Developed by the Climate and Development Ministerial (C&DM) secretariat with support from SouthSouthNorth (SSN), the ...

Cities in low- and middle-income countries are growing at unprecedented speed, and the greatest impact will fall on people living in informal settlements. Rapid urban growth, weak governance and ...

Rainforest on the banks of the River Pará, close to COP30 host city Belém (Photo: Paul Mitchell, IIED) Taking place in the hot and humid Amazon city of Belém, COP30 was billed as the ‘nature COP’ or ...

This is the second insight in a series examining the world’s multilateral climate funds, and looks at measures taken by two of the biggest funds to support locally led adaptation. Local communities in ...

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2025 UNFCCC climate change summit in Belém The world’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries continue to spend billions more to repay ...

Farmer showing boosted forage production after using a climate-smart soil method in Western Kenya (Photo: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) The global food ...

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 ...

Knowledge sharing from nine countries confirms that upgrading informal settlements serves as a powerful form of climate action – integrating resilience, sustainability and justice. A series of ...

Urban action was one of three themes framing the 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA19). Urban communities brought critical insights on how to make ...

Women are the quiet force driving resilience in Bangladesh’s coastal zones (Photo: UNDP Climate, via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0) Climate change affects all of us, but not in the same way. A growing body of ...

A series of insights and interviews designed to share the experiences of community leaders, professionals, researchers and government from the global South Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo ...

A series of insights and interviews designed to share the experiences of community leaders, professionals, researchers and government from the global South A small junction town on the Kabale-Mbarara ...