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The Climate Security Programming Dashboard for Climate Finance (CSPDxCF) is an all-in-one solution for preliminary conflict-sensitive assessments and tailored guidance, targeting projects funded by international financial institutions and climate funds.
→ Evaluate project potential by identifying strengths and weaknesses during the origination and preparation phase.
→ Merge climate strategies with security programming to minimize operational risks and enhance peace outcomes.
→ Gain personalized guidance to optimize fund allocation and increase effectiveness in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
The CGIAR System Organization, as the Owner of the Site, and the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security as the administrator of the Site, may collect, store, and use certain types of information about the Users of the Site.
1. General aspects
These terms address what happens to any personal data or personal information that you give to us, or any that we may collect from or about you, your affiliation, your results, name of the project or program, email, at this Site, hosted at www.cso.cgiar.org. It explains how, through the different features our Site hosts, we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle Personal Data or Personally Identifiable Information. Thus, it applies to all products and services, and instances where we collect such personal data and information.
Read this Policy carefully before you provide any Personal Data or Personally Identifiable Information to us. Please proceed if you find the following terms agreeable. Otherwise, you are always welcome to peruse our Site without sharing your Personal Data with us.
2. Key definitions
These are key terms used in this Policy:
“Personally Identifiable Information” or “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, psychological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identify of that natural person.
“Data Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other bodies which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
“Data Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other bodies which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
“Data Subject” is the natural person whose personal data is collected and/or processed.
3. Type of Information collected
Personal information
You can access and use the Site without providing any personal information. If you provide Personal Data through one of the forms available on the Site, you as Data Subject may be asked for information that helps to identify you, such as your name, email address, and name of your organization.
Non-personally identifiable information
We may also collect information about results, publications, data and information generated in projects, participation in events and activities, communications through or with the different components of the Site, and uploads or posts.
We may ask you to share results obtained by you when running analytical tools available at our Site. In this case, you are completely free to refuse or to accept sharing such results with us. Refusing to share your results with the CSO Site does not affect in any way your access to our tools and the ability to run the analyses and obtain your results. If you agree to share your results with us, such results will be showcased at the CSO Site (or Sites) and will be used as per the conditions applicable to “Contributed Materials ” described in the Terms of Use of the Site.
We may also track and analyse information about how Site visitors use the Site by using cookies and collecting IP address information. This information helps us learn about the geographical distribution of our Site visitors and the technology they use to access the Site.
Only summaries of visitors’ behaviour are produced. We use Google Analytics to generate anonymous usage information. The information collected cannot be traced back to a particular individual and is never connected with any personal information you supply to us. Examples of this type of information include statistics on most popular and least popular pages.
You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the Site and may be required to re-enter information more frequently to use certain services on the Site.
4. Points for collection of information
Information can be collected when you register on the Site, fill out a form, decide in favour of sharing analytical results obtained with tools available at the Site, use an available tool or service, or enter/upload information on the Site. It is also collected when you provide feedback on the Site’s products or services. While not all these points may require you to provide information, we note them for your awareness.
5. Use of the collected information
Personally Identifiable Information collected is used internally by the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security at the CGIAR System Organization as Data Controller and Data Processor to process your and other users use of the Site, to process your communication with us and is not shared with third parties. The CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security at the CGIAR System Organization manages information collected in this Site in accordance with the research and innovation strategy of the CGIAR System Organization.
We may use such information in the following ways:
• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content, tools and services in which you are most interested or need the most.
• To help diagnose and solve issues with the site in order to improve it and better serve you.
• To follow up with you after correspondence (live chat or email inquiries), send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
Non-personal information is used to generate usage statistics for the Site so that the we can better understand the preferences of the Site’s visitors and improve the Site.
Information such as project scoring results obtained by you while using tools available at the Site will be used to build up a database of interventions to be showcases at the CSO Site in future versions.
In particular, the CGIAR System Organization retains information for “archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes”, as per the scope at point a, of the article 17, paragraph 3, of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European parliament and of the Council “General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)” of 27th April 2016.
6. Change of purpose of use
We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your Personal Data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
7. Use of cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Site may become inaccessible or not function properly. We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below:
• Login related cookies:
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
• Email newsletters related cookies:
This Site may offer newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users. By providing your email address, you consent to receive such communications. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email the provided “unsubscribe” email on the applicable page, and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence.
• Surveys related cookies:
From time to time we offer User surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our User base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
• Forms related cookies:
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence or interaction with you.
• Site preferences cookies:
In order to provide you with a better experience on this Site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this Site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
• Performance cookies:
They collect data on the performance of the website, such as the number of visitors, the time spent by visitors on the web page and error messages. These performance cookies are session cookies (this means that these are automatically deleted when shutting down your browser) or persistent cookies (these files stay in one of your browser’s subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the duration period contained within the persistent cookie’s file).
