Climate Change and Development in Africa
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28 March 2013
In CCAPS Student Working Paper No. 5, a graduate student research team set out to examine how to effectively track development aid to Africa, develop a methodology to track climate change adaptation aid, and explore case studies about the challenges that African countries face when deploying aid resources to adapt to climate change.
Tracking Climate Adaptation Aid: Methodology
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27 September 2012
In CCAPS Research Brief No. 5, Catherine Weaver, Justin Baker, and Christian Peratsakis outline CCAPS methodology to track aid activities relevant to climate change adaptation within official development assistance projects in Malawi. The proof of concept shows it is not only desirable, but possible, to provide accessible and timely data on climate aid.
Tracking Adaptation Aid
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01 November 2011
In CCAPS Research Brief No. 2, Catherine Weaver and Christian Peratsakis discuss CCAPS research assessing where international aid resources have been effectively deployed, which they argue is critical to addressing climate change vulnerability and building adaptive capacity in Africa.
The Aid Scramble
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01 September 2010
In CCAPS Policy Brief No. 1, Catherine Weaver and Christian Peratsakis explore the challenges of defining and tracking climate change aid. Utilizing data from AidData, the authors discuss the findings of their preliminary assessment of the number of aid projects to Africa that could be categorized as climate change adaptation.
Resources on Aid and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
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03 June 2010
CCAPS researchers Catherine Weaver and Christine Ackerson identify key resources on aid and climate change adaptation. The document includes international organization and intergovernmental panel reports, scholarly articles and new reports, and key websites for climate change, aid, and development.
Copenhagen’s Climate Finance Promise: Six Key Questions
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01 February 2010
CCAPS researcher J. Timmons Roberts, Martin Stadelmann, and Saleemul Huq take a closer look at the Copenhagen promise and discuss six big questions about climate finance in their briefing by the International Institute for ENvironment and Development.
Billions at Stake in Climate Finance: Four Key Lessons
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01 November 2009
Peter Newell, CCAPS researcher J. Timmons Roberts, Emily Boyd, and Saleemul Huq identify four key lessons that donor countries need to learn in their briefing by the International Institute for Environment and Development.
