C/D/E tools
The CDE section and its network provide a number of useful tools that facilitate the work related to C/D/E topics on a strategic and/or operational level. These tools are constantly updated and, where appropriate, further developed and tailored to the needs of SDC staff. The most relevant tools are briefly presented in the following.
CEDRIG – Climate, Environment and DRR Integration Guidance
CEDRIG is the SDC’s strategic and operational mainstreaming tool for the systematic integration of C/D/E in development cooperation and humanitarian aid, so that your interventions can enhance the overall resilience of systems and communities.
The web-based CEDRIG tool comes in two modules: Whereas CEDRIG Strategic can be applied to country and domain strategies, cooperation and programme frameworks, CEDRIG Operational focuses on operational projects and programmes.
CEDRIG leads you through a structured process that supports you in developing systemic approaches and thinking. By following this process, you will
- avoid putting your development investments at risk,
- avoid adverse impacts of your intervention
- and look for entry points where you can generate synergies and co-benefits thereby optimising your intervention.
CEDRIG includes comprehensive background information and cross-references to other instruments, including the Thematic Integration Briefs (TIBs). The CEDRIG tool is frequently applied in CEDRIG trainings as well as for specific strategies and projects.
Thematic Integration Briefs TIBs / Nexus Briefs
Together with other SDC thematic networks and other partners, the CDE network regularly develops practical information products on different thematic nexus. To this end knowledge on C/D/E is brought together with relevant information from other sectors, e.g water, health, fragility to provide insights into key challenges in the respective nexus and suggest potential practical solutions for development cooperation and humanitarian aid.
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SDC climate foresight report
The SDC’s climate foresight report is issued periodically and provides information on climate-related risks that might influence its operational and strategic work within its priority countries and regions. The climate foresight report analyses these risks with regard to regional stability and socioeconomic development, water, food, energy, and health, with a focus on short- and medium-term projections of 1–3 years. The focus of the climate foresight report is on human systems. Interlinkages of climate with biodiversity and ecosystem services are not extensively addressed, but are mentioned where relevant, e.g. through their effects on food systems.
The report re-analyses previous editions climate foresight report and incorporates recent developments and newly published scientific insights. Given that climate-related risks not only depend on the climate but also on exposure and vulnerabilities of people and ecosystems, on the ability to address those risks, and on other non-climatic drivers, the foresight report also considers a broad range of non-climatic factors.
The first climate foresight was published in early 2020, followed by an update in 2021. The current edition was published in 2023 with a thematic focus on energy, where extreme climatic conditions interact with non-climatic factors such as the war in Ukraine to impact the global energy system.