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties, such as :
• Google Analytics. These performance cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
• Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the Site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the Site for you.
• From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the Site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the Site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
• We employ several web services designed to improve the user experience and expand CSO capabilities. For these to work, the web services will set cookies through the Site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
• We use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with some social media sites, including Twitter and YouTube. These sites use their own cookies. The cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
8. Sharing information
Personal Data is:
• shared internally in order to process communications, offer services and tools, process research and innovation-related information.
We also may share your data with:
• A partner and member of the CGIAR, which includes CGIAR Centers and research programs;
• A trusted suppliers, e.g. service providers, consultancy firms or independent consultants, and to entities hired to process the data (Data Processors) on behalf of us, as the Data Controller.
We may disclose your Personal Data to third parties:
• Where we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Data in order to comply with a legal obligation, enforce our terms, protect the rights, property or safety of Data Controller, our customers or others. This includes exchanging information for fraud prevent and to prevent cybercrime.
Non-personal information may be shared within the CGIAR System Organization, with Centers and programs or intiatives, and with companies and/or consultants involved in publications, disclosure or communications activities. Notice also that Non-personal information may also be shared by Google with its partners.
9. Storage of information
For some of our internal systems, your Personal Data is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
Personal Data that is collected and stored by third-party services is protected according to the privacy policies of each of these providers. Non-personal information is stored on Google servers in accordance with their security and data protection policies and procedures.
10. Retention time
Personal information is retained for the length of time it is needed for use and for as long as is reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes for which it is collected and for our legal entitlements and legitimate business interests.
Information such as IP address, the one collected through cookies, the URL/domain name of any referring website, and so on is maintained indefinitely in aggregated form.
11. Third-party links
At our discretion, we may include third-party links on our Site. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. To avoid any doubt, we do not assume responsibility for the information you may provide to that third party or on/at that website, or for how that third party may use or disclose any information you may provide to them. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
12. Data Subject Rights
Data Subject is the natural person whose personal data is collected and/or processed. As such, you can, at any time: access your Personal Data to know the details of treatment of them, update them, rectify them in the event of being inaccurate, incorrect or outdated, and cancel or delete it when it is considered not required for any of the purposes indicated in this privacy policy, or are being used for purposes not consented.
In case any of the above mentioned circumstances apply, please contact us , or write or communicate to the physical address stated below. The CSO team will attend your claim as soon as possible.
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
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Welcome to the Climate Security Programming Dashboard, part of the Climate Security Observatory (CSO) platform (the “Site”) (www.cso.cgiar.org). The Site is an online platform that aggregates and processes global data for climate, environmental, peace and security indicators, applying qualitative and quantitative methods to understand the How, What, Where and Who components of the climate-security nexus at different national and subnational scales.
The CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security maintains and administers the Site, which abides by the policies and terms of the CGIAR (https://www.cgiar.org/) and it is owned by the CGIAR System Organization (“Owner”).
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Access and use of this Site or Sites and its content is provided in accordance with the CGIAR Principles on the Management of Intellectual Assets and the CGIAR Open and FAIR Data Assets Policy.
In addition, CGIAR System Organization is an International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) publisher (XM-DAC-47015) and reserves the right to publish any Materials (see below) to the IATI Registry (directly or via third party).
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If you decide to contribute Materials to the CSO Site, you must have the right to make such a contribution. You must be the owner of, or have the control over, or have created, generated or developed such Contributed Materials. As the owner of Contributed Materials, you or the organization you represent (e.g. a specific CGIAR Center, a CGIAR funding organization), as applicable, shall retain copyright on the Contributed Materials.
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This work was developed under the CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience, ClimBeR, and the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration, and was supported by the Initiative on Livestock and Climate and the Initiative on AgriLAC Resilience. We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund (Funders).
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Guidance Note for Peace-Informed Programming at the Green Climate Fund
Summary: Conflict has a deep and interrelated impact on health, food, and water security. With agriculture heavily dependent on freshwater withdrawals, disruptions to water supplies can heavily affect food production, which in turn affects health. In fragile and conflict-affected settings, poor governance and climate change exacerbate these challenges, leading to heightened competition for resources and the weaponization of vital assets like water. Projects in such locations, if not aware of conflict dynamics, can inadvertently exacerbate grievances and undermine their contributions to peace and stability – two key factors needed for long-term success in climate adaptation. Hence, incorporating conflict-sensitivity is vital for effective programming in these settings.
