Least Developed Countries launch 2050 Vision for a climate-resilient future
At the recent UN Climate Action Summit, the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group of the UN launched a long-term strategy for climate resilience and net zero emissions by 2050.
The LDC 2050 Vision is for all the Least Developed Countries to deliver climate-resilient development pathways by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050, to ensure their societies, economies and ecosystems thrive.
The LDCs also released a video featuring the lead negotiator for the LDC Group at the UN climate negotiations, Tenzin Wangmo, in which she sets out the key points of the 2050 vision.
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Recent blogs on climate change
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Blog by Paul Steele and Saleemul Huq
Bearing the climate burden – Bangladesh families are paying too much
A new report by IIED reveals how much rural households in Bangladesh are spending on repairing the damage caused by climate change. Paul Steele and Saleemul Huq say governments and international funders need to do more to support local priorities.
Read their blog.
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Blog by Xiaoting Hou Jones and Hannah Reid
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
Global leaders embraced natural climate solutions at the UN Climate Summit in New York, and IIED’s research shows how to tap the potential of nature-based solutions in tackling the impacts of climate change.
Read all about it.
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Guest blog by Mumina Bonaya and Florence Crick
Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya
Kenya’s transformational County Climate Change Fund mechanism demonstrates how to get climate funds to the local level and involve the people who are most vulnerable to the hazards of a changing climate in deciding how to spend them.
Find out more about the fund at the recent blog.
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Blog by Clare Shakya
Real climate ambition means switching to 'business unusual'
Leadership at the UN Climate Action Summit came from least developed countries and grassroots communities. Clare Shakya argues that supporting their efforts requires a shift away from business-as-usual.
Read the blog.
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Recent papers and reports
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Issue paper, 32 pages
Bearing the climate burden: how households in Bangladesh are spending too much
As direct sufferers of climate change, households are not passive – they are the silent but largest source of climate finance. We demonstrate this with evidence from Bangladesh, comparing household contributions to climate finance with contributions from government and international donors.
Download the issue paper to find out more.
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Project report, 36 pages
The devolved climate finance mechanisms: principles, implementation and lessons from four semi-arid countries
The Devolved Climate Finance (DCF) mechanism is an innovative model for investing at the local level in developing countries and building sustainable and climate-resilient livelihoods. This paper shares the DCF mechanism in Kenya, Mali, Senegal and Tanzania as a contribution to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Download the report.
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Briefing by Camilla More, Gabrielle SA Swaby, Sonam P Wangdi
Time to redress the globally unjust cost of climate change
Climate change has global impacts, but hits poor and vulnerable communities first and worst. A rapid global response is urgently needed. All countries must do their fair share to rapidly reduce emissions and provide adequate support to the poorest and most vulnerable.
Download the briefing.
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Briefing by IIED, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC
Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) — a subset of nature-based approaches to help people adapt to climate change — is an increasingly popular strategy. Evidence from 13 initiatives in 12 countries shows that EbA can provide important, wide-reaching and long-term benefits relating to adaptation, the environment and social issues. In this briefing, we present key findings and conditions that enable EbA to flourish.
Download the briefing.
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