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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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Tackling the triple crisis. Using debt swaps to address debt, climate and nature loss post-COVID-19

Even before COVID-19, fears were growing over developing country debt, which had surpassed US$8 trillion by the end of 2019. The pandemic has made the situation much worse as its economic impact ...
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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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52% jump in days over 35°C in world’s biggest capital cities

The world’s biggest capital cities have experienced a 52% increase in the number of days reaching 35°C over the past three decades, according to new analysis by IIED. It shows an overall rise in the ...
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Formalising artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC: much work remains

A majority of the world’s estimated cobalt reserves are in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 10-30% of its annual production mined artisanally (Photo: copyright AFREWATCH) As a critical component ...
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Can Europe’s new deforestation regulation address concerns about trade and climate justice?

High consumption levels in wealthier countries have long driven environmental destruction around the world. This includes the destruction of natural forests to produce agricultural commodities, which ...
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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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Six months out from COP30, only 21 countries have submitted updated climate targets

With six months until COP30 gets underway in Brazil, only 21 countries have submitted updated climate targets as required under the Paris Agreement. A series of pages related to IIED's activities at ...
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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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Tools for ecosystem-based adaptation: new navigator now available

IIED's news, insight, activities and more related to the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit Mangroves line India's Kaveri river. Mangrove forests can protect coastal areas from erosion, support ...
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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 ...