Climate change blogs
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London Climate Week: is the world ready with its emergency response?
3 July 2019A London Climate Action Week debate saw progressive voices share how they’re showing leadership in tackling the climate emergency – and call on the rest of the world to match their ambition
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Climate action: let’s be bold in Bonn
14 June 2019As 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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To stay ahead of climate change, cities need to act now
4 June 2019How can cities in low- and middle-income countries address climate change risks? IIED's David Satterthwaite looks at the challenges facing city governments across the world
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Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
31 May 2019The UK's new Secretary of State for International Development has impressed with a strong public statement on the need to focus aid funding on climate and environmental challenges. IIED welcomes his commitment, and suggests an agenda for action
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Climate adaptation: its time is now
29 May 2019As adaptation shares more of the limelight, champions of community-based adaption have messages on three key areas that international policymakers must hear
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Why the UK parliamentary committee recommendations on international climate finance are so important
23 May 2019The International Development Committee recently published its findings on UK aid for combating climate change. Clare Shakya, IIED’s director of climate change, gave evidence at the parliamentary inquiry and writes what the UK needs to do to make sure money reaches where it matters most
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Adapting to climate change in Europe: building a systemic and urgent vision
15 May 2019The fourth European Climate Change Adaptation conference takes place in Lisbon later this month. Susannah Fisher and Andrew Norton argue that researchers can play an important role in raising Europe’s ambitions on adaptation by highlighting whole systems approaches and transformative public narratives
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‘Participatory’ adaptation plans aren’t working for migrants in cities
9 May 2019A paper in the latest issue of the journal Environment and Urbanization highlights how urban plans for adapting to climate change often leave out migrant populations living in informal settlements. Guest bloggers Eric Chu and Kavya Michael call for a rethink.
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The Paris Agreement always needed Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg
24 April 2019Extinction Rebellion’s climate protests signal a moment of hope, writes IIED director Andrew Norton. Big shifts rarely happen without a major challenge from people demanding action
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Unsmart, unsafe cities for informal workers: effective policy change will need better data
5 April 2019How can urban health policy be effective when the data on residents’ and workers’ leading causes of premature death, illness and injury is inadequate? A new project with partners in Zimbabwe and India seeks to fill the data gaps and support informal workers’ well-being
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Women in the UN climate negotiations: are we tipping the balance?
7 March 2019Ahead of International Women’s Day, Brianna Craft and Samantha McCraine take a closer look at how well women are represented in spaces where international decisions on climate change are made
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Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community
6 March 2019Guest blogger Gebru Jember Endalew sets out key questions for the adaptation community to be tackled at this year’s community-based adaptation event (CBA13) taking place in Addis Ababa
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CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action
22 January 2019The pressure is on: this year’s flagship event in Ethiopia is a crucial opportunity for getting local adaptation solutions firmly on the global climate policy radar
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2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee
30 December 2018How can the world achieve a step change in the fight against climate change during 2019? IIED director Andrew Norton looks at the issues and suggests that a radical approach may hold the solution
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Reflections on Katowice – where does the Paris Agreement stand now?
20 December 2018IIED's director Andrew Norton reflects on the outcomes of the UN climate talks in Katowice
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The sharp learning curve of an LDC negotiator
12 December 2018Fatima Athoumani describes the fast-paced journey to representing her nation of Comoros at the UN climate talks
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Seeing clearly: transitioning to transparency at COP24
1 December 2018As climate envoys prepare to negotiate the ‘rulebook’ that brings the Paris Agreement to life, Illari Aragon argues the importance of its new transparency framework and explores some of the challenges negotiators face in realising it
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Celebrating 10 years of the UK Climate Change Act: an influential law beyond its borders
26 November 2018IIED director Andrew Norton says the UK's Climate Change Act provides a clear and ambitious framework for addressing climate change, and says it can be a model for other nations for turning the Paris Agreement into national action
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Momentum builds for ambitious agreements at COP24
19 November 2018When COP24 starts next month, the least developed countries will again be in the spotlight. In a special guest blog, LDC Group chair Gebru Jember Endalew outlines the group's hopes for Katowice
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As climate changes, Himalayan farmers return to traditional crops
29 October 2018Traditional crops and innovations are offering Himalayan farmers a way to deal with the challenges of climate change, but there is much work to be done for this to become a truly viable alternative
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The IPCC’s report on global warming of 1.5˚C spells out the urgency of action
8 October 2018IIED director Andrew Norton looks at the new report on climate change
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Addressing the political and technical challenges of measuring adaptation
18 September 2018Susannah Fisher outlines the challenges that need to be addressed in order to effectively measure progress on adaptation as part of the first global stocktake in 2023
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Governments must move to formal negotiations in Bangkok and start shaping the final rulebook
4 September 2018Achala Abeysinghe says this week’s UN climate talks need to make progress on agreeing the operational guidelines or ‘rulebook’ for the Paris Agreement – a vital step towards putting the climate deal into practice
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Negotiating transparency for the Paris deal: next stop, Bangkok
28 August 2018As climate experts gather in Bangkok for the final negotiating session before the December UN climate talks, guest blogger Tshewang Dorji discusses the transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement – and why these need to work for the LDCs.
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The power of storytelling: can traditions from the past find answers to the climate problem?
17 August 2018IIED has been exploring how the power of cultural exchanges can be harnessed to find solutions to the complex global challenge of climate change. And we want to hear from you to learn more