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This is one of a series of guidance notes developed to support humanitarian planning and response in relation to climate hazards in Ethiopia. This note identifies sources of information on drought, providing guidance on how this information should, and should not, be used in humanitarian contexts. In addition to identifying hazard information, this note recognises that climate risk is a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and response (IPCC 2023).

• Ethiopia
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Humanitarian
• 2026

Doing more with less and spending ODA ‘better’ means ensuring value-for-money interventions. These focus on partnerships and leveraging UK technical expertise to develop local capacity, strengthen systems, and attract private investment.

• United Kingdom
• Climate Finance
• 2026

The CLEAN Helpdesk’s technical assistance helped shape a UK government environmental programme focused on protecting the Amazon forest. The approach was novel for FCDO, grounded in Indigenous priorities, and built on strong technical and GEDSI expertise.

• Brazil
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela
• Agriculture, Land-use, and Forestry
• 2026

This case study highlights the role of the CLEAN Helpdesk in supporting the British High Commission (BHC) in Lusaka in the early design phase of a new climate-resilient rural development programme.

• Zambia
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Climate resilience
• Agriculture, Land-use, and Forestry
• 2026

At COP28, 91 countries endorsed the Declaration on the Common Agenda for Education and Climate Change to integrate education into climate adaptation, mitigation, and financing.

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 2026

When heavy rains arrive, classrooms flood. When temperatures spike, corrugated metal roofs turn classrooms into ovens. During these extremes experienced annually, children stop coming to school and stop learning.

• Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Education
• Infrastructure (Including Energy and Transport)
• 2026

Last week, CLEAN Helpdesk consortium partner, Social Development Direct, launched a new Learning Report from Phase 4 of the Plan International/Social Development Direct Building Equitable Partnerships Initiative(Building equitable partnerships and Equitable partnerships for locally led, globally connected development | Social Development Direct).

• United Kingdom
• Governance
• 2026

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day resonates strongly with the CLEAN Helpdesk’s way of working. Our team is committed to ensuring a focus on rights, justice and the actions people can take to be more inclusive across all our work.

• United Kingdom
• Social Protection
• Social Inclusion
• 2026

New CLEAN research highlights how gender equality, disability inclusion and risk-informed development approaches are essential to ensuring that blue economy programming strengthens resilience rather than deepens inequality.

• Antigua and Barbuda
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Barbados
• Cuba
• Climate Resilience and Adaptation
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• Gender Equity
• Social Inclusion
• Disability inclusion
• 2026


Climate change and serious organised crime are increasingly linked. Climate impacts weaken social control, strain local economies, and create opportunities for criminal groups, leading to instability and new illicit markets. At the same time, criminal activity worsens climate change through environmentally harmful practices and by undermining governance and the resilience of local and Indigenous communities.

• United Kingdom
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• International Climate Finance
• Serious and Organised Crimes
• 2024