.IIED's Laura Kelly calls on World Bank, IMF and the G20 to deploy climate-and-nature swaps to ease sovereign debt crisis: iied.org/debt-swaps-cou… #ClimateChange Spring meetings a chance to reform 'colonialist, 20th-century thinking' that dominates our financial system

Our very own Tucker Landesman is quoted in this really interesting longer read about how city governments are waking up to the urgency of #ClimateChange and adaptation

NEW: #ClimateChange link to hysterectomy crisis among Indian sugar workers: iied.org/climate-change… IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj says the COP28 #LossAndDamage fund 'should work with Indian officials to create a social support structure for labourers'

Global Warming Is Particularly Bad for Women-Led Families, Study Says nytimes.com/2024/03/05/cli…
.Ritu Bharadwaj tells NYT 'entrenched cultural norms and a lack of access to resources and decision-making processes' are to blame

#Climate and aid groups are dismayed by an independent commission's review of UK #climatefinance , which found accounting fudges and warned meeting the goal will be 'challenging' - my piece for Climate Home News climatechangenews.com/2024/02/29/aid…

IIED's Tom Mitchell reacts to today's ICAI review of UK #ClimateChange finance: iied.org/uks-aid-watchd… 'If Britain wants to continue claiming a spot in the vanguard of the climate battle it must do everything it can to help' the most vulnerable, he says

NEW: Harmful subsidies reduce effectiveness of fish poo as a carbon sink, analysis by IIED and Fisheries Economics Research Unit (FERU) suggests: iied.org/harmful-subsid… #fisheries #fisheries subsidies 💩

DIARY: As we head into February, look out for new research from IIED on fisheries subsidies and their effect on the ocean's ability to absorb #Carbon . Plus work continues on #Debt & other #HiddenHandbrakes holding back action on #ClimateChange . iied.org/iied-media-cal…

'Given that mil­lions of city dwell­ers are already suf­fer­ing the impact of #ClimateChange , any new ini­ti­at­ive should also con­sider how exist­ing infra­struc­ture can be adap­ted to build resi­li­ence', says IIED's Anna Walnycki in today's Financial Times
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More than 3bn people stand to benefit from a historic #Climate #LossAndDamage fund. But who has suffered most? “Loss & damage is so dependent on people’s values & belief systems,” says Douwe van Schie who led a study for IIED ICCCAD
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Rich countries must compensate the Global South for #Biodiversity loss driven by overconsumption, argues IIED's dilys roe context.news/nature/opinion…

How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries. 'There have been more than 1,720 claims filed publicly since the 1970s, according to an analysis by IIED & Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)' #ClimateCrisis #Inequality insideclimatenews.org/news/14012024/…

PRESS RELEASE: Rich countries should compensate Global South for #LossAndDamage of #Biodiversity driven by overconsumption argue IIED's dilys roe Nora Nisi in a new paper: iied.org/rich-countries…

The #EnergyTransition could endanger the livelihoods of millions of workers, potentially leading to 'conditions resembling modern slavery' unless they are supported with the necessary skills, employment opps & a living wage says IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj
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DIARY: In January IIED will be publishing new work on the #LossAndDamage of biodiversity & its links to overconsumption. Plus look out for more analysis of how #Debt is affecting the ability of Small Island Developing States to cope with #ClimateChange iied.org/iied-media-cal…

“ #ClimateChange is making agriculture an extremely risky, potentially dangerous, & loss-making endeavor for farmers, & it’s increasing their risk of suicide,” says IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj ipsnews.net/2023/12/tale-o…

The new #LossAndDamage fund is comparable to the amount $$ spent by the LA Dodgers on a single athlete. “The rich world needs to take a good look at itself & its actions so far,” says IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj technologyreview.com/2023/12/20/108…

LISTEN: Why is the world acting so slowly on #ClimateChange ? IIED's Aditya V. Bahadur, PhD talks to The Times Of India about the outcomes of #COP28 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/podcasts/the-t…

Ultra processed foods endanger more than children's health. IIED’s Alejandro Guarin tells The Times and The Sunday Times gov.s are spending $$bns subsiding ingredients for UPFs, adding to the food industry's huge carbon footprint. Another #HiddenHandbrake on #ClimateAction . thetimes.co.uk/article/times-…

'We want to make sure it’s effective and fit for purpose and does not just replicate business-as-usual models of #ClimateFinance ' - IIED's Nora Nisi on the #LossAndDamageFund agreed at #COP28 vox.com/climate/2023/1…