The 20th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA20) will take place from 11-14 May 2026 ...

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

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 ...

The Small Island Developing States’ (SIDS) and least developed countries’ (LDCs) message for the 30th United Nations climate change conference (COP30) in Brazil is clear and unified: adaptation is a ...

Climate change is forcing people to leave informal settlements and is being used as a reason to justify evictions. But our evidence shows evicting residents undermines efforts to build climate ...

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 ...

Smallholder farmers, including Viet Nam’s upland Indigenous Peoples and local communities, are facing the daily realities of climate change. Farming on average plots of just one hectare, these ...

Deforestation is a global problem. Despite multiple treaties and agreements, deforestation has not stopped and is increasing. The driving force behind tropical deforestation is the cultivation of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...