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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 report outlines the status of international public climate finance going to social protection, focusing on three categories of climate finance providers, bilateral, multilateral development banks, and the climate funds. It proposes options for more efficient and targeted use of climate finance for social protection. The report reviewed existing literature that looks at climate finance and social protection and assessed the climate finance strategies and portfolios of the major international public climate finance providers.
Link- United Kingdom
- Social Protection
- Climate Finance
- Social Protection Technical Assistance, Advice, and Resources Facility (STAAR)
- 2024
This report which was prepared by Sam Barret offers insights into enhancing the integration of climate resilience into FCDO's social protection portfolio. It reviews case studies on climate-adaptive social protection in various countries, examining programmes that support cash transfers, climate-smart public works, and scalable safety nets. Recommendations focus on aligning social protection efforts with climate adaptation objectives, using tools like the International Climate Finance criteria, and implementing shock-responsive systems to improve resilience for vulnerable communities.
PDF- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Bangladesh
- Tanzania
- Rwanda
- Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- Social Protection
- Humanitarian
- Governance
- Infrastructure (Including Energy and Transport)
- Water Resources Management
- 2023
The purpose of the primer is to help the UK government in its thinking around how to better understand the differential effects of climate change and support the inclusion of women in climate action. The primer brings together the latest thinking about how women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and climate change intersect, specifically how climate action can support women’s economic empowerment and how women’s economic empowerment can contribute to climate and environmental outcomes.
Link- Gender Equity
- Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) Helpdesk
- 2021
This query provides an accessible review of the evidence to support efforts to strengthens gender considerations, women’s opportunities and economic empowerment within the FCDO and wider UK government response to acute food insecurity and famine prevention.
Link- Humanitarian
- Gender Equity
- Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) Helpdesk
- 2023
British High Commission Dar Es Salaam (BHC DSM) is looking to scale up programming on climate change whilst incorporating the empowerment of women and girls. This query is a selected portfolio review of four existing BHC DSM programmes which include, or are intended to include, an International Climate Finance (ICF) component to identify entry points for gender equality. It used an in-depth document review of four BHC DSM programmes and interviews with each programme team. For one programme, the implementor provided some written responses.
Link- Tanzania
- Finance and Insurance
- Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) Helpdesk
- 2024
This report explores how African MSMEs contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation. It details MSMEs’ roles across key sectors, such as energy, agriculture, and water management, highlighting the potential for these enterprises to drive green growth and resilience through innovative solutions. The report also addresses challenges MSMEs face, including financing and policy barriers, and outlines steps to identify, support, and measure MSME contributions within the UK's International Climate Finance (ICF) framework.
PDF- Sudan
- Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- Low Carbon Growth and Mitigation
- Agriculture, Land-use, and Forestry
- Water Resources Management
- Infrastructure (Including Energy and Transport)
- Private Sector Development
- 2022
In this brief, the Nature Facility provides recommendations to FCDO in Uganda and DRC for programming and policy engagement priorities with joint conservation, development, and climate change objectives. Recommendations are in line with the requirements of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and the “nature for climate and people” pillar of the UK’s International Climate Finance (ICF) strategy.
Link- Uganda
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
- Diplomacy and policy influencing
- Nature Facility
- 2024
FCDO’s Position Paper sets out the case for taking a more integrated approach to tackling education and climate and environmental change. It identifies a two-way relationship whereby climate and environmental change disrupt education access and systems, but quality education, especially for girls, leads to better climate resilience, adaptation, and mitigation. The paper argues that without making education systems resilient to climate and environmental change, we will not achieve education goals.
PDF- United Kingdom
- Education
- Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
- Gender Equity
- 2022
This report prepared by Dr Nicholas Brooks provides insights from the CRIDF programme on using climate information to support resilience and adaptation in Southern Africa. It details CRIDF's approach to integrating climate risk assessments, the challenges of promoting resilience, and the programme’s innovative tools. The report also offers recommendations for enhancing adaptation by addressing water and infrastructure needs within climate-affected communities across the SADC region.
PDF- Angola
- Botswana
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- Climate Science
- Governance
- Water Resources Management
- Infrastructure (Including Energy and Transport)
- 2021
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