COP26 debrief: where do we go from here?
In the ‘2021 super year’, the COP26 climate change negotiations were a pivotal moment for countries to honour their pledges. The success of COP26 rested not only on the urgent need for deeper cuts from major carbon emitters to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but also on supporting and addressing the priorities of climate-vulnerable nations, who over ten years ago were promised $100 billion per year by 2020.
Not only has that target not been met, but a bigger portion needs to be allocated to lower-income countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change that have already happened and to combat loss and damage. Another priority lay in the long overdue completion of the Paris Agreement rulebook, specifically around reporting and carbon markets.
At an online event at 10.30am (GMT) on 24 November, we will reflect on the level of ambition displayed at COP26 and to what extent the outcomes responded to the priorities of the 46 least developed countries. Register to attend the webinar now.
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Guest blog by Gustavo Sánchez
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
Forests, and the communities who protect and manage them, are critical in tackling climate change and nature loss. Guest blogger Gustavo Sánchez explains why they can no longer be ignored in the distribution of climate finance and describes a new fund that gets money directly to local forest level.
Read the guest blog.
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"Despite abundant research showing the immense potential of forests for mitigation, the climate finance distributed is woefully inadequate: less than 3% goes towards conserving forests and restoring ecosystems."
– Gustavo Sánchez, executive commission of The Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests
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Online event
Towards a nature positive economic recovery post COVID-19
By sharing findings from country case studies in Brazil, France, India and Uganda under the 'Economics for Nature' project, this webinar co-hosted with the Green Economy Coalition on 23 November will discuss tangible nature positive and nature negative actions and recommendations for investing in nature as part of COVID-19 recovery.
Register to attend.
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Online event
Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city
Globally, over one billion people live in informal settlements, often with limited infrastructure and access to essential services. When efforts to shape these areas arise, residents are often left out of the planning processes. This event on 24 November will reflect on the needs and challenges of citizen participation in the planning and development of informal settlements.
Register to attend.
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D&C Days key messages
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
Development and Climate Days was held virtually from 9-10 November, bringing together 806 participants from 127 countries around the globe. Policymakers, practitioners, scholars, youth, grassroots representatives and civil society activists shared and debated topics on five themes:
- Building resilient agriculture and food systems
- Early warning, early action to leave no one behind
- Financing a resilient future
- Establishing resilient cities and infrastructure, and
- Working with nature to build resilience.
Read the key messages from the event.
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News
Rebeca Grynspan, UNCTAD secretary-general, to give Barbara Ward Lecture 2021
We are delighted that Rebeca Grynspan, the first female secretary-general of UNCTAD and, until recently, chair of the IIED board of trustees, will deliver this year’s Barbara Ward Lecture on 6 December 2021.
Find out more about the lecture and register your interest in attending.
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Guest blog by Pamela Hartley Pinto
Digital tools amplify the voice of women in Peruvian communities
Perú’s ollas comunes or community-led soup kitchens – a community response to COVID-19 based on solidarity, tradition and resilience that is breaking gender norms – have embraced a hybrid way of working to ensure women’s voices are heard.
Read the guest blog.
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Blog by David Satterthwaite
Definitions matter – part one
Why is it that many of the key statistics used to measure progress in development have no agreed definition – ‘city population’, ‘water availability’, ‘slum’ and ‘poverty line’ to name but a few?
Read the blog.
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Toolkit, 36 pages
Linking sovereign debt to climate and nature outcomes: a guide for debt managers and environmental decision-makers
Aimed primarily at debt managers and environmental decision makers, this guide serves as an operational pathway for creditors, international institutions and nongovernmental organisations to work together, using emerging financing innovations to improve debt sustainability and increase climate and nature investment in the most climate-vulnerable and biodiversity-rich countries.
Download the toolkit.
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Working paper, 36 pages
Climate Resilience Information System and Planning Tool for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: the CRISP-M Tool
The CRISP-M tool enables a top-down and bottom-up approach to climate risk management where climate risk-informed GIS planning is combined with community-level processes to ensure effective location-specific and needs-based planning, decision making and monitoring.
Download the working paper.
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We're hiring
Deputy convenor and director of engagement
The Green Economy Coalition (GEC) is a network of over 60 collaborating organisations with a global secretariat hosted by IIED. GEC is looking for a deputy convenor and director of engagement to spread the green economy agenda and make it mainstream.
Find out more and apply by 21 November.
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