In September 2016, DFAT established an interdepartmental Climate Change and Development Working Group. The working group is co-chaired by the assistant secretaries of the Sustainability and Climate Change Branch and the Development Policy and Education Branch. Membership comprises a broad range of DFAT policy and program areas, as well as other Australian government organisations with an interest in climate change and international development, such as the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), BOM, CSIRO, DoEE, and Geoscience Australia. At the time of preparing this evaluation, the Sustainability and Climate Change Branch indicated its intention to seek senior-level endorsement of a climate change and development strategy, integration and implementation plan for the department in 2018. The working group will help develop and test the strategy. The ODE evaluation of climate change assistance was designed and timed to feed into this process of strategy formulation and early stage implementation.
In September 2016, DFAT established an interdepartmental Climate Change and Development Working Group. The working group is co-chaired by the assistant secretaries of the Sustainability and Climate Change Branch and the Development Policy and Education Branch. Membership comprises a broad range of DFAT policy and program areas, as well as other Australian government organisations with an interest in climate change and international development, such as the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), BOM, CSIRO, DoEE, and Geoscience Australia. At the time of preparing this evaluation, the Sustainability and Climate Change Branch indicated its intention to seek senior-level endorsement of a climate change and development strategy, integration and implementation plan for the department in 2018. The working group will help develop and test the strategy. The ODE evaluation of climate change assistance was designed and timed to feed into this process of strategy formulation and early stage implementation.
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