Plane wings at Jomo Kenyatta Airport
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John Young will speak at this conference bringing together researchers and educators who use systems-based, action-oriented, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, or transdisciplinary approaches.
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This side event at the World Trade Organization's Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade brought together a range of contributions to an ODI-COMSEC volume on Aid for Trade (Aft) and featured presentations and facilitated discussions on empirical evidence on the effectiveness of AfT; on AfT and global value chains; and on future directions on AfT.
Dirk Willem te Velde presented findings from ODI research exploring the effectiveness of AfT.
The Humanitarian Standards Forum sought to present an agreed framework for action and outline how agencies can engage in implementation. The event also addressed issues of certification. Wendy Fenton spoke on a panel and moderated the discussion on the second day.
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This multi-stakeholder UN workshop explored adaptation to climate change in transboundary river basins around the world. Julian Doczi, Research Officer in ODI's Water Policy Programme, delivered a presentation introducing the concept of 'tools' for climate adaptation in the water sector, which then led into a morning 'marketplace' of tools for attendees to learn more about from the various organisations that designed them.
Over the past three years, the UN-REDD Programme has developed a body of work on ‘Ensuring that REDD+ and a Green Economy transformation are mutually reinforcing’, based on pilot activities in a number of partner countries. The Global Symposium aims to take stock of the lessons learned, with a view to provide key decision makers with a stronger rationale for linking REDD+ planning and REDD+ investments with green economy efforts. The Symposium will focus on the role of comprehensive land-use planning for capturing environmental, economic and social benefits from REDD+ investments. ODI is facilitating sessions and chairing panels, plus authoring the symposium report.
This side event focused on climate finance needs, tools and institutions for delivery, and lessons learned on the effectiveness of existing funds. Smita Nakhooda from ODI shared insights from recent work on effectiveness.
The theme of the 5th WANA Forum was Uprooted. The forum sought to convene actors from across the West Asia and North Africa region to explore the challenges facing the 'uprooted' and seek ways to address the issue through WANA Forum's four pillars of post-conflict reconstruction & recover, social cohesion, the environment and gree economy. Sara Pantuliano gave a presentation on "The challenge of urban displacement: developing appropriate strategies and policies"