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Access knowledge, evidence and ideas from the work of Oxfam and communities and organisations we partner with around the world About Oxfam P&P PICK A THEME TO START EXPLORING Aid Approach & methodology Climate change Conflict and disasters Economics Education Food and livelihoods Gender justice & women’s rights Governance and citizenship Health Humanitarian Inequality Natural resources Private sector Resilience Rights Trade Water sanitation and hygiene swipe to view more themes Latest resources Free access to research reports, policy briefs, case studies, tools, guidelines and more Start browsing Briefing paper Unaccountable Adaptation: The Asian Development Bank’s overstated claims on climate adaptation finance 02/05/2024 1 documents 62 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Accountability Adaptation finance Climate crisis Climate finance Development Multilateral development banks Transparency Overview Despite positioning itself as the ‘climate bank of Asia and the Pacific’, it is difficult to ascertain the Asian Development Bank’s claims of climate adaptation finance. Oxfam analysed the bank’s 2019–2023 climate finance portfolio and conducted a detailed assessment of 15 climate adaptation projects, comprising 43% of reported adaptation finance for FY 2021 and 2022. […] View resource Briefing paper Valued: Breaking the link between paid and unpaid care, poverty and inequalities across Britain 16/04/2024 4 documents 44 pages long Languages: English, Welsh Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Caring economy Paid care Social security Tax UK poverty Unpaid care Women’s work Overview This briefing paper shows how the undervaluation of paid and unpaid care drives poverty and inequalities across Britain, and it outlines a transformational vision for change. Every day, millions of people, mostly women, provide essential paid and unpaid care for children and disabled, ill and older people. Yet their huge contribution remains widely unseen, undervalued […] View resource Research report Increasing Civil Society Ownership of National Climate Plans: Lessons drawn from Senegal’s NDC experience 15/04/2024 2 documents 59 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Ambition Citizen participation Climate change NDC Overview The issue of civil society participation in the processes of developing, implementing, and monitoring national climate plans is crucial to ensuring that these ambitions are both acceptable to the populations and, beyond that, that they align with a trajectory of sustainable development beneficial to all actors in Senegalese society. This case study aims to analyze […] View resource Briefing paper Two Years at the Forefront: Exploring the needs and experiences of women-led, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ led organizations two years into the Ukraine humanitarian response 22/02/2024 2 documents 33 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords gender Humanitarian response LGBTQIA+ led organisations Poland Refugees Ukraine Women’s rights Overview Two years on from the escalation of the war in Ukraine, Oxfam spoke with a number of people leading the work of local and national women-led organisations (WLOs), women’s rights organisations (WROs), LGBTQIA+ led organizations, and other local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) addressing the needs of women, girls and gender minorities in Poland and Ukraine. We […] View resource Research report The perception of climate change in Senegal coastal areas 10/04/2024 2 documents 93 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Climate change adaptation Overview The cognitive dimension of climate change is a subject that is rarely analysed. However, communities’ endogenous adaptation strategies are heavily dependent on their perception of the risks linked to climate change. An analysis of individuals’ representations and perceptions of climate change makes it possible to improve the ability to adapt of territories confronted by it. […] View resource Research report Shifting Narratives to Value Unpaid and Informal Work in Kenya 05/04/2024 2 documents 88 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Care Domestic work Informal work Narratives UCDW Unpaid care Overview Unpaid Care and Domestic Work (UCDW) and Paid Domestic Work (PDW) are essential to societal wellbeing. However, these activities often carry negative perceptions, attitudes and beliefs when performed by men and boys. As a result, women and girls typically shoulder the primary responsibility for performing UCDW. Similarly, society often undervalues PDW by perceiving it as […] View resource Briefing note Climate Plans for the People: Civil society and community participation in national action plans on climate change 25/03/2024 5 documents 25 pages long Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Active citizenship Adaptation Climate Mitigation Participation Overview In 2024, all countries will be updating and submitting their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). These national climate plans outline commitments towards tackling climate change. These plans impact all walks of life and must therefore be inclusive of the whole of society. 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