Strengthening Climate Resilience Guidance for Governments and Development Co-operation
Strengthening Climate Resilience Guidance for Governments and Development Co-operation

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-03-16

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9264415130

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This guidance provides a tool governments and development co-operation can draw on in their efforts to strengthen the resilience of human and natural systems to the impacts of climate change. It highlights three aspirations to consider when planning and implementing action to build climate resilience (country ownership; inclusiveness; and environmental and social sustainability).

Development Co-operation Report 2020 Learning from Crises, Building Resilience
Development Co-operation Report 2020 Learning from Crises, Building Resilience

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-12-22

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9264481311

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The devastating impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on developing countries have tested the limits, ingenuity and flexibility of development co-operation while also uncovering best practices. This 58th edition of the Development Co-operation Report draws out early insights from leaders, OECD members, experts and civil society on the implications of coronavirus (COVID-19) for global solidarity and international co-operation for development in 2021 and beyond.

Development Co-operation Report 2021 Shaping a Just Digital Transformation
Development Co-operation Report 2021 Shaping a Just Digital Transformation

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-12-21

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 9264856862

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Digital transformation is revolutionising economies and societies with rapid technological advances in AI, robotics and the Internet of Things. Low and middle-income countries are struggling to gain a foothold in the global digital economy in the face of limited digital capacity, skills, and fragmented global and regional rules.

Cities and Climate Change
Cities and Climate Change

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2010-11-29

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9264091378

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This book shows how city and metropolitan regional governments working in tandem with national governments can change the way we think about responding to climate change.

Green Finance and Investment Scaling Up Adaptation Finance in Developing Countries Challenges and Opportunities for International Providers
Green Finance and Investment Scaling Up Adaptation Finance in Developing Countries Challenges and Opportunities for International Providers

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-11-16

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 9264714251

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This report analyses current trends of adaptation finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for developing countries. It explores potential action areas for international providers to scale up funding for climate change adaptation, including by unlocking the potential of the private sector.

Integrating Environmental and Climate Action into Development Co-operation Reporting on DAC Members’ High-Level Meeting Commitments
Integrating Environmental and Climate Action into Development Co-operation Reporting on DAC Members’ High-Level Meeting Commitments

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-11-12

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 9264940049

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At their High-Level Meeting (HLM) in 2020, members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) set out a number of commitments and aspirations to align development co-operation with the objectives of international agreements to fight climate change and protect the environment. One year later, this report documents the individual and collective steps taken to give effect to the four voluntary commitments set out in the HLM Communiqué.

Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation
Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation

Author: Department of Economic & Social Affairs

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 9789211045871

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This book presents an overview of the key debates that took place during the Economic and Social Council meetings at the 2007 High-level Segment, at which ECOSOC organized its first biennial Development Cooperation Forum. The discussions also revolved around the theme of the second Annual Ministerial Review, "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development."--P. 4 of cover.

Building Financial Resilience to Climate Impacts A Framework for Governments to Manage the Risks of Losses and Damages
Building Financial Resilience to Climate Impacts A Framework for Governments to Manage the Risks of Losses and Damages

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2022-12-08

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 9264801197

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Governments are facing significant climate-related risks from the expected increase in frequency and intensity of cyclones, floods, fires, and other climate-related extreme events. The report Building Financial Resilience to Climate Impacts: A Framework for Governments to Manage the Risks of Losses and Damages provides a strategic framework to help governments, particularly those in emerging market and developing economies, strengthen their capacity to manage the financial implications of climate-related risks.