It’s got to be virtual and in person – key steps for a successful COP26
In a moment of reflection, with the first round of virtual climate negotiations and the G7 Summit all concluded, IIED's head of global climate law policy and governance Anna Schulz asks, where are we now and what steps can be taken to ensure success at COP26?
Read the new blog.
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Spotlight: Connecting climate change and nature
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London Climate Action Week event
Frontline funds: investing in grassroots-led responses to climate change
This online event on 30 June hosted in partnership with SDI (Slum Dwellers International), Huairou Commission, Global Resilience Partnership and Climate Justice Resilience Fund will explore how civil society-led mechanisms can deliver the solutions that are urgently needed for local level climate action.
Register to attend.
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London Climate Action Week event
The adaptation action and research sandbox: aligning two global processes
The Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) and the locally led adaptation (LLA) principles are gaining traction in the run up to this year's UN climate summit (COP26). These initiatives set out to strengthen adaptation action and research that puts the needs of the most vulnerable front and centre.
At this innovative sandbox-style event on 1 July, co-hosted by IIED and ARA, you will learn about two salient efforts and discuss opportunities to strengthen and enhance their impact. Register now.
Find out about all of IIED and partners' events at London Climate Action Week.
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CBA15 news
UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key aim for COP26
At the closing plenary of last week's CBA15 conference, the UK's COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan said enabling more locally led adaptation informed by inclusive plans is a critical part of what the UK wants to achieve at this year's UN climate talks.
Watch the video of her speech.
Read interviews with participants, watch film competition and marketplace submissions, and read updates from the conference sessions at the CBA15 daily updates.
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Locally led adaptation – a time for action podcast
Taking locally led adaptation global
IIED’s podcast mini-series ‘Locally led adaptation – a time for action’ comes to an end with the launch of the third and final episode: ‘Taking locally led adaptation global’. The episode explores ways to align global climate finance systems more effectively with the real-life situations of people in communities and at the local level, to ensure successful locally led adaptation to climate change.
Listen to the final podcast episode.
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Climate change news and blogs
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Guest blog by Carlos Fuller and Dhendrup Tshering
“We need a stronger taskforce”: pushing for better access to climate finance for vulnerable countries
The UK and Fiji governments are initiating a new Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance, and vulnerable countries have high hopes it will finally deliver improved climate finance access. Guest bloggers Carlos Fuller and Dhendrup Tshering discuss how to avoid failure and ensure the taskforce is set up for success.
Read the guest blog.
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Blog by Fernanda Alcobé
Reporting greenhouse gas emissions: LDCs’ 20-year journey
As the least developed countries (LDCs) prepare to meet the demands of a more stringent climate reporting framework, an IIED report examines the LDCs’ reporting history and distils recommendations for meeting the new requirements.
Read the recent blog.
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Blog by Gabrielle Swaby
A new COP26 decision for long-term strategies: what’s in it for LDCs?
After months of delay, the formal UN climate negotiations recently resumed and countries faced a packed agenda. Gabrielle Swaby set out why the least developed countries (LDCs) should make long-term strategies central to the discussion.
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Project
Building resilience in Ethiopia: climate-resilient development planning and budgeting
IIED is supporting Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Facility to track spending on climate adaptation, institutionalise local climate-resilient development planning, and enhance the coordination with other institutions to access and manage climate finance.
Find out about the project.
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Climate change publications
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Project report, 83 pages
Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes?
Does investing in nature actually deliver development at the local level? This report provides insights into the types of direct, site-based interventions that can help or hinder the achievement of development outcomes for local people and, ultimately, the delivery of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the SDGs.
Download the paper now.
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Issue paper, 28 pages
LDC priorities from COP25 to COP26: Unfinished business and pandemic disruption
Despite rolling postponements, the UNFCCC process and climate diplomacy has continued in a dramatically altered form. So, what can be done now to ensure ambitious and tangible progress is likely if in-person negotiations are able to resume this year? This paper offers a ‘refresher’ on the context of climate negotiations, unfinished business from COP24 and COP25, and the pandemic’s impact, before exploring practical steps that could help make COP26 a success.
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Issue paper, 30 pages
Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting
This paper analyses over 20 years of least developed countries' reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to understand their current capacity constraints and needs for greenhouse gas inventory reporting, which becomes mandatory under the Paris Agreement's enhanced transparency framework.
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Learning paper, 26 pages
The impacts of COVID-19 on climate diplomacy: perspectives from the Least Developed Countries
This learning paper provides a theoretical framework to assess how the Least Developed Countries (LDC) influenced climate diplomacy before the pandemic, and further explores their experiences of climate diplomacy during COVID-19. It offers recommendations for how policymakers from the UNFCCC, the international community and the LDC Group might support LDCs to effectively engage in the new format of virtual climate diplomacy and address some of the challenges caused by the pandemic.
Download the paper.
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