Read the guidance noteGuidance Note for Peace-Informed Programming at the Green Climate Fund
Summary: Projects aimed at enhancing livelihoods through climate-resilient adaptation measures in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCS) can carry high operational risks. They may exacerbate conflict by impacting the complex interactions between socio-economic, cultural, and environmental factors that drive fragility, conflict, and violence. For example, such projects may inadvertently disrupt power dynamics amongst groups by implementing livelihood projects that favor one group over another. Being insufficiently aware of conflict dynamics may also undermine the achievement of the project’s goals and its potential to contribute to peace and stability – peace and stability being important pre-requisites for achieving long-term success in climate action. Hence, a comprehensive understanding and application of conflict-sensitive approaches in these projects is not just advisable, but essential for their overall success and sustainability.
Read the guidance noteGuidance Note for Peace-Informed Programming at the Green Climate Fund
Summary: Infrastructure projects in fragile and conflict affected settings are susceptible to numerous operational challenges, which might inadvertently escalate existing socio-economic and political tensions. Infrastructure, being intricately connected to the daily lives and societal needs of communities, often becomes a flashpoint in conflicts. Essential systems like water, energy, and transportation are not just physical assets; they represent broader social, economic, and political structures that can be either symbols of progress or points of contention. When these vital infrastructures are disrupted or commandeered, it can magnify existing societal disparities, restrict access to essential services, and further entrench divisions. However, with thoughtful planning and sensitivity to the local context, these projects can promote peace, address inequalities, and enhance social cohesion. Success in such endeavors often hinges on navigating uncertain political landscapes, adapting to evolving regulatory frameworks, and understanding potential regional complexities.
Read the guidance noteGuidance Note for Peace-Informed Programming at the Green Climate Fund
Summary: InfrastruSummary: Implementing Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services (EES) projects in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCS) poses both operational challenges and the risk of inadvertently aggravating socio-political dynamics. The intertwined relationship between human, ecological, and economic systems makes these projects sensitive to conflict dynamics related to land access, environmental degradation, and livelihoods. Changes in ecosystems can be exploited by groups like political elites or armed entities, as observed in numerous case studies. Addressing ecosystem degradation offers opportunities for peace-promoting actions, including intercommunal dialogue. Despite their importance, ecosystem services are often undervalued by decision-makers, risking economic and social resilience. The guidance report further details the operational risks projects may face in FCS and emphasizes the importance of inclusive governance and conflict sensitivity.
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Summary: InfraSummary: Energy plays a key role in human activities, driving economies and societies worldwide. Notably, 85 percent of the 800 million people without energy access live in fragile states. With the growing climate crisis and the need to move away from fossil fuels, investments in renewable energy are increasing, especially in Africa due to its vast renewable energy potential. However, there are challenges in introducing renewable energy projects in Fragile and Conflict-affected States (FCS). The rising demand for minerals like cobalt and lithium, essential for renewable technologies, has led to increased conflict and human rights issues since many of these minerals are found in FCS. Large areas of land needed for renewable infrastructure can also lead to disputes, especially in regions with weak governance. But, when managed correctly, renewable energy can promote peace, offering decentralized power systems that benefit remote communities, improve socio-economic outcomes, and encourage collaboration between various stakeholders.
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Summary: InfraSuSummary: Transport-related projects in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCS) encounter operational risks and challenges and have the potential to ignore and/or exacerbate peace and conflict dynamics by affecting the interplay of social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental factors that drive fragility, conflict, and violence. Being insufficiently aware of the conflict dynamics may inadvertently contribute to conflict and undermine the achievement of the project’s goals, as well as undermining its potential to contribute to peace and stability. For example, people living in rural areas are highly dependent on transportation to access markets in larger cities, and any changes in transport methods, whether related to conflict or projects interventions, carry a risk of disruption. Yet opportunities exist for projects to enhance trade links through improved transport thus contributing to better economic opportunities for rural producers.
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Summary: In Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCS), projects related to buildings, cities, industries, and appliances face multifaceted operational risks. These initiatives, when not judiciously managed, risk heightening tensions by influencing the delicate balance of socio-economic and political factors, thereby amplifying fragility, conflict, and violence. Such challenges are further compounded by weak governance structures, leading to heightened risks of violence and marginalization. Nevertheless, certain urban regions demonstrate remarkable resilience, underscoring the pivotal role of effective governance and cohesive community practices. This guidance note emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing conflict dynamics to ensure the success and positive impact of GCF projects in urban settings.
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Summary: Land has historically been a focal point of conflict, especially in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCS), where disputes over forests and land use often intersect with broader socio-political dynamics, including unfair resource allocation, marginalization, and governance challenges. Factors such as climate change, population growth, and urbanization are anticipated to intensify these conflicts in the coming decades. While projects related to forests and land use aim to address these challenges, they can inadvertently exacerbate tensions, especially if they limit resource access, have weak governance, or marginalize local stakeholders. However, with a conflict-sensitive approach, such projects can promote peace by ensuring equitable land access, fostering sustainable resource management, solidifying land rights, and building trust through community engagement and knowledge-sharing.
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