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Our blogs give our experts and partners from across the world the platform to provide insight into key events, updates on ongoing research, and share experiences from their work

People posing in front of national flags.

Building political ambition for adaptation at COP28 and beyond

UnaMay Gordon
01 December 2023

A bridge crossing a river filled with dirt and flowing water.

Do national governments and international agencies need urban health departments?

David Satterthwaite
22 November 2023

Aerial view of desert refugee camp with makeshift homes.

Silent battles, resounding strength: the lives of transgender refugees in Kenya

Adrian Kibe
21 November 2023

A man watering plants in a garden.

Smallholder farmers: unsung giants of climate and nature investment

Xiaoting Hou Jones and Damian James Sulumo
16 November 2023

People at tables with microphones and laptops, a woman is speaking.

Progress towards gender balance at the UN climate negotiations: slow, steady – but not enough

Stella Gama
13 November 2023

Two women chat to each sitting on a bench at night.

The changing status of Karachi’s women

Arif Hasan
07 November 2023

Photo of Tasneem Sied Ahmed.

Navigating conflict: my difficult journey to become a new climate change negotiator

Tasneem Sied Ahmed
03 November 2023

Woman sitting at a table speaks to a microphone. A sign saying "Benin" stands in front of her.

Supporting new LDC negotiators in the UN climate negotiations: what’s at stake?

Fatou Diabate
01 November 2023

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A street in a village with a house and a blue window and clothes hanging from a wire.

Further data tales: decoding land ownership and other challenges

Blog, 25 October 2023

Four women smiling at the camera.

UN climate talks: how new negotiators benefit from media training

Blog, 24 October 2023

Five woman sitting behind tables, listening and taking notes.

Ambition to achieve gender balance at international climate negotiations must be matched with finance

Blog, 10 October 2023

Houses next to a canal.

Burgeoning growth of deltaic cities puts lives and livelihoods at risk

Blog, 09 October 2023

Person walks trough a park under heavy rain.

Struggling, silenced and (barely) surviving the perfect typhoon

Blog, 04 October 2023

Truck carrying a huge load of cardboard.

Building resilient cities with the resilience of informal workers

Blog, 02 October 2023

Water tanker.

Beyond the city’s borders: water and sanitation access for refugees in Mafraq

Blog, 28 September 2023

Condensed housing borders a grassy area which has litter strewn over it.

Keeping urban health on the agenda in the 1980s and 90s

Blog, 27 September 2023

A man wearing a mask, standing in front of a large number of solar panels, talks to a wider group of people who are mostly wearing high visibility clothing and hard hats.

Rethinking rural electrification: are cooperatives best for delivery?

Blog, 25 September 2023

Man wearing a mask on a protest march carries a sign, with a pink background, saying: "There is no pride on a dead planet".

Queering climate justice − what climate justice can learn from queer groups

Blog, 21 September 2023

A mess of burned out buildings and vehicles in front of imposing mountains in the background.

Adaptation's turning point: can we set global targets in time for COP28?

Blog, 20 September 2023

A man thrashes rice in a field, with mountains in the background.

The push for clean energy: how nickel mining expansion is impacting agrarian economies in Indonesia

Blog, 12 September 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Simplified sewerage systems: lessons from Dar es Salaam

Blog, 05 September 2023

Man sitting on a bench holding a walking stick, and a herd of goats.

Just transition litigation: a tool for more just and sustainable economies

Blog, 04 September 2023

Aerial view of destroyed housing and infrastructure.

Resilient prosperity in SIDS: forging a new finance compact

Blog, 29 August 2023

City traffic and buildings in Stalinist architecture.

(Mis)adventures in the former Soviet Union with the WHO

Blog, 21 August 2023

A seated panel of four people listen to a speech given by a remote colleague on a television screen positioned to their left.

Europe needs transformational adaptation: lessons from the frontline

Blog, 16 August 2023

Woman walking a flooded road with piles of trash bags next to her.

Getting attention to urban health issues – or not?

Blog, 07 August 2023

Ten elders sir on benches in a forest.

Achieving 30x30: supporting Indigenous and traditional territories and cultures

Blog, 26 July 2023

Man carrying a bag over his next next to a truck full of bags.

Formalising artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC: much work remains

Blog, 25 July 2023

A boat on a river next to a pile of garbage with buildings in the background.

Climate chasm: the yawning gap between policy and reality

Blog, 24 July 2023

People walking up a green hill.

Learning from adaptation financing that is working for LDCs and SIDS

Blog, 20 July 2023

Two people by the sea shore

The non-economic impacts of loss and damage: destroying the spirit, breaking the soul

Blog, 19 July 2023

Aerial view of informal housing.

Locally-led housing action needed to accelerate the UN’s urban SDG

Blog, 13 July 2023