Climate change and natural resources
The global climate crisis is a significant threat to human development. From agriculture to infrastructure, even the most resilient systems are challenged by rising temperatures and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and vulnerable communities continue to be disproportionally impacted.
With estimates that suggest 100 million people are at risk of being pushed into poverty by climate change by 2030, the need to understand what works and why is more urgent than ever. The transformational change needed to respond to the climate crisis is large scale and complex.
The evaluation and learning work we do to understand climate change, natural resources and resilience helps our partners to use evidence-based findings to make decisions which lead to informed investments and actionable change towards a low carbon, climate-resilient future.
We are committed to taking urgent and ongoing action to address the climate crisis.
Read more about how we’re operationalising climate-action at Itad
Project
Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions
We are supporting the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to understand the impact of nature-based solutions (NbS) in achieving...
Project
Evaluating the Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme
The OCEAN programme supports community-led marine initiatives, aiming to place the ocean on a path to recovery and enabling...
Project
Understanding progress on multilateral power sector commitments
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference we assessed a set of global multilateral renewable energy sector initiatives to...
Project
Evidence-based, sustainable climate and ocean adaptation
We are providing independent monitoring, evaluation and learning services to the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development...
Publications
Report
Evaluating the impact of a hydroelectric power investment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This report explores the impact of British International Investment's (BIIs) funding in Virunga Energies’ hydroelectric...
Report
Linking poverty alleviation and nature-based solutions across small-scale fisheries, aquaculture and critical marine habitat interventions
Evidence Review for the Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST) programme
Report
Initial assessment of global progress on multilateral power sector commitments
This report examines the publicly available information around progress on multilateral commitments to decarbonise power.
Knowledge product
Current knowledge of the links between climate and conflict
An interactive poster capturing current trends and links in knowledge and thinking between climate, conflict and peacebuilding.
Blogs and news
News
Global progress on power sector commitments report
A new Itad report examines the available information around progress on multilateral commitments to decarbonise power.
News
Supporting the UK government’s progress toward climate commitments
We are providing monitoring, evaluation and learning services to enhance Defra’s international programming and the delivery...
Impact story
Shaping organisational change for more effective philanthropy
An Itad evaluation conducted in partnership with global philanthropic organisation Porticus, led to organisational changes for...
Blog
Mainstreaming climate concerns into conflict-related evaluation work
Our work with UK Government is highlighting the value of applying a climate lens to conflict-related development programming.
