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Securing Land Rights and Women’s Participation in Land-Based Investments Is Crucial for Food Systems Transformations
Food systems must transform alongside securing land rights to ensure equity, sustainability, and empowerment—especially for women.
What’s Next for Climate Finance? From Seville to Belém
With the dust settling from COP29's hard-fought negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), attention is shifting to how the climate finance goal will be met. The challenge is how to scale up financing for increasingly connected priorities in a challenging landscape of debt stress and cuts in official development assistance.
The Compromiso de Sevilla and the Challenge of Financing Development
As the dust settles at FfD4, IISD summarizes where the conference made progress, where it fell short, and what lies ahead.
Why Coordinated Withdrawal From the Energy Charter Treaty Remains Essential for Effective Climate Action
Last weekend marked a pivotal moment for European climate governance—the European Union and Euratom officially withdrew from the Energy Charter Treaty. While this withdrawal represents a major milestone, it also sheds light on the complexities and persistent risks created by the treaty's fragmented legal landscape.
Why FfD4 Must Move Beyond GDP
The upcoming International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville comes amid global conflicts, rising debt, and deepening inequalities. At the heart of these challenges lies an outdated measure: gross domestic product (GDP). FfD4 offers a chance to rethink this approach and shape a financial system that prioritizes well-being, dignity, and resilience.
Micro-Agrivoltaics: Hiding in plain sight
As India explores the promise of agrivoltaics, small and marginal farmers are cultivating crops beneath solar panels without formal support or mainstream recognition.
Nature-Based Infrastructure for Flood Resilience in Ghana
As flood risks rise across West Africa’s cities, public budgets are struggling to keep up. In Ghana’s Sekondi-Takoradi, a new economic valuation shows how investing in nature through restored wetlands and green spaces can deliver measurable returns for resilience.
What NDCs 3.0 Are (and Aren’t) Saying About Fossil Fuel Production
The third generation of national climate plans is expected to act on the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) commitment to transition away from fossil fuels. But are fossil fuel-producing countries rising to the challenge?
FfD4 Countdown: Vulnerable countries need access to sufficient climate finance, but it must also be tailored to their needs
The 4th Financing for Development Conference, scheduled for July 2025, presents a critical opportunity to advance climate financing for developing countries, taking into account their unique needs, circumstances, and capacities.
Why Linking EU and UK Emissions Trading Systems Is a Win–Win
Linking the EU and UK carbon markets will cut costs, boost trade, and strengthen climate goals—delivering economic and environmental benefits.