Can we map support to social enterprises in emerging markets?
'Who invests where? And how? Comprehensive data on the range of support to social enterprises could allow investments to target underrepresented geographies and sectors.'
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Impact investing and beyond: mapping support to social enterprises in emerging markets
Shelagh Whitley, Emily Darko and Grace HowellsIt is now possible to capture the full range of support available for developing social enterprises in emerging markets - and for the market infrastructure in which they operate. After identifying an appetite from investors, this This full report and corresponding executive summary explores the range of support to social enterprises in emerging markets. -
Strike first, before the next climate disaster
'Disaster galvanises action. Floods, cyclones, droughts, jolt leaders into planning for future extreme weather events in a way that scientists’ projections about climate change – which might seem too hypothetical – often fail to do. What we need is the same flurry, but before the fact.' -
Seeing is believing
'My ten days’ observation of the fragile wilderness between latitudes N79° and N80° certainly strengthened my sense of the urgency that all discussions about development and green growth must carry. Climate change is here, now, and we need to do all we can to prevent the white, reflective polar ice cap from melting entirely in the summer months.' -
Climate change – is that a small light at the end of the long tunnel?
If you’re looking for bad news on international development, then look no further than climate change. Energy-related carbon emissions have reached an all-time high. Global warming effects are coming through more quickly and more severely than anticipated. There is a growing risk that advances in human development will be thrown into reverse gear, with increased exposure to drought, floods and extreme weather reinforcing poverty traps.
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Flooding in Pakistan: a submerged street near Nowshera, Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa province
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Credit: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN
Source: IRINAdaptation to climate change for the most vulnerable: lessons learnt from the Adaptation Fund and beyond
This one-day conference brought together a number of experts from governments, civil society, academia to discuss current challenges and approaches to address climate adaptation.
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Flooding in Pakistan: a submerged street near Nowshera, Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa province
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Credit: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN
Source: IRINMobilising finance and investments for climate action now
This is the first Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance. This conference will be focused on the theme of mobilising finance and investments for climate action now. Smita Nakhooda is contributing to a session on financing and investment drivers for adaptation activities.
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Submission to the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee on the future of UK development assistance.
This written submission to the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee looked at the long term relevance of the 0.7% ODA target; the suitability of DFID’s mix of financial instruments, including its use of loans and traditional grant aid; the role of the UK as a provider of climate finance; whether the UK should establish a new, independent development finance institution to offer concessional loans; and DFID’s balance between provision of bilateral and multilateral aid. -
The post-2015 delivery of universal and sustainable access to infrastructure services
This paper considers what will be necessary to achieve goals for universal and sustainable access to infrastructure, specifically water, energy and transport. -
Fresh water being poured into a jerrycan. Harshin district, in the eastern Somali region of Ethiopia
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Credit: Siegfried Modola
Source: IRINUN Economic Commission for Europe 4th workshop on adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins
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.