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Woman and donkey walk an arid landscape.
Adaptation finance must reach and pass the US$40 billion target
… At the 15th UN climate change conference (COP15) in 2009, the world’s rich countries agreed to give … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP27) …
Insight, 02 November 2022
Three women try to walk while almost completely submerged in flood water.
Addressing loss and damage: actions to respond, recover and reduce the risk
… countries and communities face, who are already being hit by climate shocks with increasing frequency and intensity. In this IIED … those actions. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that we already live in the era of losses and … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP27) …
Event, 27 July 2022
A chimney expelling smoke.
Waking up: the vital long-term finance goal of the Paris Agreement
… To date, developed countries’ obligation to fund climate action by developing countries – captured in Article 9 of the … is, it doesn’t provide the full picture of global ambition needed on climate finance. Article 2.1c sets a critical long-term climate finance … decarbonising the global economy to mitigate the effects of climate change will require no less than that the entire financial system …
Insight, 02 August 2022
A man, his head hidden by the two large rocks he carries on his shoulders, on the edge of a large river
The Global Goal on Adaptation: how to make the GlaSS work programme inclusive
… In November 2021, the UN climate negotiations (COP26) established the Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP27) …
Event, 24 May 2022
Two women stand on a hillside next to a concrete post with two taps, waiting for their water containers to fill.
Achieving an inclusive approach to the Global Goal on Adaptation
… established under the Paris Agreement drives collective ambition on climate adaptation. Yet progress on operationalising the GGA has been slow since it was proposed in 2013 (PDF) .  At the 2021 UN climate summit (COP26), Parties established the Glasgow-Sharm El … GlaSS look like? In the Caribbean, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CARICOM)  is successfully promoting multi-stakeholder …
Insight, 02 June 2022
Climate justice partly served by COP26 final outcome
… "With this agreement, climate justice has been partly served. The possibility of limiting … it the chance to save millions of people from the worst impacts of climate change. “The boost to finance for countries to adapt to climate change … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP27) … Climate justice partly served by COP26 final outcome …
News, 13 November 2021
A man sat behind a desk and sign labelled 'Ethopia' gesticulates with his hands
Bringing youth’s energy from the streets to the climate negotiating table
… and highlights from the negotiating rooms at COP26 Last year at the UN climate change conference (COP26) I transitioned from being a youth delegate for … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP26) … Bringing youth’s energy from the streets to the climate negotiating table …
Insight, 13 January 2022
Salemuul Huq holding a microphone to his mouth
Nature names Huq among 2022’s top scientists
… One of the biggest successes of this year’s climate negotiations (COP27) was the decision to establish a loss and … to nations most vulnerable and impacted by the impacts of climate change. Campaigners have argued for almost 30 years that the world’s … helping them to make the case for their needs to be on the agenda in UN talks. Former IIED principal researcher Achala Abeysinghe, now at the …
News, 28 December 2022
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De l’idéal au concret : opérationnaliser l’objectif mondial en matière d’adaptation
Publication, 01 April 2026
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UN climate talks: how new negotiators benefit from media training
… In the language of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Parties (countries) don’t cut emissions, they … of the ‘subsidiary bodies to the UNFCCC, or the Bonn Climate Change Conference, held in June 2023). Our aim was to improve the confidence of … Climate change … UN climate talks: how new negotiators benefit from media training …
Insight, 24 October 2023