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Conference of the Parties (COP) 21

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Illustrator Jorge Martin creates a 'living graphic' to chart the conversations on 'tough talk on poverty and climate' at the 2015 Development & Climate Days (Photo: IIED/Matt Wright)

Participants in Development & Climate Days focus on "bold action needed now"

Insight, 06 December 2015

Negotiators from over 190 countries are attending the Paris climate summit (Photo:UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Least Developed Country experts raise their voices at COP21

News, 03 December 2015

Achala Abeysinghe focuses on why a legally binding agreement is essential (Image: IIED)

A legally binding agreement in Paris? Points to watch

News, 03 December 2015

The event was held in the Africa pavilion at the Paris climate summit (Photo: IIED)

COP21 side event discusses how to unlock climate finance for developing countries

News, 02 December 2015

The entrance to Le Bourget, the venue for the UN climate talks (COP21) (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons via Flickr)

LDC climate action plans estimated to cost US$93.7 billion per year

News, 30 November 2015

Algeria unveils its renewable energy strategy; Africa has a "huge appetite for renewable sources of energy that will power its industries" (Photo: Magharebia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

But, what is the Africa position?

Insight, 28 November 2015

Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?

Insight, 27 November 2015

Political leaders, experts and civil society representatives from the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)

What do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21?

News, 25 November 2015

More than 90 per cent of Malawians rely on rain-fed subsistence farming to survive. Increasingly variable weather patterns are reducing crop yields and eroding food security (Photo: ILRI/Mann, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: We must ensure Paris delivers on finance

Article, 24 November 2015

The DRC contains 10 per cent of the world's tropical forests but has seen high rates of deforestation.

Q&A: DRC plans a national pollution policy

Article, 24 November 2015

Ethiopia's Simien Mountains National Park is a World Heritage Site, but resource degradation has made lowland areas vulnerable to flooding caused by changing rainfall patterns. (Photo: Hulivili, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: Building zero carbon emission economy in a decade

Article, 24 November 2015

A riverbank management site in Chantal, Haiti, where the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helped construct walls to protect communities from hurricane impacts (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: Haiti aims for 31% CO2 emission reduction by 2030

Article, 24 November 2015

Bangladeshi climate negotiator Qazi K Ahmad

Q&A: World leaders must abandon their narrow political interests to deliver the best deal at COP21

Article, 24 November 2015

A glacial lake near the Jomolhari mountain in Bhutan. Receding glaciers threaten Bhutan's ecosystem with flash floods, landslides and water security problems (Photo: PNUD, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: A crucial year for our planet, says Prime Minister of Bhutan

Article, 24 November 2015

Gambia is hoping to develop its tourism industry, but coastal areas are environmentally fragile and threatened by erosion. (Photo: Nick Brooks, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: The Gambia expects solid financial commitment at Paris climate talks

Article, 24 November 2015

A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)

Driving change by supporting action at the local level

Insight, 24 November 2015

The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 will focus on "tough talk on poverty and climate"

2015 Development & Climate Days: tough talk on crucial transitions

Event on 02 August 2026

An expert on legal issues in international climate change negotiations, IIED's Achala Abeysinghe has been named one of the world's top 15 female climate champions (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)

A champion for the most vulnerable

News, 23 November 2015

People use the pavement on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, close to the Bataclan concert venue which was the focus of the Paris attacks on 13 November, 2015, to share messages of support, and hope (Photo: Gael_Lombart, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

French lead drive for global climate agreement

Insight, 17 November 2015

US Secretary of State John Kerry, pictured with chairperson of the African Union, Abdel Aziz, is opposing African countries' desire for a legally binding agreement at COP21 (via Google Images licence)

Message to Secretary of State John Kerry: a legally binding treaty in Paris is essential

Insight, 13 November 2015

The island nation of Tuvalu is one of the Least Developed Countries that is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with an average elevation of just two meters above sea level (Photo: Nick Hobgood, Creative Commons via Flickr)

The road through Paris: key messages for ministers

Insight, 09 November 2015

Saleemul Huq is interviewed as part of the Road to Paris video series (Image: IIED)

Road to Paris video series: the Least Developed Countries' perspective (episode 4)

Article, 06 November 2015

Saleemul Huq introduces a new series explaining the UNFCCC process from the perspective of the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)

The Road to Paris: how can the world's most vulnerable countries be heard?

News, 30 October 2015

This sewage treatment plant in Delawas, Jaipur, was funded by the Asian Development Bank. There are concerns omitting local people from decision-making processes can lead to climate funds not sufficiently representing local priorities (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Getting Green Climate Funding to the local level

Insight, 28 October 2015

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