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Group discussions with women in Isiolo County, Kenya helped to generate specific evidence about why they and other marginalised groups are more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Susannah Fisher, IIED)
Decision making in an uncertain climate
… The inherent uncertainties of climate change, now and in the future, present major challenges for decision … be agile enough to learn from new experiences and adapt to unknowns.  Our research project explored how to address these challenges by … we argue the case for further action-orientated research. This should focus on: Building evidence and understanding about how process-oriented …
Insight, 23 January 2017
Better science and communication needed to help vulnerable adapt to climate change
News, 01 April 2011
View of Monterrey, Mexico
New coalition to transform cities – and lives
… implemented in a top-down manner, they will fail to create lasting change, and they will not reach major parts of the city’s population. … need to go beyond individual technological approaches, and they must focus on building support by improving quality of life and equity. A new … action. He says: “One factor will decide the success or failure of our global transformation towards sustainability: not finance, not …
News, 10 May 2021
Publications covers collage
IIED's best of 2019: publications
… than 7,000 publications available free of charge in PDF format from our Publications Library , and these were downloaded more than 40,000 … goods and services (and are already bearing the brunt of climate change). So why does the development community often ignore biodiversity … finance reaching the people most vulnerable to climate change. The focus is on the value, blocks and solutions to community funds …
Article, 23 December 2019
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
… Each year international negotiators gather for global talks on climate change at the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations … gathering.  In addition to hosting and speaking at COP side events, our researchers provided support to negotiators from the Least Developed … to meet consumption gaps during shocks. Although MNGREGS' explicit focus is not climate change, there is emerging evidence that it …
Event, 02 December 2018
Flooded street with tall buildings in the background
Rethinking urban climate resilience: time for a reset?
… cities than in rural areas. Urban areas are highly exposed to climate change and are facing hazards at increasing frequency and intensity. … modes of building urban resilience.  This provides the context for our book ‘Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global … how it is built and where. However, most urban planning initiatives focus primarily on the ‘formal’ city despite vast areas of some of the …
Insight, 18 July 2021
Analysing the cost of adapting to climate change
Insight, 08 May 2012
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
… Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in the Moroccan city of Marrakech from … gathering. In addition to hosting and speaking at COP side events, our researchers also provided support to negotiators from the Least … practices and ideas for future work to be done on the issue, with a focus on the five-year rolling workplan. Future cities for climate …
Event, 05 November 2016
A washed-out road near Lake Bisina in Uganda. Uganda is experiencing significant impacts of climate change such as increased frequency of extreme weather events like floods (Photo: James Anderson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Assessing adaptation and development progress
… adaptation progress. Why do we need to invest in M&E for adaptation?  Our first presenter,  Timo Leiter from GIZ’s climate policy team, … development frameworks.  The case of Uganda: linking climate change MEL to development planning frameworks  Our third presenter was … national climate change policy and its implementation strategy focus on using adaptation to reduce vulnerability. The country has made …
Insight, 06 July 2018
Pope Francis is providing global leadership in the battle to take action on climate change (Photo: Raffaele Esposito, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A papal message reaching out to everyone
Insight, 18 June 2015