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A shrinking pot: how can the LDC climate fund keep up with targets?

The GEF’s structured four-year replenishment model secures predictable funding through scheduled donor pledges. The LDCF does ...
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CBA20: Local solutions inspiring global action

The 20th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA20) will take place from 11-14 May 2026 ...
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Innovative approaches to accessing and scaling all sources of adaptation finance in SIDS and LDCs: a compendium of promising case studies

Developed by the Climate and Development Ministerial (C&DM) secretariat with support from SouthSouthNorth, the compendium ...
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Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature

Western economics is not only destroying the environment. It is also destroying Indigenous peoples’ holistic development models that ensure balance with nature, and provide alternative paradigms for ...
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Tegucigalpa: From climate change adaptation to mitigation strategies in informal urban settlements

One of the areas most vulnerable to extreme climate events in Honduras is its capital Tegucigalpa. The lack of land-use plans, inadequate land management and property speculation have led to land ...
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Finance for climate adaptation in the most vulnerable places… Time for a major rethink?

Least developed countries, Small Island Developing States and other vulnerable countries are experiencing spiralling climate impacts and wrestling with debt distress that leaves them unable to build ...
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Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets

Biodiversity policymakers negotiating the new international framework at the upcoming global biodiversity summit (CBD COP15) must ensure traditional knowledge and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and ...
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Major disaster in the US declared every four days in 2024, IIED analysis shows

The United States experienced a near record number of climate-related disasters last year, prompting FEMA to declare 90 major disasters - nearly double the annual average. News, 25 March 2025 ...
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Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity

A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew explored how the way Indigenous Peoples grow and consume food holds answers to the world’s broken food system. Krystyna Swiderska is ...
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The world's 100 largest cities from 1800 to 2020, and beyond

In the first of a new blog series, IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite looks at the world’s 100 largest cities, and how their changing distribution reflects social, political and economic shifts ...
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Understanding the gender imbalance at the international climate negotiations

A room full of grey-suited men dominate the negotiations at COP27 in Egypt (Photo: UNclimatechange, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Every year, representatives of almost 200 countries come together under ...
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A just transition in agriculture: putting workers at the centre

Food security is a critical factor in building the future resilience of communities in northeast Nigeria (Photo: UNDP Climate, via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0) After the energy sector, agriculture is the ...