From momentum against fossil fuels to fires breaking out on site - COP30 was dramatic. Get inside the negotiating rooms with ...

This event has finished, watch or listen to the playback below. The report highlights opportunities for cooperation between South African and Chinese institutions — from co-financing and technology ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Northern donors seem to be in a state of hesitation. The initial shock of the sweeping US aid cuts that unfolded in 2025 (recent estimates suggesting at least $30 billion ...

Research-to-action programme SPARC has six years of experience carrying out research and collecting meaningful data in some of the world’s most fragile places. In this article, researchers share their ...

Many will recognise 2025 as the year gender equality and justice took a major hit. This ODI Expert Comment reflects on the ...

This event will bring together a variety of actors and implementers working across education, health, and social protection ...

Understanding the impact of ‘localisation’ on strengthening effective and efficient responses to humanitarian crises continues to be a key policy and practice concern for donors and the broader sector ...

The Grand Bargain was first agreed in May 2016, bringing together representatives of 19 donor countries and 16 international aid organisations from the United Nations, international non-governmental ...

As the team packed their bags for Baku two weeks ago, we highlighted the key sticking points in negotiations over the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance – known as the NCQG. These ...

Even our best-case funding scenario paints a grim picture for many of the world’s most climate-vulnerable places. Yet there is reason to hope. To paraphrase a well-known quote: “It’s not a principle ...

The Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) flagship report analyses 20 years of governance programmes in Nigeria funded by the British Government. This research identifies the contextual ...

This report looks at the evidence on the links between violent conflict and climate-related hazards, disasters and natural resources. It explores the relationship between conflict and short-term, ...