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A builder labours in the sun in India. Outdoor workers lose weeks of work every year due to extreme heat

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Extreme heat costing Indian workers billions in lost wages

20 July 2026

A woman farmer ploughs a barren-looking field.

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Getting back on track: turning global biodiversity promises into fair and locally-led action by 2030

Nicola Sorsby and Barbara Lassen
27 July 2026

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Insight

Brutal heatwave spurs leaders to action at climate resilience finance summit

26 June 2026

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Stepping up global ambition for climate action and justice

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Too hot to work, too poor to rest

Analysis of laws and policies that support Indigenous biocultural territories in Peru

Engaging meaningfully with Indigenous Knowledge to transform IPCC assessments

Tracking household resilience trajectories using the RISE resilience ladder

Food security in a warming world: who is at risk, why and what comes next?

Brazil readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection

Accelerating local development through inclusive energy planning: lessons from Meru county, Kenya

From aspiration to application: making the Global Goal on Adaptation work

Scaling locally led adaptation: closing the rhetoric-reality gap

How to unlock US$1.3 trillion in resilience finance

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Getting back on track: turning global biodiversity promises into fair and locally-led action by 2030

Insight, 27 July 2026

Extreme heat costing Indian workers billions in lost wages

Press release, 20 July 2026

Climate-resilient water infrastructure in Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau.

LDCs’ experiences in transparency reporting, part 2: loss and damage

Event on 29 July 2026

Tow people are in a field, picking crops. They are both wearing green t-shirts.

LDCs’ experiences in transparency reporting, part 1: adaptation

Event on 22 July 2026

Older man standing in a middle of a busy street in Dhaka, looking straight at the camera. He is wearing a grey t-shirt and a red scarf on his head, and holding his motorcycle.

Too hot to work, too poor to rest

Event on 20 July 2026

Brutal heatwave spurs leaders to action at climate resilience finance summit

News, 26 June 2026

Producer countries and critical minerals diplomacy: entry points for agency

Insight, 23 June 2026

The power of the process: why multilateral climate negotiations still matter

Insight, 03 June 2026

People walking on the streets on Karachi.

Are international financial institutions becoming disconnected from reality?

Insight, 29 May 2026

Santa Marta conference highlights legal barriers to the energy transition

Insight, 18 May 2026