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This research paper examines the necessity and challenges of integrating climate adaptation into development assistance in Mozambique, noting that while donor awareness and legislation are supportive, institutional capacity remains a significant barrier.

This research paper by Mike Muller provides guiding principles for development agencies to support national-level decision-making in developing countries facing climate change. Muller argues that adaptation should be integrated into existing national development goals and governance processes rather than treated as a separate, sectoral, or externally driven priority.

This research paper assesses the portfolio screening activities of at least six development agencies aimed at mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development planning. It examines the methods used to identify existing climate risk considerations in projects and opportunities for future integration, while providing guidance for more systematic assessment.

This report summarizes a two-day workshop held in Geneva on April 11-12, 2007, which brought together 40 participants to share and discuss climate adaptation tools for international development. The workshop aimed to improve decision-making to reduce risks and identify opportunities associated with climate variability and change, specifically within the context of development assistance.

This research paper uses the Climate and Regional Economics of Development (CRED) model to analyze the relationship between climate policy and development assistance. The authors find that while climate and development choices are nearly independent under extreme assumptions of climate risk, development assistance becomes a decisive factor for global climate stabilization under intermediate risk assumptions.