Oxfam Policy & Practice News December 2015

The latest policy, research, and learning from Oxfam

Dear

What did COP21 in Paris achieve? In this combined November and December newsletter we look back, reflecting on the outcomes of the climate change conference and the issues surrounding the role of business, inequality and adaptation.

We also bring you the Gender & Development journal's thought provoking resilience issue and there are three new topics now available in our popular research guidelines collection. Our recent blog posts and publications cover a range of key development issues, including but not limited to: ending gender based violence, innovation in sanitation and a guide to humanitarian campaigning.

Finally, we will be tailoring our newsletter and email alerts in the New Year so you can receive the research, policy and resources relevant to you. Please update your details here to make sure you don't miss out on future publications that may be of interest to you.

Best wishes,

Amy Moran and Catherine Meredith
Oxfam Policy & Practice

Focus on climate change

As the much anticipated COP21 began Tracy Carty outlined the state of climate emergency the world is facing and we published a briefing on the extent of global carbon inequality.

Ruth Mhlanga then explained why what's good for the environment is good for the economy, and Katherine Trebeck asked: are some people consuming too much?

With the agreement now reached Daniel Morchain reflects back on another event held in parallel, The Global Landscapes Forum, and discusses the importance of having local level stakeholders involved in these global events.

Gender & Development talks resilience

The latest issue aims to help development and humanitarian researchers, policymakers and practitioners explore resilience from a gender perspective. The articles from the issue available are:

Introductory blog post from G&D edtior Caroline Sweetman

New guidelines for the intrepid researcher

Conducting high quality research is an essential aspect of programme design, evaluation and communication.

First launched three years ago, our Research Guidelines have proved to be very popular and we're pleased to announce that three new topics are available to help set you off on your research journey. You can download individual guides below or visit our Research Overview page to read the whole series so far.

Download the latest research guidelines