Climate change blogs
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Fighting for the future – sustainable development and the battle for ideas in 2017
4 January 2017Following the landmark global agreements on sustainable development sealed in 2015, including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change, the end of 2016 prompted the question: can the world sustain this hard-fought momentum?
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Money where it matters: how to deliver finance to the local level
15 December 2016At an IIED-hosted event, financiers, decision makers, practitioners and researchers tackled three key questions on how to get climate finance to where it's needed most
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Funding local adaptation in Kenya: nationally vs. locally managed funds
4 December 2016How do nationally and locally managed climate funds compare in creating impact on the ground? Guest blogger John Nyangena weighs up the pros and cons of each approach
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The new Trump index: how much does one individual threaten the planet?
1 December 2016An index from 2001 needs updating to reflect how policies championed by US President-elect Trump threaten global ecological sustainability
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Climate responsive cities: a road towards the 'New Urban Agenda'?
15 November 2016A new book, written by local practitioners and edited by IIED, shows how cities across Asia are applying their own approaches to managing climate change risks, and finds that good governance underpins an effective response
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Climate denial and the populist right
15 November 2016In the face of increasing links between a populist nationalist agenda and climate denial, IIED director Andrew Norton calls for a better political offer, and more effective leadership and mobilisation, to face up to the grave climate action challenge.
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Digital data trumps paper in Marrakech
12 November 2016It wasn't just the US election result causing upset among COP22 participants on Wednesday. Matt Wright highlights a slick new way of sharing data, creating a stir at this year's climate negotiations
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Women in the poorest countries lack leadership opportunities in the UN
12 November 2016Achala Abeysinghe walked out of an event after challenging the lack of women among 17 male speakers. The legal expert highlights why women's leadership is needed in global climate change negotiations
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Six steps to local climate finance
6 November 2016Evidence from community-focused initiatives suggests that climate and development funds can deliver local finance by adopting six key structural changes
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Poorest must be heard on climate action to deliver Paris Agreement’s success
4 November 2016The Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force today. IIED director Andrew Norton argues that the voices of the world's most vulnerable must be heard if the treaty is to be effective
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Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower?
31 October 2016Jamie Skinner discusses whether tightening up standards to minimise social and environmental risks could shift the debate on hydropower
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Lessons in climate diplomacy from Ethiopia and Bhutan
27 October 2016IIED has been examining how two of the world's poorest nations are playing a leading role in the climate diplomacy needed to define the rules for implementing the Paris Agreement
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How oceans dried out the Sahel
21 October 2016Alessandra Giannini challenges the view that local people were to blame for drought in the Sahel in the 1970s and 1980s – and explains how climate models now show the cause lies in the oceans
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Show me the money!
18 October 2016Ahead of a side event at Habitat III, Anna Walnycki highlights how funding is needed for grassroots upgrading of informal settlements in the face of evictions
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Making World Bank aid sustainable
10 October 2016Clare Shakya sets out seven ways the World Bank can make its development aid sustainable and inclusive.
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Does climate change cause conflicts in the Sahel?
13 September 2016The Sahel is often recognised as a hotspot of violent conflict. As climate change becomes a leading global political issue, an emerging and increasingly powerful policy narrative presents global warming as a major driver. But how valid is this argument?
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Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
24 August 2016Approaches developed in Mali, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania offer insights for building resilience in areas facing risks of climate change, disasters and conflict
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Why social inclusion matters for green growth
11 August 2016From wetland protection in South Africa to scrapping fossil fuel subsidies in Indonesia, the best climate policies are pro-poor
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Climate change negotiation skills: training for LDC negotiators
28 July 2016In a recent workshop, participants from Least Developed Countries learned about the mechanics of climate negotiations, tackled complex terminology and discussed how to resolve conflict situations that can arise during multilateral talks
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Fieldnotes from two cities in India: learning about social learning and climate uncertainty
21 July 2016How can urban planners deal with the unpredictable future impacts of climate change? IIED researchers visited two Indian cities to see how a learning-based approach can help
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Monitoring and evaluation in a local context
18 July 2016Assessing how climate change adaptation and development investments can strengthen local people's resilience to climate extremes
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Ten ways the UK can maintain international leadership on climate change
1 July 2016The UK must take action to reinforce its place as an international leader in climate change despite uncertainty posed by Brexit
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Navigating uncharted waters: the EU referendum, the spirit of Paris, and the SDGs
27 June 2016IIED's director Andrew Norton argues that a spirit of internationalism must live on in the UK following the seismic shock of Brexit
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The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend?
24 June 2016As the Green Climate Fund's board meets to decide on a second round of spending it needs to prioritise initiatives that will reach the climate vulnerable, rather than large-scale business as usual investments
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Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh: a story of loss and damage avoided
27 May 2016Although Cyclone Roanu killed 30 people in Bangladesh last week, steps taken to reduce the country's risk from disasters saved many more lives