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Pa Ousman Jarju

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Pa Ousman Jarju is a former chair of the Least Developed Countries Group (LDC) in the UNFCCC negotiations. He is The Gambia's Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Forestry, Water and Wildlife, and was the first special climate envoy to be appointed from a Least Developed Country.

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Evidence of coastal erosion in The Gambia. Erosion is threatening not only Gambia's tourist industry but also wetlands, roads and infrastructure (Photo: Diego, Creative Commons via Flickr)

A diplomatic approach to raising climate ambition

Blog, Feb 2016
The island state of Tuvalu is profoundly threatened by climate change. Tuvalu’s Prime Minister announced plans to switch to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2020. He was one of several LDC leaders to announce climate action.  (Photo: Tomoaki Inaba)

Bold climate pledges from the Least Developed Countries

Blog, Sep 2014
LDCs can use the example of Brazil, which has achieved a drastic fall in emissions thanks to avoided deforestation, to see what is possible despite limited economic capacity. Pictured is deforestation for the use of clay in Rio de Janeiro (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)

Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014

Blog, Jun 2014
There was an 'atmosphere of suspicion' at the climate change talks in Warsaw in November (Credit: DrabikPany, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Climate diplomacy can build the trust needed to secure our common future

Blog, Jan 2014

An American predicament that threatens the Green Climate Fund

Blog, Nov 2011
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50 years linking local to global

Find out more about IIED’s plans in our 50th birthday year: our achievements and what comes next…

IIED's mission is to build a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action and influence in partnership with others. We link local priorities and global challenges, and our 2019-2024 strategy details how we will Make Change Happen

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