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Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and chief COP23 negotiator, addresses the LDC Group and chair Gebru Jember Endalew. IIED principal researcher Achala Abeysinghe, who provides legal support to the LDC Group chair, is pictured right (Photo: Collin Beck)
LDCs approach Fiji COP with high expectations
Insight, 01 November 2017
A plenary session at COP15 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
COP15 UN Climate Change Conference
Event, 20 December 2009
Two people carrying bags on their head walk through a bridge over a river
Become a partner at CBA15
… International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15) is organised in partnership and is part of a wider … on the theme of community-based adaptation to climate change . Our partners contribute expertise, strategic thinking and financial … than ever before, and Future-proof adaptation with a global South focus : experimenting, testing and debating via online interactions, …
Article, 17 February 2021
A view of the migrant informal community of Marathahalli, Bengaluru
‘Participatory’ adaptation plans aren’t working for migrants in cities
… As cities across the global South grapple with climate change, many are designing plans to deal with escalating climate impacts … and sustainable processes to manage the impacts of climate change.  Our recent study of migrants in the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Surat … and economic networks they need to survive.  Recognising migrants Our study shows that city planners persistently fail to recognise …
Insight, 09 May 2019
People in a Nicaraguan village play a game to learn how climate change adaptation, ecosystem management and disaster risk reduction fit together (Photo: Maya Schaerer/NLRC)
Playing climate change — can games unblock the negotiations?
Insight, 15 November 2013
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)
Addressing risks facing informal workers
… making residents and workers more vulnerable to climate change impacts such as extreme heat, storms or flooding. What did IIED … The city is in a drought-prone area and faces severe water stress. Our research focused on informal workers working in factories, street … our action-research, outreach and advocacy activities. Research focus IIED and partners began with a wide-ranging literature review to …
Project, 01 October 2018
IIED's animation about the way it works in partnership includes a focus on a project in Uganda to deliver fresh food systems (Image: IIED/NAP Design)
New video highlights how IIED's partnerships deliver change
… the institute works with partners from around the globe to deliver change at the local, national and international level. The animated … and attracted widespread acclaim . The new animation has a narrower focus but still delivers an important message.  IIED communications … and how organisations can work together for a better future." Watch our animation, and let us know what you think. We would also be very …
News, 12 January 2017
Rubbish and black bin bags are strewn around
Carbon offsetting: who’s really winning?
… to lift billions out of poverty while stopping catastrophic climate change. Now, spurred by COVID-19 and the impetus to ‘build back better’, … at the heart of its development agenda, yet most CDM projects focus on industrial emissions in the least rural regions. Or Chiapas, … these problems. We tell ourselves that by paying a small fraction of our salaries for emissions reductions in developing countries, we can …
Insight, 07 July 2020
Podcast cover image
IIED launches podcast
… taken towards a more secure future for people and planet.  The Make Change Happen podcast – a series of audio recordings that can be … focusing on key sustainable development issues and how we will play our part to make change happen. The podcast title, ‘Make Change Happen’, … IIED’s action research on the blue economy .  The podcast includes a focus on the international negotiations on how to secure the …
News, 23 August 2019
People walking down a flooded road
D&C Days 2019: five themes for climate resilience for all
… 2019 in Madrid during the middle weekend of this year's UN climate change talks, will tackle big questions, seek effective and practical … systems can also be an important part of the solution: they are our most tangible leverage points for addressing climate change and … bridge the humanitarian-climate-development divide. We will also focus on the concerns facing the most vulnerable people in national …
Article, 22 November 2019