IIED's video: Make Change Happen 25: Hidden handbrakes what s holding back climate action

Despite global efforts to tackle the impacts of climate change, we are failing to achieve critical climate objectives. IIED’s hidden handbrake campaign aims to reveal and explain the bureaucratic, political, legal and practical barriers to countries taking effective action in response to climate change. Progress on mitigation and adaptation measures and anticipatory actions to reduce the potential of loss and damage is drastically slowed where these barriers exist. They must be brought out into the open, challenged and removed. This episode is a conversation between Tom Mitchell, executive director of IIED, and Sejal Patel, a senior researcher in IIED focusing on climate finance and climate-resilient development. The episode also has vital contributions from three climate and environment specialists: Megan Rowling and David Shukman, both highly regarded journalists, and Achala Abeysinghe, regional director and head of programmes at the Global Green Growth Institute. Read more: https://www.iied.org/hidden-handbrakes-whats-holding-back-climate-action-make-change-happen-podcast-episode-25 IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our researchers and guests discuss key global development challenges and explain what we are doing to support positive change. Help us bring the issue of climate change, biodiversity loss and women leadership to the forefront of global attention by liking and sharing this video, and contribute to the conversation in the comments below. You can also subscribe to IIED's YouTube channel to join our mission in building a fairer, more sustainable world.