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… .  2 Tackling the triple crisis: using debt swaps to address debt, climate and nature loss post-COVID-19 I ssue paper  Even before … swaps – a system that makes it possible to tackle the debt, climate change and nature emergencies together, in order to reduce poverty and … scope and delivery. Some key lessons that we can learn from the LDC Group are highlighted. More about this work:  The effective …
Article, 23 December 2020
Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
… Durban's first environmental manager, dealing with biodiversity and climate change issues. She now leads the Sustainable and Resilient City … In the international arena, Roberts is lead author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth …
Article, 11 October 2016
Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?
… expectations as to what the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Paris can deliver for the peoples of the … a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . The research done under 'Inclusive REDD+' (gender and private … Climate change …
Insight, 27 November 2015
A handful of seedlings
Bringing business into the conversation on sustainable development
…  between the head of IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, Laura Kelly , and Chris West , director of financial management … bonds  – investments whose proceeds are specifically earmarked for climate and environmental projects. Pernille Holtedahl, of the firm Blue … of five challenges identified in IIED's new strategy, entitled Make Change Happen .  IIED believes that to address the five challenges – …
News, 18 November 2019
A question of time
Insight, 25 November 2010
Villagers walking back to their village, Mozambique (Image: Mike Goldwater)
IIED Annual Report 2016/17: a focus on impact
… this year's report is impact – how IIED is helping to foster positive change at both the local and international scale, and across key … These findings were highlighted by the Least Developed Countries Group when it  launched its new Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency … finance flows. IIED works to support  fair and equitable solutions to climate change . We worked with the group of Least Developed Countries …
Page, 27 October 2017
Least Developed Countries Group chair Giza Gaspar-Martins, left, is pictured with his predecessor, Pa Ousman Jarju
LDC chair calls on G20 to further pre-COP ministerial discussions
… were discussed at the ministerial meeting, but chair of the LDCs Group, Mr Giza Gaspar-Martins of Angola, states that the political will … to reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change" he said. "It is still unclear whether leaders are ready to …
News, 14 November 2015
Woman digging a hole in the forest
Reimagining solutions to India’s water challenge: the art of governance
… and are influenced by multidimensional issues such as poverty and climate change. We therefore need an approach that focuses on the ‘art of … and horizontally integrated across sectors and stakeholders Robust to climate futures : combine local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge …
Insight, 20 January 2021
In Kebkabiya, North Darfur, the NGO Practical Action has been helping communities prevent conflict between farmers and pastoralists by encouraging the construction and rehabilitation of watering points (Photo: Margaret Gardner, Practical Action)
Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
Insight, 23 April 2015
The entrance to Le Bourget, the venue for the UN climate talks (COP21) (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons via Flickr)
INDCs in Least Developed Countries are estimated to cost US$93.7 billion per year
… A new paper says international climate finance from public sources should prioritise the Least … access to private finance.  Money is a key issue at the COP21 climate change talks in Paris. Specifically how we will afford to make the … the investment of international public climate finance for this group to implement their climate action plans, while agreeing measures …
News, 30 November 2015