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Climate change negotiations

Text saying "I don't believe in global warming" written on a wall beside a canal, with the water overlapping the bottom of the words.

Event

IIED at London Climate Action Week 2023

Event on 24 June 2023

A couple walking a dog on a small island very close to the water.

Blog

Transformational change is needed in the adaptation finance landscape for LDCs and SIDS

Tina Stege
06 July 2023

Two women, one wearing a face mask, at a conference.

Interview

Women from least developed countries and the international climate negotiations − how can we close the gap?

05 July 2023

Centring local values in assessing and addressing climate-related losses and damages

28 June 2023

Podcast

Challenging queer erasure in climate action and urban development: Make Change Happen podcast episode 22

26 June 2023

Scaling up locally led adaptation in Bangladesh: three action areas

23 May 2023

Blog

Climate change is pushing the poorest countries further into debt. Can insurance fix it?

Ritu Bharadwaj
09 May 2023

Focus on COP27

Our latest and key events, news, blogs and publications related to the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Egypt

UN climate change conference (COP27)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2022 UNFCCC climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh

Event

Young people hold signs that read "loss + damage", "don't fail us!" and "we are watching"

Blog

COP27: were the climate-vulnerable finally heard in Egypt?

Pape Lamine Diouf and Lina Yassin
22 December 2022

A man stands behind a podium in the distance, in front of a backdrop that says "United Nations Climate Change"

News

COP27 draws to a close

19 November 2022

Five men and women wearing suits sit at a long table with microphones. The tables reads "COP27"

Blog

COP decision on loss and damage: two steps forward, one step back

Ritu Bharadwaj and Tom Mitchell
22 November 2022

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Learn more about focused areas of IIED's climate change work

Stepping up global ambition for climate action and justice

A programme of work showing how IIED is supporting the most vulnerable countries to increase global ambition to stay below 1.5°C

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Mobilising money to where it matters

A programme of work helping to initiate a positive shift in the quantity and quality of climate finance reaching the local level to support locally-led solutions that address climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss

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Climate-resilient development

A programme of work showing how IIED is supporting governments, civil society and communities to achieve climate-resilient development outcomes for the most vulnerable people

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