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Nature-based solutions
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Walking the talk of climate ambition – why that walk needs nature too: Make Change Happen podcast episode 14
In this episode of Make Change Happen, we learn why it is important to include nature in Nationally Determined Contributions and how to increase ambition and actions for nature and climate to address the crises of climate change, nature loss and rising inequalities
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Where to find IIED and partners at COP26: event listing
What IIED and partners did at COP26
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IIED at COP26
Our key research, commentary, analysis and events from the 2021 UN climate summit
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Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge
One year on from the launch of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature – when political leaders committed to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 – Xiaoting Hou Jones, drawing on examples from the Least Developed Countries, sets out why locally-led nature-based solutions are indispensable for turning the pledge into action and delivering a green COVID-19 recovery
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Building resilience and greening the COVID-19 recovery in least developed countries
Least developed countries (LDCs) are currently dealing with multiple shocks from both climate and COVID-19-related impacts. IIED and country partners have been undertaking in-depth research to explore policy responses to build forward better from COVID-19 from the LDCs’ perspective
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Nature-based solutions: building blocks for green recovery and climate action in least developed countries
As international climate and biodiversity talks continue and conservation experts gather this week at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Ebony Holland shares recent research outlining how nature-based solutions are being placed front and centre by least developed countries
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Learning from Paris: what would ‘Kunming-compliant’ look like for development cooperation agencies?
Reflecting on the implementation of the climate Paris Agreement, Dilys Roe discusses what the new global biodiversity framework could mean for development cooperation
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Community solutions for a nature-based, resilient future beyond COVID-19
Globally, COVID-19 has claimed more than one million lives and disrupted even more. At the same time, locust swarms have ravaged farms in Africa, forest fires are devastating the west coast of the United States and floods have affected many people in Asia. It’s a stern reminder that we must work better with nature to avoid greater spread of disease and natural disasters
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CBA14 closing: UK minister urges countries to allocate more finance to nature-based solutions to help tackle climate change
UK international environment minister Zac Goldsmith says there is no pathway to net zero emissions without a major effort to protect and restore nature
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CBA14: explore with us how nature-based solutions support local action for adaptation
The ‘nature-based solutions’ track at next month’s 14th CBA event will explore how nature’s ‘services’ can support local communities to manage the impacts of climate change
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Working with nature to build back better from COVID-19: inspirations from farmers in China
Yufen Chuang and Xiaoting Hou Jones reflect on why working with nature to adapt to climate change can offer valuable lessons on how to build back better from COVID-19
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Finding solutions in nature for climate change
On the International Day of Biological Diversity, IIED hosted a multi-stakeholder webinar on how to work with nature to mitigate and adapt to climate change and halt biodiversity loss. IIED senior researcher Xiaoting Hou Jones chaired the event, and here she shares some highlights from the discussions
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Nature 4 Development: improving evidence and dialogue on biodiversity and development
Biodiversity is being lost at alarming rates. But the so-called biodiversity crisis is also a development crisis. IIED and partners are assessing the evidence that investing in nature delivers development outcomes for poor people, and enhancing dialogue between conservation and development communities
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Nature-based solutions for climate change: from global ambition to local action
The world is facing two unprecedented environmental crises: biodiversity loss and climate change. The causes of these challenges are interrelated, as are the solutions. On 22 May, 2020, the International Day of Biological Diversity, IIED hosted an online event to discuss how we can translate the global ambition around nature-based solutions for climate change into local action
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Making the market work for nature while helping to tackle poverty
Marking World Wildlife Day today (3 March), IIED is proposing a new system that would help protect biodiversity and also reduce poverty, bringing conservation and development together
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Nature 4 Development – introducing IIED’s new 2020 initiative
A new initiative from IIED is bringing environment and development organisations together to highlight the role that nature plays in supporting poor people’s livelihoods and contributing to sustainable development in poor countries
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Nature-based solutions to climate change: stories from Chile
The last-minute decision to shift the location of the UN climate negotiations from Santiago to Madrid saw committed multilateralism at work; despite the logistical challenges, world leaders have pressed ahead with these crucial talks in Spain. While the climate spotlight has moved continents, Xiaoting Hou-Jones shares stories from Chile on how nature can support adaptation efforts
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IIED and partner events at COP25
This page summarises the activities of IIED, its researchers and partners during the UN climate change talks (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019
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Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
As global leaders embrace natural climate solutions at the UN Climate Summit in New York, IIED’s research shows how to tap the potential of nature-based solutions in tackling the impacts of climate change
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IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
This page summarises the activities of IIED, its researchers and partners around the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York in September
