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Paris Agreement
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2020: the year to get money where it matters
More new initiatives, such as the Global Commission on Adaptation’s Locally Led Adaptation Action Track, are beginning to recognise the critical role of poor and marginalised people in tackling the climate emergency. From the Gobeshona conference, Andrew Norton and Saleemul Huq explain why a reimagined climate finance system that gets money into the hands of those people must be high on the 2020 ‘super year’ agenda
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COP25 policy and activism: we deserved better
In the first of a new series considering the important role social movements play in prompting climate action and protecting nature, Sejal Patel reflects on COP25, both as a researcher seeking to influence policy and as an individual passionate about climate justice
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COP25: the morning after
Ahead of this week's IIED-hosted event discussing what COP25 outcomes mean for the climate crisis, Subhi Barakat highlights stepping stones for more ambitious climate action that emerged from these negotiations, where delays and denial frustrated progress
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How can we avoid another ‘lost decade’ in the climate fight?
As 2020 begins, IIED director Andrew Norton considers what it will take to galvanise meaningful action on climate change against a ticking clock and political reticence
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Monitoring climate change adaptation: the importance of linking global and national reporting
The Paris Agreement provides a foundation for the most robust climate change transparency system to date. IIED research has identified ways to improve this reporting by aligning global and national activity
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Climate finance not reaching the local level
IIED research has found that less than 10% of funding committed under international climate funds to help developing countries take action on climate change is directed at the local level
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South Africa’s national development monitoring and evaluation
IIED has undertaken a series of 'light touch' case studies to show how some countries are developing adaptation M&E for learning systems. This study looks at South Africa
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Subnational adaptation monitoring and evaluation in Morocco
IIED has undertaken a series of 'light touch' case studies to show how some countries are developing adaptation M&E for learning systems. This study looks at Morocco.
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Assessing climate adaptation in Mexico
IIED has undertaken a series of 'light touch' case studies to show how some countries are developing adaptation M&E for learning systems. This study looks at Mexico.
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Transparent climate reporting in Malawi: what’s needed, what’s next?
The Paris Agreement’s transparency guidelines allow least developed countries extra time and support to meet new climate reporting criteria, but meet it they must. Yamikani Idriss describes Malawi’s progress to date and support still needed
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Bearing the climate burden – Bangladesh families are paying too much
A new report by IIED reveals how much rural households in Bangladesh are spending on repairing the damage caused by climate change. Governments and international funders need to do more to support local priorities
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Taking stock: how the LDCs became masters in climate activism and optimism
As Achala Abeysinghe moves on to a new role at the Global Green Growth Institute, she reflects on her time at IIED and shares how – as legal, technical and strategic adviser to the Least Developed Countries – she has seen this dynamic group turn climate diplomacy on its head
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The Paris Agreement always needed Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg
Extinction 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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Seeing clearly: transitioning to transparency at COP24
As 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
IIED 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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Development and Climate Days 2018
This year's Development and Climate (D&C) Days event explored four themes that are vital for delivering climate resilience for all
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Momentum builds for ambitious agreements at COP24
When 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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The IPCC’s report on global warming of 1.5˚C spells out the urgency of action
IIED director Andrew Norton looks at the new report on climate change
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Supporting national monitoring and evaluation systems to enable adaptation assessment and reporting
IIED is working on a programme to improve and share understanding about monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for climate change adaptation planning and reporting.
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Supporting LDCs to strengthen national legislative and policy responses in line with international climate commitments
We help LDCs to strengthen their institutional, policy and legislative environments for enabling long-term national climate action, and thus drive global ambition to implement the Paris Agreement
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Addressing the political and technical challenges of measuring adaptation
Susannah 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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Negotiating transparency for the Paris deal: next stop, Bangkok
As 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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How I learnt to make my voice count at the UN climate negotiations
A junior climate negotiator from Laos explains how a recent training workshop gave her the tools to navigate the complex UN climate talks and the skills to push for more positive outcomes for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) from these crucial international exchanges
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Long-term strategies under the Paris Agreement – key principles for good governance
The Paris Agreement calls for Parties to communicate their long-term, low greenhouse gas emission development strategies by 2020. Achala Abeysinghe looks at how to ensure good governance for these strategies
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Assessing adaptation and development progress
Countries need to know whether their efforts to adapt to climate change are working. The first in a new series of webinars discussed approaches that can help governments assess their progress
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Webinar: What does successful adaptation look like, and what do we want to measure in the context of adaptation, national development and SDGs?
IIED organised a webinar on 28 June 2018 to discuss how developing country governments can assess adaptation actions to inform national planning and international reporting.
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One year on – Trump quitting Paris Agreement rallied action but we still need the US
A year after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the landmark climate accord, IIED director Andrew Norton says the world still needs the US to effectively tackle climate change.
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The Talanoa dialogue: sharing stories in Bonn to inspire ambitious climate action
As the spring UN climate change conference in Bonn gets under way, IIED director Andrew Norton offers his thoughts on the Talanoa dialogue – an unprecedented consultation process designed to bring together different voices to strengthen countries’ climate pledges and keep the Paris Agreement on course
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Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action
Guest blogger Christiana Figueres calls upon women and girls across the world to channel the energy behind the #MeToo movement to bolster the global fight against climate change
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Facilitating greater representation of LDCs in the UNFCCC process
Our participation support helps Least Developed Countries in their efforts to increase their representation and engage fully and meaningfully in the UN climate talks
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Engaging for change – refreshing our strategy for the next two years
IIED's new strategy update will sharpen our focus on how we tackle the challenges of climate action, global social justice and sustainable development over the next two years
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The G20 – on climate change, better than we feared but short of what we need
Efforts in Hamburg to rally 19 countries to the Paris Agreement were successful, but deeper ambition feels further away
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US Paris withdrawal: where now for climate action?
President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement elicited a collective sigh of despair from the environmental community. But his action creates opportunities as well as challenges
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Fighting for the future – sustainable development and the battle for ideas in 2017
Following 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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Inter-Parliamentary Union and IIED say raising the climate ambition is critical
With growing focus on the importance of driving the ambition for climate action, organisations focus on the need to increase the ambition for climate action
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Lessons in climate diplomacy from Ethiopia and Bhutan
IIED 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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Briefing: After Paris – what's next for the LDCs?
IIED to host high-level briefing on the outcomes and challenges of the Paris Agreement
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The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
The Paris Agreement commits governments to climate action. To deliver this agenda successfully, they must engage with all sectors of society, including indigenous peoples, and recognise traditional knowledge
