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The objectives of our Climate Change work are to:
- Improve the understanding of climate change impacts for poor developing countries including both policy makers and poor groups
- improve the decision making capacities in vulnerable developing countries to cope with impacts of climate change
- Improve the negotiating capacities of poor developing countries in the climate change negotiations through analysis of issues relevant to them
- Improve the sustainable livelihoods opportunities of poor communities in developing countries in light of possible climate change impacts
Recent Updates and News...
 Development and Climate Days at COP13 Climate Change conference in Bali held a mini film festival as a side event this
year, for clips that cover issues related to
climate and development. Visit Youtube.com to view the entries
 IIED and FIELD at the UN climate change conference in Bali
With time to agree a successor to the Kyoto Protocol running out, IIED and FIELD are working to ensure the voices of the poor are heard. Read more...
 Adapting Cities to Climate Change
To date, discussions of how to address climate change have focused far more on mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions) than adaptation (coping with the storms, floods, sea-level rise and other impacts that climate change will bring). The limited discussions on adaptation have also given little attention to cities. But many cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean are at high risk from climate change.
Read more...
Sustainable Development Opinion Paper:
The trouble with travel and trees
The aviation industry is a small – although fast-growing – contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, but per kilometre its impact outstrips that of any other form of transport. As today’s technology looks unlikely to reduce that impact significantly over the next 25 years, aviation has become a key issue in the climate change debate. Many air travellers and people working in the travel industry see carbon offsetting as a viable green solution to the problem. But how accurate is that view?
further information
A new report on The Impact of Climate Change on Least Developed Countries AND Small Island Developing States has just been published by the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. The report, prepared by IIED for the UN, can be downloaded here.
Development and Climate Days at COP13
Development and Climate Days will be held again as a parallel event at COP13 in Bali. The event will take place on Sat 8th and Sun 9th December in the Conrad Hotel, Nusa Dua. For an outline programme and contact details for session organisers please visit our new dedicated web site, www.dcdays.org .
Community Based Adaptation Exchange (CBA-X) is a new shared online resource designed to bring together and grow the CBA community. CBA-X provides a site of exchange for up-to-date and relevant information about community-based adaptation.
www.cba-exchange.org
BRIEFING PAPER: Adaptation to Climate Change - How are we set to cope with the impacts
This briefing paper defines climate change adaptation and show why it matters, who needs to adapt most, and what shape adaptation must take across a range of scales and sectors.
To download this IIED Briefing paper click here
Two Degrees, One Chance, IIED has endorsed the recent report from Tearfund, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Practical Action calling for tough action from the G8 leaders to limit temperature rises. The report
highlights the catastrophic implications of exceeding a two degree threshold, especially for poor nations and communities. Read the report here
BRIEFING PAPER: Community Based Adaptation
A vital approach to the threat climate change poses to the poor.
To download this IIED Briefing paper click here
Climate Policy should consider the needs of the poor
The latest IPCC report shows that the world's poor need help to adapt to inevitable impacts of climate change
  Recent Event : The 2nd International Workshop on Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 24 to 28 February 2007, jointly organised by IIED, RING and BCAS.
View workshop video (5:59min)
For ENB report and photos visit http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/sdban/
For further information visit http://www.bcas.net/2nd-cba/index.html
The Rich Must Face Their Personal Carbon Responsibility Open Letter from Saleemul Huq and Benito
Müller to the Editor, News Bulletin, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE, New Delhi) in reply to an Editorial by Sunita Narain, Director CSE. download pdf (60.2 KB)
 Recent Event : Development & Adaptation Days at COP12
Continuing the success of past events, Development and Adaptation Days, a two day parallel event at COP12, was held on November 11 and 12, 2006, at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. Read the full ENB coverage and view a video clip.
 With the launch of Stern Review of the economics of climate change
What will climate change mean for forests, cities, African drylands, and people's livelihoods? Should we be worrying about “food miles”? Can carbon offsets bring development benefits? How should we address the legal challenges of carbon capture and storage?
 Africa Up in Smoke - COP12 Update
This is an update on the impacts of climate change in Africa produced to inform the debate around the international negotiations in 2006 in Nairobi.
