Policy and planning

We use research and action to support evidence-based research, policy and planning that can deliver sustainable development

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Article

Ambition, action, resilience: D&C Days

01 June 2023

Overview

Unveiling the ‘hidden handbrakes’ of climate action

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Blog

Reconciling power imbalances in conservation

Nafeesa Esmail and Jana McPherson
11 May 2023

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News

Climate change driving increase in farmer suicides in India

10 May 2023

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Blog

National Adaptation Plans: LDCs need financing to turn words into reality

Lina Yassin
24 April 2023

CBA13 Talanoa: discussing the issues (Photo: IIED)

Article

CBA17 agenda

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Blog

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

Isatou F Camara
06 April 2023

Blog

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

Heather McGray
06 April 2023

Global research priority tracker

New research by IIED Europe shines a spotlight on the policy priorities for the European Union as determined by experts from the Majority World

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IIED Europe Global Research Priority Tracker

EU policies and the Majority World

25 January 2023

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IIED Europe

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

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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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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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Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development

A series of blogs and case studies scrutinising approaches to tackling the nature and climate crises

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D&C Days at 20: Ambition, action, resilience

Scaling up locally led adaptation in Bangladesh: three action areas

Urgent preventative action for climate-related suicides in rural India

Towards housing justice

EU policies and the Majority World

Non-economic loss and damage: closing the knowledge gap

ALL ACT now! Progressing locally led action on loss and damage

City planning with displaced communities: the benefits of inclusion

Mapping COVID-19’s web of impact

How Uganda’s climate reporting is delivering national value

Ambition, action, resilience: D&C Days

Article, 01 June 2023

Unveiling the ‘hidden handbrakes’ of climate action

Article

Reconciling power imbalances in conservation

Blog, 11 May 2023

Climate change driving increase in farmer suicides in India

Press release, 10 May 2023

National Adaptation Plans: LDCs need financing to turn words into reality

Blog, 24 April 2023

CBA17 agenda

Article

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

Blog, 06 April 2023

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

Blog, 06 April 2023

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

Blog, 05 April 2023

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

Blog, 15 March 2023