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This CEELAC report for South Africa was commissioned by the UNICEF South Africa Country Office. CEELAC examines the baseline [...]

OneWorld this co-convening session at World Water Week this year on"Multi-scale groundwater strategies in Africa - supporting innovation".  This [...]

‘Climate Change and Upstream Development Impacts on New Hydropower Projects in the Zambezi’ project is a research initiative designed to [...]

Drawing on recent experiences of designing NbS, OneWorld convened an official World Water Week 2023 session on 21 August, with a diverse panel of global experts to demystify NbS and to discuss ongoing challenges and opportunities for mainstreaming nature-based approaches.

World Water Week official Session (20 August 2023) In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the importance [...]

Originally posted on CTCN website (available here) Blog developed by the CTCN and Belynda Petrie, CEO, OneWorld, South Africa. [...]

We first consider how ‘climate budgeting’ tools can help public finance to integrate climate adaptation spending with development spending. Our second piece deals with a common barrier preventing project proponents from accessing international climate finance, and makes the case for developing concept notes.

This week, we return to our series on climate finance challenges in Africa and discuss some of the challenges associated with prioritising climate change interventions in the context of political-economy realities that can sometimes undermine evidence-based decision making.

To continue our discussion on sustainability transitions in cities, this week we look at how and whether models of community-based action – and community-based networks – could help to build resilience in municipalities, in moving towards post-COVID-19 recovery.