Climate change and natural resources – Publications
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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...
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
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.
Itad’s Emissions Reduction Plan 2022-25
We aim to be carbon negative by 2023; guided by the 4R framework, we set out how we will take urgent and ongoing action to...
Savings and climate resilience – A review of successes and challenges in current programming
Climate change is the most urgent challenge of our time, and the impacts disproportionately affect people living in poverty.
Improving resilience measurement: Learning to adapt – Itad Practice Paper 01
Strengthening resilience is critical if communities are to respond positively to extreme events, climate change and disasters....
A practical handbook for using prizes to help solve development challenges
While innovation inducement prizes have a historic pedigree, particularly in the early development of aviation, they have only...
Learning to evaluate transformational change – Itad Think Piece 01
We urgently need a low carbon and climate-resilient future. Incremental adaptation may no longer be enough –...
Rising to the challenge: How to get the best value from using prizes to drive innovation for development
An innovation inducement prize enables funders to pursue development goals without them having to know in advance which...
Evaluating the results of innovation prizes for development: reflections and recommendations from practice
The incidence of using prizes (of any kind) to achieve social and development goals is increasing (Evanoff, 2018). And yet...
Evaluating the value for money of Ideas to Impact’s innovation inducement prizes
From 2014 to 2019, the Ideas to Impact (I2I) action-research programme has been designing, implementing and testing a series...
Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Final Report
International Climate Finance (ICF) is a core component of the United Kingdom’s contribution to developed countries’...
Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Technical Report
The United Kingdom (UK) is firmly committed, alongside other developed countries, to contribute to the mobilisation of US$100...
Executive Summary: Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Final Report
This is the executive summary of the Compass PE2 final report 'Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects'.
2018-19 Global leap off-grid cold chain challenge
The Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge (OGCCC) was launched in August 2018 as part of the Ideas to Impact programme to...
The sanitation challenge for Ghana: Making urban sanitation a political priority – Brief
The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana was a competition that ran in Ghana between 2015 and 2019 to encourage local governments...
