Items tagged:
Loss and damage
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Untold stories: climate activism and the brutal realities of loss and damage
People in the least developed countries (LDCs) have done the least to cause the climate crisis. Yet they suffer its worst impacts. This online event will see activists in the Solomon Islands, Rwanda and Sierra Leone bring their unseen stories to life in a series of powerful animations
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COP26 hangs in the balance if G20 fails to show solidarity with climate-vulnerable countries by delivering action
This week, G20 ministers come together for two major meetings. Following commitments they made to climate-vulnerable countries at the Climate and Development Ministerial in March, Alex Scott and Ebony Holland reflect on progress to date and how critical it will be for the G20 to maintain momentum and fill the gaps left by the G7
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Call for case studies for policymaking on loss and damage
IIED is inviting civil society organisations, local experts and researchers to share case studies to gather local level evidence on climate change loss and damage from vulnerable countries. Closing date: 15 July, 2021
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Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
As US President Biden hosts a virtual climate leaders summit, Andrew Norton focuses on adaptation, resilience and loss and damage challenges and how the summit can continue the momentum for solutions
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Youth initiatives, key to tackling climate change loss and damage in Rwanda as captured in IIED’s latest animation
IIED launches the last of a three-part animation series that recounts the lived experience of climate change loss and damage, as told by Rwandan youth activist Ineza Umuhoza Grace
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Pushed past coping: IIED animation captures destruction of climate change loss and damage in Sierra Leone
IIED launches a new animation that describes the catastrophic impacts of loss and damage caused by climate change in Sierra Leone, as narrated by UN climate negotiator Gabriel Kpaka
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Loss and damage – recognising the costs of climate change: Make Change Happen podcast episode 10
Climate change has devastating impacts on our planet and people. Some impacts are very noticeable, but many go unmentioned. In this episode of Make Change Happen, we acknowledge the untold loss and damage from climate change having devastating effects on culture and communities
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Brutal realities of climate change loss and damage come to life in IIED animations
IIED has launched the first in a series of three animations that depict the deep and personal loss and damage caused by climate change in the least developed countries (LDCs) – stories that, too often, go untold or unheard
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Demanding attention for the loss and damage from climate change
Blogs, briefings, animations and practical guidebooks are some ways IIED and partners are getting the injustice of climate change loss and damage recognised in policy spaces
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Loss and damage from climate change has pushed Sierra Leoneans far beyond their ability to adapt
Over the last 15 years, residents of Freetown, Sierra Leone have witnessed first-hand the escalating trail of destruction left in the wake of floods, sea rises, mudslides, landslides and more
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How climate change losses could open the Solomon Islands’ old wounds
Forced relocation is on the horizon as communities in the Solomon Islands face loss of freshwater and land. Guest blogger Solomon Yeo fears this could spark fresh tensions between ethnic groups – and lead the country to revisit its dark history
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Engulfed by the sea: the loss and damage from climate change
People from the Solomon Islands are experiencing profound loss and damage from climate change every day. Guest blogger Gladys Habu calls on the global community to recognise these losses, and act
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Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports
On 9 September 2020, IIED and ICCCAD are hosting a webinar on climate-related loss and damage in the least developed countries. Ineza Umuhoza Grace reports on how climate change is impacting Rwanda
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Loss and damage – research, policy and lived experience in least developed countries
On Tuesday, 8 September, IIED and ICCCAD hosted a webinar featuring least developed countries' national experts sharing their research and lived experience of loss and damage. The discussion aimed to ensure that loss and damage remains a priority issue in the lead up to COP26
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Climate action: let’s be bold in Bonn
As the UN climate change conference kicks off in Bonn on Monday (17 June), Subhi Barakat calls for negotiators to be bolder and braver with an emphasis on action
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Q&A: We need long term actions on climate change
In the first of our interviews with representatives from the Least Developed Country Group ahead of the UN climate talks in Paris (COP21), Tracy Kajumba shares some of the challenges created by climate change in Uganda
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Road to Paris video series: the Least Developed Countries' perspective (episode 4)
Hear from a series of experts as they provide an insight into the perspectives of the Least Developed Countries on key aspects of the UNFCCC process ahead of the UN climate talks in Paris in December 2015
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Climate-related 'loss and damage' in cities: exploring a new urban frontier
Highlighting and assessing the urban impacts of climate change can help cities find a more consistent, multi-level approach to climate adaptation
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Typhoon Haiyan shows why COP19 must deliver on loss and damage
Even the best of efforts to adapt to climate change may not be enough to prevent loss and damage, and that's why the UN climate talks need to agree a mechanism to handle this new issue, says Saleemul Huq.
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A house with many rooms: Addressing loss and damage from climate change
At the climate change negotiations, rich nations should not let their fear of liability delay on action on loss of damage.
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COP18 Q&A: outcomes of the Doha climate talks
What are the major outcomes from the climate talks and what does it all mean for developing countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change? We spoke with Saleemul Huq, senior fellow with IIED's Climate Change research group, for his analysis.
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COP18 Q&A: Latest from the Doha climate change conference
What is happening at the climate negotiations in Doha and what might the developments mean for countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? We spoke with Saleemul Huq, senior fellow with IIED's Climate Change research group, for his analysis on recent developments.
