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This guidance note prepared by Yue Cao and Beatrice Tanjangco provides a structured analytical process for users to identify technologies, products and services offered by African Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation and are compliant with the ICF Climate and Environment Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) Guide, the Paris Alignment and Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligibility requirements.

• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Climate Finance
• 2022

This WOW Helpdesk query provides the findings of key issues around the economic empowerment of women, people with disabilities and other excluded groups. This rapid desk-based research will support interventions of the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) - drawing on what is publicly available from online searches. The findings show that there is very little published evidence around people with disabilities and the energy transition, but many points stated on WEE also apply to the economic empowerment of people with disabilities.

• Gender Equity
• Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) Helpdesk
• 2021

This report assesses Niger's climate priorities and vulnerabilities, focusing on adaptation in agriculture, water, and land use sectors due to high climate risk. It reviews national climate policies, financing needs, and governance frameworks while identifying key barriers to resilience, such as limited financing and coordination. The report suggests opportunities for international support, especially from UK programmes, to enhance resilience, strengthen governance, and support the NDC and adaptation plan implementation.

• Niger
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Climate Science
• Agriculture, Land-use, and Forestry
• Water Resources Management
• Governance
• Humanitarian
• 2021

This SPARC-funded report, launched at COP28 in December, argues for a new way of thinking about and delivering the climate agenda in fragile and conflict-affected situations.

• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Conflict
• Climate resilience
• SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises)
• 2023

This evidence digest includes a guest blog on prioritising disability inclusion in climate action, and the latest evidence and guidance on disability inclusion, at time of writing. This includes programme learning, the impacts of COVID-19, and finance for disability inclusion.

• Zimbabwe
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Disability Inclusion Helpdesk
• 2021

This report summarises the evidence on the gendered impacts of transition to a low carbon economy.

• Low Carbon Growth and Mitigation
• 2022

This FCDO document includes a summary overview of ICF Financing within FCDO, and how Education Advisers can apply this to their programmes (both new and older programmes retrospectively).

• United Kingdom
• Education
• Climate Finance
• International Climate Finance
• 2022

This report aims to support policy makers and practitioners in understanding how addressing GBV supports the effectiveness of climate change programmes and policies. It shares examples of emerging good practice and provides recommendations for all stakeholders to address GBV more comprehensively.

• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• 2024

This rapid evidence review maps out key donors and their programmes across Africa and the Asia-Pacific, with a specific focus on those that prioritise research and evidence in their efforts to address climate adaptation and resilience in ODA-eligible countries. Given its rapid nature, the review should be considered indicative rather than definitive.

• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
• 2024

The guidance note was prepared by Dr Nicholas Brooks, as a review of the FCDO Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF) for southern Africa and incorporates some learning from this review of the CRIDF programme. The guidance note presents a set of recommendations for the provision and use of climate information to inform resilience and adaptation planning, programming and implementation. The focus is on climate change information to inform longer-term resilience and adaptation, rather than short-term weather and seasonal forecast information.

• South Africa
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Climate Science
• Governance
• Water Resources Management
• Infrastructure (Including Energy and Transport)
• Finance and Insurance
• 2021