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As climate impacts bite, greater resilience becomes critical. Tom Mitchell sets out four areas where businesses can protect themselves and others, while seizing opportunities to market resilience-enhancing products.

As climate impacts bite, greater resilience becomes critical. Tom Mitchell sets out four areas where businesses can protect themselves and others, while seizing opportunities to market resilience-enhancing products

The group has also called on other climate finance-providing countries who share their objectives, to join them as champions of climate adaptation finance. During the course of UN climate negotiations (COP27), group members the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, the UK, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, Iceland and Australia have announced funding for climate adaptation programmes. 

/CNW/ - As the costs of climate change increase, so does the need for countries to be prepared, which is why Canada is taking action on climate change...

IIED researchers and partners will lead and present at several events in-person and online throughout the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  IIED's key areas of focus will be debt relief for climate and nature, locally led adaptation and finance, and supporting negotiators from the least developed countries (LDCs). To go straight to IIED and partner events in week one and two, click on the following links:

IIED researchers and partners will lead and present at several events in-person and online throughout the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  IIED's key areas of focus will be debt relief for climate and nature, locally led adaptation and finance, and supporting negotiators from the least developed countries (LDCs). Week 1

The least developed countries’ (LDCs) have called for a move away from business-as-usual climate action, IIED has responded and this blog shares some of our learning

Bhutan has taken bold, progressive action – while adopting a highly inclusive approach – to chart a path towards a climate-resilient future for all its citizens, setting an example for others to follow

Bhutan has taken bold, progressive action – while adopting a highly inclusive approach – to chart a path towards a climate-resilient future for all its citizens, setting an example for others to follow

Although locally led adaptation is vitally important, most adaptation remains top-down. This may be starting to change, however, if the unprecedented focus on locally led adaptation at COP26 is any indicator.