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Smallholder farmers worldwide spending $368bn annually adapting to climate change, nature loss
News, 14 November 2023
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Ambition to achieve gender balance at international climate negotiations must be matched with finance
… Climate change is a global crisis that disproportionately affects women and … disparities. Women in developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change and its impacts because of their high dependence on local … loss and damage fund is gender-responsive : the fund, established at COP27 and designed to provide financial assistance to developing …
Insight, 10 October 2023
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Stockholm+50 must build a legacy of support for locally-led action for people, nature and climate
… political attention on the need to accelerate implementation of the UN Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement on climate change and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, and encourage … Climate change … a legacy of support for locally-led action for people, nature and climate …
Insight, 27 May 2022
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Adaptation's turning point: can we set global targets in time for COP28?
… The climate change narrative has long been skewed towards mitigation; adaptation has … clear that the GGA process needed a structured approach. Thus, at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, parties agreed to establish a framework to … and capitalise on pre-existing adaptation frameworks within the UN climate convention.  But for developing nations, incorporating …
Insight, 20 September 2023
Four images of people from IIED's 2021 'super year' video, including a fisher hauling nets
IIED and the ‘super year’
… The world is dealing with multiple crises – the climate crisis, unprecedented biodiversity loss, rising inequalities and … hosted major meetings including negotiations for both the climate change and the first part of the biodiversity conventions amid a range … events closely, including events and negotiations related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on …
Article, 02 February 2021
Anne-Marie Trevelyan looks into a camera and speaks
UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key aim for COP26
… COP26 presidency and Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change.  She addressed the closing plenary of the  15th International … to make decisions on building their resilience." The LDC Group at the UN climate negotiations represents the 46 nations most vulnerable to … Climate change …
News, 18 June 2021
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COP15 should protect mountain landscapes, and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities governing them
News, 23 November 2023
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LIFE-AR à la COP28 : de nouveaux engagements pour accélérer les efforts d'adaptation et de résilience au climat dans les pays les moins avancés
… Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP28) …
News, 19 February 2024
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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
… of the 15th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change .  You can review the  full conference agenda . Day 5 Day 4 Day 3 … is a critical part of what the UK wants to achieve at this year's UN climate talks (COP26). Anne-Marie Trevelyan is the UK government's … Climate change …
Article, 14 June 2021
A masked woman sits behind a desk reading an information booklet next to a sign that is labelled 'Rwanda'. behind her is a large banner proclaiming the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference
Why COP26 was worth it
… Read how Yared Abera navigated the steep learning curve to becoming a climate negotiator After waiting two years for the COP26 UN climate negotiations, I had big expectations for Glasgow. I’d … it really is. When you look at all the devastation from climate change in 2020, the call for urgent action – and money to finance that …
Insight, 06 January 2022