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An image of the world showing global surface temperatures: April 2016 was the hottest April on record, the seventh month in a row to break temperature records. You can watch a video progression of changing global temperatures below (Image: NASA)
Taking the Paris Agreement forward: what to expect in Bonn?
… Climate negotiations recommence in Bonn, Germany, this week with … session The Bonn session marks the first formal milestone under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since COP21. The … in November, and beyond.  Dr Achala Abeysinghe (achala.abeysinghe@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's C limate Change Group , and …
Insight, 16 May 2016
Achala Abeysinghe advises Giza Gaspar-Martins, the former chair of the Least Developed Countries Group, in Paris at COP21 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Women in the poorest countries lack leadership opportunities in the UN
Insight, 12 November 2016
Saleemul Huq, left, discusses 2015's big issues with negotiators and ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries in New York in early April (Photo: Claire Hatfield/IIED)
2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
Insight, 17 April 2015
A group of people huddle in deep, urgent discussion
Taking stock: how the LDCs became masters in climate activism and optimism
Insight, 29 July 2019
Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
Insight, 10 December 2015
A poster at COP25
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 …
Insight, 13 January 2020
Achala Abeysinghe focuses on why a legally binding agreement is essential (Image: IIED)
A legally binding agreement in Paris? Points to watch
News, 03 December 2015
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
… at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and ANDES (Peru) are calling on negotiators at the 21st Conference … communities – are given special attention in a robust and binding climate treaty next month. These vulnerable mountain voices often go … mitigation and adaptation strategies, and for implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. …
News, 18 November 2015
The island nation of Tuvalu is one of the Least Developed Countries that is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with an average elevation of just two meters above sea level (Photo: Nick Hobgood, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The road through Paris: key messages for ministers
Insight, 09 November 2015
Strategy and Learning Group director Tom Bigg gives an overview of the SDGs (Image: IIED)
Understanding the SDGs: Tom Bigg
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , due to be adopted at the UN General Assembly in September, set the framework for a transition … a world which is fairer and more sustainable, according to Tom Bigg, IIED's Strategy and Learning Group director. In an interview for IIED, … in one area dependent on progress elsewhere. The SDGs and the climate Crucially the SDGs do not stand alone as an international …
News, 21 August 2015