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Negotiators from developing countries get skills boost ahead of UN climate talks
… officials from more than 25 countries. They were briefed by leading climate negotiators and ambassadors, as well as legal advisors.   The … global climate talks. The  23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place from … by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Oxford Climate Policy . The workshop opened with a session led …
News, 13 November 2017
IIED at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP)
… The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) binds nearly 200 countries to tackle the global … meet each year at the Conference of Parties (COP) to review progress. IIED researchers attend these meetings and support negotiators from … intergovernmental organizations, faith-based organisations, media and UN agencies were present. IIED provided regular updates and analysis …
Article, 18 November 2015
COP25: the morning after
… the past ten years. Clearly, we’re doing something wrong both to our climate and in the process we established to fix it. And after … ambition to act on the climate crisis. After mixed results at the UN Secretary-General’s climate action summit in September , Madrid saw … rhetoric and climate action closer together for greater ambition. IIED  hosted a discussion in London on Tuesday, 14 January to unpack the …
Blog, 13 January 2020
Taking stock: how the LDCs became masters in climate activism and optimism
… Climate activists and optimists are on the rise. On behalf of a new … core of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group’s strategy in the UN climate negotiations. A new approach It was the 2011 UN climate … is needed now more than ever. … Achala C Abeysinghe … Climate change … UN Climate Action Summit 2019 … Taking stock: how the LDCs …
Blog, 29 July 2019
International climate adaptation conference says 2015 summits must address the needs of the world's poor
… at how to assist local communities to take action on adapting to climate change.  The conference declaration says the 2015 global agenda … most vulnerable.  The Nairobi Declaration will be delivered  to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris later this … (GOK), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS). 2015 will …
News, 29 April 2015
IIED and partner events at COP22
… of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in the Moroccan city of Marrakech from November 7-18. This page summarises IIED's activities during the two-week gathering. In addition to hosting … also invited to these pre-COP sessions. Related reading: LDC Group at UN climate change negotiations | Pocket guide to the Paris Agreement   …
Event, 05 November 2016
The Road to Paris: how can the world's most vulnerable countries be heard?
… use their "strength of numbers" if they are to achieve a successful climate agreement in Paris in December, says climate change expert Saleemul Huq. Huq, a senior fellow at IIED and director of the Bangladesh-based International Centre for … series launched by IIED on Friday – one month before the start of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the …
News, 30 October 2015
Women in the poorest countries lack leadership opportunities in the UN
… in large numbers in low level positions. The same scenario appears in UN climate change negotiations. I work with the Least Developed Countries … quotes, "it must be he for she". Achala Abeysinghe (achala.abeysinghe@iied.org) is an expert on legal issues in international climate change …
Blog, 12 November 2016
Climate finance for sustainable development: regional forum
… key global summits – on finance, on sustainable development and on climate – will define the ambition and direction of this agenda for the coming decades. Against this backdrop, IIED is co-hosting an Asia-Pacific regional forum with UNDP to look at … the new Sustainable Sevelopment Goals (SDGs), due to be agreed at the UN General Assembly in September . The UN climate talks in Paris in …
Blog, 28 August 2015
Q&A: We must ensure Paris delivers on finance
… With less than a week to the UN climate change conference in Paris (COP21), African countries, … change and currently many are experiencing the effects of El Niño. IIED's Independent Expert Group has commissioned a series of interviews …
Article, 24 November 2015