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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

A woman bends over looking at goats.

Is the international community failing urban refugees and how do we fix this?

Lucy Earle
07 December 2023

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

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Grayscale photo of city buildings

Trends in racial inequality in greater Johannesburg

Blog, 17 April 2023

Street art with a queer theme. A woman walks by pushing a pram

‘Poetry as illumination’: using creative writing to explore how gender and sexuality shape our work

Blog, 13 April 2023

Man, holding a wlaking stick, stands in front of a well full of water

World Bank must get behind climate finance mechanisms that see funds go directly to hardest hit countries

Blog, 06 April 2023

Two people in a rice field

Shaping adaptation: here’s how the CBA conferences are making an impact

Blog, 06 April 2023

People sitting around a u-shaped table

Civil society organisations are key to creating better land policies: lessons from Zambia

Blog, 05 April 2023

Two women throw garbage in a coloured van

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part three: research to action to address their health priorities

Blog, 03 April 2023

Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot

Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best

Blog, 27 March 2023

Informal housing piled on a hill

The favela of Rocinha: decades of struggle have led to a rich political – and cultural – landscape

Blog, 22 March 2023

Man moves charcoal with a shovel

How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production

Blog, 20 March 2023

People sitting under a straw tent next to rice fields

CBA17: back in person, ready to harness energy to drive forward the locally led adaptation agenda

Blog, 15 March 2023

Landscape with lowe bushes, flowers and a hrose with hills in the background

Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers

Blog, 14 March 2023

View of a city with traditional housing and two skyscraper in the distant background

Asia’s fastest growing cities… and why these are mostly small cities

Blog, 09 March 2023

Woman holding to mobile phones

Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition

Blog, 08 March 2023

Aerial view of an isle surrounded by water

A new climate finance goal is in the making: what must happen in 2023?

Blog, 02 March 2023

Olivier Ishimwe and Yamikani Idriss sit on a table with world flags in the background

On the fast track to climate negotiating: learning from my mentor

Blog, 23 February 2023

People queue in front of a desk

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part two: ‘universal’ access to benefits?

Blog, 22 February 2023

Two women talking

COP27: Negotiating for an outcome on loss and damage to support the most vulnerable

Blog, 21 February 2023

Letters that reads "COP 15 Montreal" stand in a snowed road with a snowed tree next to them

Reflections on COP15 and the ‘super years’ for people, nature and climate

Blog, 16 February 2023

A man carries a sack and walks in a field of tall weeds

The 30x30 target: more opportunity, less threat than expected?

Blog, 14 February 2023

Three women chatting

Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models

Blog, 13 February 2023

Men with traditional Maasai clothing walk in the savannah

Lessons from East Africa: getting climate and conservation funding to Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Blog, 09 February 2023

Woman wearing a face mask sits on the floor and handles tools

From risks to resilience for informal workers – part one

Blog, 07 February 2023

A cow and two goats eat grass surrounded by waste. There are houses and people in the background.

Why does so little aid seem to go to basic needs? – part two

Blog, 24 January 2023

Dirt and dirty canal next to a field. Informal buildings in the background

Are basic needs given low priority in most bilateral aid programmes? – part one

Blog, 10 January 2023