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Home»Rachel Cooper

Water in Sustainable Agriculture Standards

Helpdesk Report
  • Rachel Cooper
March 2021

Sustainable agricultural standards, hereafter standards, is a broad term encompassing certification schemes, tools, and programmes. The International Trade Centre’s Sustainability Standards Map includes 166 agricultural standards. However, there is a smaller number of prominent standards that are popularly used by major retailers or for particular commodities. Two studies ...» more

Donor Support for Climate Change Initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa

Helpdesk Report
  • Rachel Cooper
November 2020

Donors in the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) climate and environment space include both bilateral donors such as France and Germany, multilateral development banks and multilateral climate funds. France and Germany are key bilateral donors to the region, supporting both single country and regional programmes. Many donors, including the EU, France, Germany, the ...» more

The Development Impact of Chinese Development Investments in Africa

Literature Review
  • Rachel Cooper
October 2020

This Emerging Issues report examines a number of popular narratives about the impacts of Chinese investment on economic development in Africa. Popular narratives include Chinese infrastructure investments that have weak links to growth, Chinese investment leads to limited job creation in host countries, and Chinese development projects lead to environmental degradation ...» more

Risk of Capital Flight Due to a Better Understanding of Climate Change

Helpdesk Report
  • Rachel Cooper
September 2020

The physical risks of climate change, including both gradual global warming and an increase in extreme weather events, are likely to cause increasing financial and economic losses. Lower and middle-income countries may be more vulnerable to physical risks due to their reliance on climate-sensitive economic sectors and their limited capacity to absorb economic losses. However, ...» more

Water Finance and Nature-based solutions

Helpdesk Report
  • Dr John H. Matthews,
  • Rachel Cooper
August 2020

Nature-based solutions (NbS) for water security can address a number of challenges simultaneously and deliver co-benefits. Broadly, NbS protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems to address societal challenges (Cohen-Shacham et al., 2016). NbS approaches for water security include source water protection, watershed management, sustainable drainage ...» more

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