions to build resilience
Insight, 24 February 2015
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Aren’t we all vulnerable: why do vulnerability analysis?
Publication, 01 November 2011
Women using the Changu Changu Moto Fuel-Efficient Clean Cookstove, Malawi, Africa (Photo: Ripple Africa)
Technologies for sustainable development: mind the gender gap
… cook stoves; in agriculture, small-scale irrigation technologies and climate smart techniques have improved crop yields and boosted … much progress at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC ).  This momentum must continue at the local level with … to influence. Also as part of CBA12, the UNFCC and LDC Expert Group will convene the Regional National Adaptation Plans (NAP) Expo .  …
Insight, 30 April 2018