Driving progress in sustainable development & climate resilience
We build resilient
futures.
Who We Are
"We are actively working to dismantle systemic silos that impede progress towards a sustainable future."
OneWorld specialises in leveraging a sustainable development lens to address the multifaceted impacts of climate change on governance capacity, economic growth, societal progress and ecosystem resilience. We collaborate directly with decision-makers across communities and in public and private institutions within the developing world.
Our approach involves co-developing solutions to build systemic resilience and shape institutional development. We provide strategic research, advisory, and policy alignment services, grounded in robust political economy analysis, innovative financing solutions, and integrated nexus processes. Our commitment is to deliver practical guidance, rigour, and innovation, actively working to dismantle systemic silos that impede progress towards a sustainable future.
What We Do
We are sustainable development specialists with extensive experience in Africa's geopolitics, culture, ambitions, and complications, focusing on the synergies and trade-offs of natural resource challenges facing interconnected Water, Energy, Food, and Ecosystems.
Securing Resilient Resources
We build resilience in vital natural resources, fostering better adapted and secure futures for ecosystems and communities. Our work focuses on the Water, Energy, Food, and Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus, working towards integrated solutions.
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Shaping Sustainable Finance
We provide comprehensive financial expertise, including climate finance readiness, to drive sustainability across various sectors by integrating sustainability considerations into financial decision-making and investment strategies.
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Managing Just Transitions
We guide organisations and communities through equitable and sustainable transformations, by developing strategies and frameworks that ensure a fair and inclusive shift towards sustainable economies while minimising negative impacts on workers and communities.
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Enabling Resilient Systems
We help build enduring resilience in critical systems and adaptation planning, by focusing on resilience which integrates long-term sustainability principles into strategies for coping with and adapting to climate change.
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Flagship Projects
OneWorld has partnered with governments, multilateral agencies, development banks, and regional economic communities worldwide, successfully leading and delivering numerous large-scale programs and medium-sized projects.
Review of the Okavango River Basin Water Agreement
Analysis of the 1994 Agreement between the riparian states, and recommendations for revising it to improve transboundary water cooperation (followed by revision of the Agreement)
A WEFE Nexus Investment Framework
Guiding the AfDB in selecting, designing, financing, and implementing Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus investments
Adaptation readiness in South Africa
Analysing adaptation needs and adaptation readiness in three key sectors (Agriculture, Built Environment, and Water Value Chain), to support the adoption and implementation of climate adaptation
Climate change and health nexus - updating Tanzania's Health National Adaptation Plan
Reducing the vulnerability of Tanzania's public health system to the impacts of climate change by enhancing adaptive capacity and resilience within the sector
Selected Current Projects
Below are a selection of projects that OneWorld is currently engaged in - initiatives that reflect our ongoing commitment to climate resilience, sustainable development, and equitable growth across regions and sectors.
WEFE Nexus Policy and Institutional Analysis, Nigeria
OneWorld is supporting Lokoja Dialogues and the Government of Nigeria to analyse water-energy-food-ecosystem policies for alignment and reform towards WEFE-nexus based governance and investments.
Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Water Security in South Africa - GCF proposal
OneWorld is supporting the South African National Biodiversity Institute to build the resilience of a selection of South Africa's priority Strategic Water Source Areas through developing a GCF funding proposal.
Development of Malawi's National Climate Change Gender Action Plan
OneWorld has analysed extent of gender integration in national climate action through a policy and institutional analysis and is developing a Plan for reform based on a capacity needs assessment, and the urgent need for gender differentiated solutions.
Climate Finance Mainstreaming for City of Johannesburg
OneWorld is developing the capacities of city officials to mainstream climate change into plans and budgets and to increase their access to climate finance and knowledge.
Supporting the AfDB Adaptation Benefit Mechanism
OneWorld is assisting the Methodology Panel and Validation and Verification Team to mobilise finance for African climate change adaptation projects through certification of adaptation benefits arising from projects.
Ecosystem based Approaches for South African smallholder farming systems - GCF proposal
OneWorld is supporting the South African National Biodiversity Institute for a GCF funding proposal to build the resilience of small-scale food systems through sustainable approaches to farming, climate information services, and finance.
Groundwater Strategy for the Zambezi Watercourse
Co-developed with eight Riparian States, to address needs for capacity building; knowledge generation; groundwater management information and decision support systems; and enabling policy, legal and institutional frameworks for joint management of groundwater
Resource Mobilisation Strategic Plan for SADC Water Resources Management
OneWorld analysed the finance landscape for SADC investments in water-related resources to develop a resource mobilisation plan for SADC Member States and River Basin Organisations to increase ambition in regional investments.
