As COP29 gets under way in Baku, it represents the latest in a series of intergovernmental discussions designed to address ...

As a climate negotiator from Sudan and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group , I can see the potential of COP29 as a ...

I hate queues – for stealing my time, and often drawing on my income. Electronic queues have taken this to another level, ...

As the project reaches its midway point, and as we embark on a new initiative on civic media practices with partners in India ...

IIED issued a mixed verdict on the outcome of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, which ended last weekend ...

The second edition of IIED’s Better Cities series explores the critical shifts in governance, policy and action needed to ...

As momentum builds towards the UN climate change conference (COP29), IIED’s Tracy Kajumba looks at how the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) is ...

It’s critical this month’s global climate summit in Azerbaijan commits to a new finance target that is ambitious, accessible and accountable. IIED is also calling on leaders to agree on a clear ...

Climate risk is expected to continue to grow and concentrate in cities with low adaptive capacity, and particularly in ...

Ambition must be raised and efforts must not be confined to formal negotiations. Processes like the Climate and Development Ministerial (C&DM) play a crucial role in mobilising greater support for ...

The informal settlement of Kisenyi in Kampala district has the highest concentration of refugees in Uganda: the majority being Somali, Congolese, Rwandese and Eritrean. Over recent months my ...

The torch has been one of the most useful components of the toolkit. Honeyguide has found that when it has been deployed in ...