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The CLEAN Helpdesk integrates gender equity, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) through all technical assistance (TA) requests to advance effective and sustainable climate, environment and nature (CEN) outcomes. We support programmes to embed equitable outcomes, meaningfully engage socially excluded groups, and leverage GEDSI co-benefits through their work. Read more about our approach in this info note.
PDF- United Kingdom
- Gender Equity
- Governance
- 2025
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review provides an overview of the existing evidence on Senegal’s progress in terms of its carbon finance, legal, and governance framework under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
Link- Senegal
- Low Carbon Growth and Mitigation
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 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.
Link- Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2024
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review explores the effectiveness of different approaches to community-based conservation (CBC) in East Africa and their role in strengthening nature outcomes, with particular attention to models of community governance, and evidence for the effective alignment of incentives to promote biodiversity.
Link- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2024
The K4DD Rapid Evidence Review titled “Climate Change and Tobacco Cultivation” examines the impacts of climate change on tobacco farming, control, and governance.
Link- Bangladesh
- Indonesia
- Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, Land-use, and Forestry
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2024
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review explores the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on conflict in the Sahel, with focus on Mali and Niger. It goes beyond discussions looking at direct causes of conflict, to focus on the indirect impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on conflict and violence – e.g. how it can exacerbate the drivers of conflict, and the conditions that shape whether, when, where, and what form of conflict will break out.
Link- Mali
- Niger
- Social Protection
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2025
This review is the first in a series of three reports prepared in support of a Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) evidence and policy clinic on public financial management (PFM). The first part of the review addresses the proactive management of fiscal risks, public asset management, and liabilities associated with climate change for PFM.
Link- Finance and Insurance
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2024
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review provides an overview of the current understanding of the attribution of climate change in Vietnam. It draws on an expanding evidence base that includes academic and grey literature. The literature identified presents a complex and multifaceted picture with regional variation across the country and in the wider East and South East Asian region.
Link- Vietnam
- Diplomacy and policy influencing
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2024
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review covers four facets of Lebanon’s water resources. The first is an overview of water sustainability issues in Lebanon, ranging from policies to politics affecting the use, treatment and distribution of water. The second section considers the question of equality of access to water, focusing particularly on affordability, refugees, and water rights.
Link- Lebanon
- Water Resources Management
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2024
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review covers the emerging evidence from the integration of climate change concerns into peacebuilding and humanitarian programming.
Link- Mali
- Somalia
- Humanitarian
- Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
- 2024
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