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Climate change adaptation

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Climate change negotiations

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Development and Climate Days 2023

Event on 07 December 2023

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Building political ambition for adaptation at COP28 and beyond

UnaMay Gordon
01 December 2023

Sinking islands, rising debts

13 September 2023

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Interview

New scorecards expose what’s going wrong in the climate finance delivery chain – and pilot how to fix it

30 November 2023

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Fossil fuel companies rake in $80 billion of taxpayers’ money through shadowy investment tribunals

23 November 2023

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New IIED toolkit supports least developed countries to report accurately on emissions, crucial for policy and planning

16 November 2023

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Blog

Climate action is being held back by ‘hidden handbrakes’

Tom Mitchell
18 May 2023

Focus on COP28

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

UN climate change conference (COP28)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2023 UNFCCC climate change summit in Dubai

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Where to find IIED and partners at COP28: event listing

Event on 30 November 2023

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News

Lack of progress on finance and negotiations at COP28

05 December 2023

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Blog

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

Stella Gama
13 November 2023

Hidden handbrakes

Help us tackle the complex and little-known barriers preventing climate action

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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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