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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
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.
PDF- South Africa
- Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- Climate Science
- Governance
- Water Resources Management
- Infrastructure (Including Energy and Transport)
- Finance and Insurance
- 2021
To support this understanding, the following brief was developed to highlight the key findings, messages and recommendations of the report, FCDO Girls’ Education Department: Climate and ICF mainstreaming into the Education Portfolio. The brief explores the connections between education and climate change, highlighting how multilateral and bilateral funds have integrated education and climate change. It concludes with recommendations on how FCDO can incorporate climate and education programming to safeguard education gains in the face of current and future climate change.
PDF- United Kingdom
- Education
- International Climate Finance
- Climate Finance
- 2022
The policy brief "How Can Africa Manage the Transboundary Climate Risks It Faces?" examines how climate change impacts and related actions in one nation can create risks that extend beyond borders, termed transboundary climate risks (TCARs). These risks can hinder economic progress, disrupt trade and food security, and affect infrastructure across Africa.
Link- Somalia
- Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises)
- 2023
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
This report summarises the evidence exploring the prevalence of GBV against climate change activists and environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs), its impact on climate and environmental activism, and efforts to address GBV in this context.
Link- Climate resilience
- 2024
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
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