 Warming threat to Bangladesh
Tens of millions are set to be displaced by global warming in Bangladesh through rising sea levels and droughts. Dr Saleem Huq from IIED's Climate Change programme contributes to this news item from the BBC
View video | Read report (on BBC site)
 Up in Smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
Climate Change is already hitting Latin America and the Caribbean and this is increasing the vulnerability of poor communities
NEW PUBLICATION: Climate Change and Development Links
Gatekeeper Series 123 Climate Change and Development Links, by Saleemul Huq, Hannah Reid and Laurel A. Murray. Download publication
Why should development NGOs worry about Climate Change?
Speech delivered by Saleemul Huq of IIED, to the
Seminar on
Climate Change and Development in
Dublin, Ireland
on 20 April 2006
organised by
Kimmage Development Studies Centre
and
Friends of the Earth, Ireland.
Download speech here
Climate change in Africa: Linking Science and Policy for Adaptation
The Tyndall Centre jointly with the International Institute for Environment and
Development organised a one day workshop entitled Climate Change in Africa:
Linking Science and Policy for Adaptation, held in the Royal Society, London, on
the 30th of March 2006. The workshop brought together over 70 participants across
the UK government, international NGOs and research communities. To download the report click here. For more info visit Tyndall website
Nairobi Workshop on Vulnerability to Climate Stress (Jan 2005)
The proceedings and presentations from the Nairobi workshop held at World Agroforestry Centre Campus, United Nations Gigiri Avenue, Nairobi, 27-28 January 2005 are now available to download.
For more info visit Cicero Website
Climate change and sustainable livelihoods linkages in poor countries
IIED, the Regional and International Networking Group (RING), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India and LEAD International
conducted a consultation exercise in 2005 to identify priority research and policy issues for the most vulnerable countries and communities in different regions in the South. The reports are now available to download. more info...
International workshop on community level adaptation to climate change: Dhaka
The 3-day workshop 16-18 January 2005 aimed to share the latest developments in adaptation programmes, priorities and solutions. more info...
Please visit the BCAS website for further details and reports.
Development and Adaptation Days at COP11
Development and Adaptation Days has become an anticipated part of each Conference of the Parties - an opportunity for the international climate change and development communities to share new approaches, explore common concerns and further adaptation efforts in developing countries. IIED and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), together with the Regional and International Networking Group (RING), continued this tradition at COP11 in Montreal, Canada, on 3 and 4 December. The popularity of the event continues to grow, and this year it was attended by over 300 people.
For event highlights please see the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) photos and reports
http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop11/dad/3december.html http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop11/dad/
For a write up of the event by the ENB team please see
http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/sd/ymbvol99num2e.pdf
Climate Change consensus grows in Westminster
A cross-party group of influential UK Members of Parliament have sponsored a House of Commons motion on the links between climate change and development, calling on the Government to fund action to support poorer countries and put these issues centre-stage at the forthcoming UN meeting in Montreal to discuss the progress of the Convention on Climate Change. IIED is urging all MPs to sign the motion (Early Day Motion 886), which was tabled by All-Party Parliamentary Group chair Colin Challen MP with support from former Environment Secretary Michael Meacher MP (Labour), the chair of the House of Commons International Development Committee Malcolm Bruce MP (Liberal Democrat)and its former chair Tony Baldry MP (Conservative), Ann McKechin MP (Labour) and Peter Bottomley MP (Conservative).
The motion can be viewed at
http://edmi.parliament.uk/edmi/ The Global Warming 8 - July 5th, 2005
From 6-8 July 2005, the G8 was happening in Scotland. To coincide with this event, the Working Group on Climate Change and Development held the 'GW8' on July 5th in Edinburgh. Eight speakers from poor countries described the impacts of climate change on the lives of people in their country. They described barriers to further progress and opportunities for tackling climate change and reducing its impact on poor people.
View report
Africa - Up in smoke?
Africa - Up in smoke? is the second report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. It draws attention to the fact that climate change is a particular challenge for Africa, where many of the world's poorest countries are located.
Written and compiled
by Andrew Simms, policy director of nef (the new economics foundation),
with support from Hannah Reid (IIED) and based on material supplied by
members of the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. Archbishop
Desmond Tutu has written the foreword.
read more...
Becoming Carbon Neutral while supporting Sustainable Development:
A Challenge for Development and Environment NGOs
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are contributing to climate change – the evidence is now clear. Efforts to reduce GHG emissions through government action at the international level, through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol, have led to modest action in some countries. However, responsibility for reducing emissions also lies with private companies, non-government organisations, communities and individuals.
read more...
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