Climate emergency

Implementing the Climate Charter: Analysis and mapping of expertise available to signatories on the implementation of the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations

• Research and Studies

Resilience and social cohesion in Fiji's climate-affected informal settlements: an Environment-Fragility-Peace Nexus project case study

• Research and Studies

Changing conflict dynamics, drought cycles, and vulnerabilities in Samburu/Kenya

Examines the historic realities and enduring narratives on the (semi-)arid lands in Kenya and changing conflict and livelihoods dynamics.

• Research and Studies

Early Action: The State of Play 2022

• Research and Studies

Türkiye-Syria earthquakes – lessons learnt and what next?

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Aid in 2021: Key facts about official development assistance factsheet

This resource highlights key facts from Development Iinitiative’s analysis of global aid reported in 2021, using the most recently available dataset (published in late December 2022).

• Research and Studies

Evidence and practice review of the use of cash transfers in contexts of acute food insecurity

The Global Food Security Cluster Cash and Market Working Group (gFSC CM WG) commissioned this operational research to gather evidence and lessons learned in support of the use of cash for food security outcomes in contexts of acute food insecurity.

• Research and Studies

Somalia: drought and rising costs take hold

This brief is the second in a series highlighting the challenges facing people from different livelihoods in three sites in Somalia.

• Research and Studies

Explain: The climate crisis and humanitarian action | Quick read

• Research and Studies

Exploring systemic risk management as a contribution to the HDP nexus

• Research and Studies

Building Adaptation and Resilience to Heat Waves

• Research and Studies

Persons with disabilities and climate change in Nepal: Humanitarian impacts and pathways for inclusive climate action

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Breaking the Cycle: Practical solutions to unlock climate finance for fragile states

• Research and Studies

Methodological guidance to assess the value for money of premium and capital support towards climate and disaster risk finance and insurance

This report guides on the practical implementation of the ‘Value for Money’ (VfM) principle.

• Guidance and Tools

Anticipatory action: Lessons for the future

• Research and Studies

Anticipatory Action in Latin America and the Caribbean

Kenya Cash Consortium - Four years on: Locally led response case study

This paper aims to highlight milestones made regarding locally led humanitarian response under the umbrella of the Kenya Cash Consortium projects over the past four years. It also endeavors to present lessons learnt and some of the best practices to inform the humanitarian financing system.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Funding to local actors: evidence from the Syrian refugee response in Türkiye

Who really gets the money in the Syrian refugee response in Türkiye? This report tracks the funding and exposes the gaps behind localisation commitments.

• Research and Studies

Climate adaptation finance to Africa: Key facts

This factsheet summarises bilateral and multilateral climate-related ODA flows to African countries, highlighting both the major donors and recipients and the mix of financing across countries.

• Research and Studies

Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel

This research seeks to increase understanding of the links between climate change and migration.

• Research and Studies