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Climate change governance
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IIED at 50: making IIED future fit
Two new IIED researches talk about today’s most pressing environment and development issues, future challenges, and how IIED’s ways of working need to evolve to ensure we’re fit for the future.
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COP27 and the important year ahead
Just over a week on from the end of COP26 in Glasgow and the dust is settling. But as Andrew Norton reflects, any gains made from the event will require ongoing work and citizens demanding more radical action
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Significant new support for locally-led adaptation principles
Danida, Sida, USAID and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the latest donor agencies to endorse eight principles for locally-led adaptation, developed to help ensure that local communities are empowered to lead sustainable and effective adaptation to climate change at the local level
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Inclusive negotiations: are hybrid meetings the answer?
As the organisers of COP26 face the complex challenges of getting 10-20,000 delegates to Glasgow for in-person negotiations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, what are the pros and cons of hybrid formats for making negotiations more inclusive
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Listen to young people: cultural practices can provide answers to the climate problem
Ahead of this week’s COP26 Youth Summit, Papua New Guinean climate advocate Vinzealhar Nen urges world leaders heading to Glasgow to listen to and learn from climate solutions being championed by young people in members' countries − particularly the small islands states
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Accelerating adaptation finance
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Reviewing climate action: the hidden key for greater ambition
As countries prepare to negotiate the last components of the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework, Fernanda Alcobé looks at the review process, explores some significant challenges ahead and provides recommendations for designing a more efficient and inclusive system
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New briefing supports greater ambition for countries’ NDCs
New or updated NDCs have been submitted by 110 out of 191 Parties to the Paris Agreement. For those remaining, IIED has unpacked the Paris Agreement guidance to show they can enhance climate ambition
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Sounding the alarm: new IPCC report reinforces urgency for G20 to take stronger climate action
The science in the new IPCC report paints a clearer picture than ever before – the climate crisis is here, and we must act fast. With COP26 looming, Andrew Norton calls on G20 leaders to listen to the report’s findings and step up their climate action
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Framework guides local governments towards people-led climate-resilient development
IIED’s framework supports local governments to shift away from ‘development as usual’ − to development planning that places climate at its heart, champions bottom-up community participation and values local knowledge
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Is COP26 back on track? The UN General Assembly will be a pivotal moment
While COP26 may still be on rocky ground, recent G20 and high-level ministerial meetings show signs that progress is possible – but only if G20 countries step up on the 1.5°C target and wealthy countries deliver on the US$100bn climate finance goal
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It’s got to be virtual and in person – key steps for a successful COP26
In a moment of reflection, with the first round of virtual climate negotiations and the G7 Summit all concluded, Anna Schulz asks where are we now and what steps can be taken to ensure success at COP26?
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Reporting greenhouse gas emissions: LDCs’ 20-year journey
As the least developed countries (LDCs) prepare to meet the demands of a more stringent climate reporting framework, an IIED report examines the LDCs’ reporting history and distils recommendations for meeting the new requirements
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A new COP26 decision for long-term strategies: what’s in it for LDCs?
After months of delay, the formal UN climate negotiations are resuming and countries face a packed agenda. Gabrielle Swaby sets out why the least developed countries (LDCs) should make long-term strategies central to the discussion
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Building resilience in Ethiopia: climate-resilient development planning and budgeting
IIED is supporting Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Facility to track spending on climate adaptation, institutionalise local climate resilient development planning, and enhance the coordination with other institutions to access and manage climate finance
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2020 in review: climate impacts in the least developed countries
Evolving and overlapping global crises hit the world’s most vulnerable nations the hardest. Now, more than ever, world leaders must demonstrate solidarity and support with concrete action
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Capacity building for climate action and ambition: what have we learned?
On 18 November, this IIED and ICCCAD webinar examined what we have learned from past capacity building initiatives and how we can ramp up climate ambition
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Thriving and just societies: integrating climate, nature and development in a COVID-19 green recovery
COVID-19 has exposed deep inequalities in our society. This event on 17 November brought together experts to discuss integrated action on climate, nature and development, in the context of a green recovery from the pandemic
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Can the Adaptation Committee find opportunity in adversity?
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a pause in climate negotiations, but it need not be time wasted. Binyam Gebreyes and Emilie Beauchamp consider how the Adaptation Committee is seizing the moment to tackle existing challenges, and how it could go further
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A legally binding agreement in Paris? Points to watch
Achala Abeysinghe sets out the key requirements for a legally binding agreement on combatting climate change at the Paris summit
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2014 Barbara Ward Lecture: Fatima Denton calls for a "new paradigm" for African development
Leading climate expert Fatima Denton called for a new narrative on Africa and climate change when she delivered the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture
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Introduction to our work on climate-resilient development
IIED works with national and local government policymakers and planners, civil society organisations, private sector companies and local communities to design, test and evaluate equitable solutions to the climate emergency in low-income countries
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Introduction to our work on global climate law, policy and governance: supporting LDCs in and outside of the UNFCCC process
IIED supports the least developed countries (LDCs) and other vulnerable developing countries to achieve equitable and ambitious outcomes in global climate decision-making. We also help individual countries prepare for the effective implementation of these decisions through national policy and legislative strengthening
