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Climate change economics
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COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises
Join IIED on Wednesday, 9 September for an online discussion on how debt relief can be addressed through climate and nature programme swaps
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Jobs, nature and the Green New Deal: lessons from the global South
A new article in the 'Journal of Philosophical Transactions B' explores how experiences from large-scale social protection programmes in the global South could help us link two important elements of ideas for a Green New Deal, creating local jobs for a just transition while increasing ecosystem stewardship
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2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee
How can the world achieve a step change in the fight against climate change during 2019? IIED director Andrew Norton looks at the issues and suggests that a radical approach may hold the solution
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Economics of climate change adaptation in the water sector
This project explored pilot economic research to support climate change adaptation in the water sector of developing countries. It also aimed to build the capacity of developing country economists to contribute to action research
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Costing and planning of agriculture's adaptation to climate change
This project looked at how developing countries can best adapt their agricultural systems to climate change.
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Q&A: climate negotiations
Interview with IIED's Dr Saleemul Huq on what the upcoming negotiations mean for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), what funding options for adaptation will look like with the advent of the global economic recession, why media coverage from a LDC perspective is so crucial and what we can expect to see from the big hitters at the climate conference in Copenhagen.
