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Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Embedding climate resilience in DFID programme design

DFID’s Economic Development Strategy (2017) recognises climate change as ‘the biggest global threat to sustained economic development’. Climate resilient infrastructure can accommodate the shocks and stresses posed by extreme weather…

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ICED ICF Attribution Guidance and Approach

…work which is eligible for climate finance from the International Climate Fund (ICF). To identify very simple entry points for all work packages to integrate (and prioritise) climate and environment…

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ICED ICF Attribution Tool

…which is eligible for climate finance from the International Climate Fund (ICF). To identify very simple entry points for all work packages to integrate (and prioritise) climate and environment opportunities…

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Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Getting the economics of infrastructure resilience right

…than 50 years and can exceed 100 years. Major shocks and stresses such as extreme weather events related to climate change are almost inevitable during these timescales. Failure to consider…

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Climate Resilient Infrastructure: UK Industry Best Practice

This briefing note provides an overview of UK built environment industry best practice approaches to planning, designing and assessing climate resilient infrastructure….

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Construction Sector Employment in Low-Income Countries: Nature of Employment

…qualification systems.[35] Investment in skills may also be important to transitioning construction towards lower carbon and more sustainable industry practices to meet wider environmental and climate change goals. The demand…

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Construction Sector Employment in Low-Income Countries: Size of the Sector

…in African and Asian countries with rapid urbanisation placing huge demands on infrastructure, services, job creation, climate and environment.[5] The construction sector can be divided into three broad sub-sectors: civil…

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Pakistan: Housing Ecosystem Analysis & Entry Points

…the housing sector offers DFID Pakistan an opportunity to integrate programming related to poverty reduction, household financial stability, job creation, inclusion, environment, resilience, and climate change. Potential interventions are informed…

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Construction Sector Employment in Low-Income Countries: Executive Summary

…other cross-cutting priorities (e.g. climate change, poverty alleviation, female empowerment). DFID might therefore explore opportunities to include measures to improve construction employment as sub-components to larger programmes. One example is…

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Effects of war on water security in Yemen: Stocktaking study

…before the war to the current situation, and assessed how other factors, including climate change and the underlying problems and vulnerabilities of the water system that existed prior to the…

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