Climate risk report for the East Africa region
This report highlights the headline risks to consider in climate resilient development planning for the East Africa region. Key climate-related risks for East Africa have been identified by considering
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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Climate risk report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
The climate risk report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the first in a series of standardised regional climate risk reports. Understanding future climate risks depends on analysing
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Carbon markets and standards: a new agenda for LDC negotiators
This brief explores two different types of carbon markets: baseline-and-credit mechanisms, which are primarily structured around offsetting and enable trade in certified emissions reductions between countries
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Covid-19 and food security: novel pathways and data collection to improve research and monitoring efforts
Covid-19 immediately triggered food security concerns. Early in the pandemic, the World Food Programme estimated that Covid-19 will double the number of people facing food crises from 130 million to 265
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Agricultural innovation for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa
Without innovation, farmers would struggle to raise production and productivity. Innovation explains in part why more food per capita is produced in 2020 than in 1960, despite rapid population growth.
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Towards sustained development in Small Island Developing States: why we need to reshape global governance
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have long pursued unconventional economic development strategies, often with great success. Equally, because of their susceptibility to exogenous shocks, which can
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Sustaining development in Small Island Developing States
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have long pursued unconventional economic development strategies, often with great success. Equally, because of their pronounced susceptibility to exogenous shocks,
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Agricultural innovation for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa
Without innovation, farmers would struggle to raise production and productivity. Innovation explains in part why more food per capita is produced in 2020 than in 1960, despite rapid population growth.
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The costs of climate change in India: a review of the climate-related risks facing India, and their economic and social costs
India is already feeling the impacts of climate change. Heatwaves are becoming more common and severe; heavy rain events have increased threefold since 1950; and rising sea levels are posing new risks
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A fair share of climate finance? An initial effort to apportion responsibility for the $100 billion climate finance goal
In Copenhagen in 2009, developed countries committed to jointly mobilise $100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries. However, the climate accords rely on pledging