IIED is helping government and non-government policymakers and planners design, implement and evaluate public policy responses to climate change.
The effects of climate change are already widespread and costly, and are likely to increase in the future. Government and non-government policymakers and planners will play a key role in responding to the impacts of climate change. Policies, budgets and institutional frameworks can all either help or hinder efforts to deliver equitable and climate-resilient development.
Because of the size, uncertainty and cross-cutting nature of climate change impacts, policymakers from both state and non-state organisations will need to take a flexible, holistic and integrated approach.
IIED can help policymakers shape public policy responses that can deliver climate-resilient development for the most poor. Our work is research based and focuses on understanding what drives public policy responses to climate change. We aim to:
- Help policymakers better understand the political economy in which public policy responses for climate-resilient development are embedded. For example, we help governments make better-informed investments that integrate climate change resilience and poverty alleviation
- Develop knowledge systems that policymakers can use for climate-resilient planning
- Design flexible, inclusive and integrated institutional arrangements for constructing, delivering and evaluating climate-resilient development outcomes.
Find out more
- Briefings on national climate finance from government experts in developing countries:
- Zanzibar planning and financing systems for climate change initiatives, Sihaba Haji Vuai (2014), IIED Briefing Paper
- Climate change financing in Nepal, Hari Prasad Sharma (2014), IIED Briefing Paper
- Climate finance governance in Bangladesh: synergies in the financial landscape, Mousumi Pervin and Sheikh Moinul Islam Moin (2014), IIED Briefing Paper
- Climate change financing in Kenya, Vincent Mutie Nzau (2014), IIED Briefing Paper
- Climate change financing in the Gambia, Isatou F Camara (2014), IIED Briefing Paper
- Financing a transition to climate-resilient green economies, Nanki Kaur, John Rwirahira, Daniel Fikreyesus, Neha Rai and Susannah Fisher (2014), IIED Briefing Paper
- Climate resilience: from mainstreaming to ‘main-streamlining, Nanki Kaur and Mousumi Pervin (2013) IIED Reflect and Act
- Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, Reflection & Learning (PMERL) for Community-based Adaptation: a manual for local practitioners – a toolkit produced by CARE International, with technical input by IIED
- Contributory outputs to the Nepal Climate Change Support Programme, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Nepal:
- Assessing the CBA community of practice, Sabine Gundel, Simon Anderson, Nanki Kaur and Corinne Schoch (2013) IIED Briefing Paper. Learning from IIED's conference series on community-based adaptation, this briefing looks at the 'what, who and how' of forming communities of practice, then looks ahead to an evaluation of whether, and how, why and when, such a community achieves better policies and practice to support local climate adaptation.
Contact
For more information contact: Nanki Kaur (nanki.kaur@iied.org), principal researcher, Climate Change