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The World Development Report 2010 addresses how the global response to climate change can strengthen, rather than undermine, development in the world's poorest countries.

Climate-related shocks are affecting the lives of millions of poor people with increasing frequency and severity.

'Suffering the Science' combines the latest scientific observations on

Climate variability in Ethiopia is not new – but now, in addition to the usual struggles, Ethiopians living in poverty are additionally suffering the effects of climate change – both more variable

As financing for climate change adaptation in developing countries begins to flow, it is essential that the governance of funding at the global and country level be shaped so that the needs

In response to the United Nations Environment Program’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023, Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International’s Climate Change Policy Lead, said: “The report underlines how the gap in adaptation funding —at its ‘highest ever’ amid accelerating climate breakdown— must be addressed with the utmost urgency next month in Dubai."

Negotiators at the UN climate talks have narrowly avoided a collapse, agreeing to the bare minimum deal possible.

“There is still a long way to go: this is crunch time. The chance to set new funding targets from when the Paris deal comes into force in 2020 is still very much on the table and needs to stay there if developing countries are to have any hope of more support in the years ahead."

Private finance has a vital role to play in the global response to climate change, but it is not a substitute for public finance.

Asia is home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies. Yet millions of people remain poor, while a handful gets richer and richer.