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The Aid Scramble
In CCAPS Policy Brief No. 1, Catherine Weaver and Christian Peratsakis explore the challenges of defining and tracking climate change aid. Utilizing data from AidData, the authors discuss the findings of their preliminary assessment of the number of aid projects to Africa that could be categorized as climate change adaptation.
Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset
This article in the Journal of Peace Research presents ACLED, an Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset. ACLED codes the actions of rebels, governments, and militias within unstable states, specifying the exact location and date of battle events, transfers of military control, headquarter establishment, civilian violence, and rioting. Read the full article here.
After Copenhagen Climate Governance and the Road Ahead
Joshua Busby discusses the outcomes of the Copenhagen conference and provides a roadmap for global climate change institutions to address perhaps the most difficult collective action problem the world has faced in this working paper by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Locating Climate Insecurity: Where Are the Most Vulnerable Places in Africa?
In CCAPS Working Paper No. 1, Joshua Busby, Todd Smith, Kaiba White, and Shawn Strange discuss the CCAPS vulnerability model that combines data on physical, socioeconomic, and political insecurities. The researchers then uses geographic information systems (GIS) to locate the confluence of these various types of vulnerability.
Rapporteur’s Summary: CDCM Planning Meeting
The June 2010 planning meeting of the Constitutional Design and Conflict Management (CDCM) team brought together preeminent scholars and practitioners to discuss the scope and methods of the CDCM research project. The group debated and finalized the research framework and case study countries to be studied.
Resources on Aid and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
CCAPS researchers Catherine Weaver and Christine Ackerson identify key resources on aid and climate change adaptation. The document includes international organization and intergovernmental panel reports, scholarly articles and new reports, and key websites for climate change, aid, and development.
Resources on Aid and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
CCAPS researchers Catherine Weaver and Christine Ackerson identify key resources on aid and climate change adaptation. The document includes international organization and intergovernmental panel reports, scholarly articles and new reports, and key websites for climate change, aid, and development.