To clarify some of the uncertainty around donors’ finance targets, the SEEK Climate team has developed a set of donor adaptation scorecards for four major donors: the EU, the US, the UK and Germany. These scorecards aim to provide advocates, decisionmakers, and members of the public with a toolkit to better understand the climate adaptation finance targets of major donor countries, and the opportunities to advocate for more ambitious adaptation targets. Each scorecard provides an overview of each donor’s relative prioritization of climate adaptation in their climate action, their current adaptation targets compared to historic funding levels, and tailored action opportunities for advocates in the run-up to COP28 and beyond.

Read more on the Donor Tracker.

On October 6, 2023, the Norwegian government presented its proposed state budget for 2024. With many low-income countries facing the compounding crises of war, climate change, and food insecurity, anticipation for Norway's international development budget has been high.
 

This Donor Tracker Insight breaks down the draft budget & implications for ODA.

In the year following the Transforming Education Summit,, talk and commitments on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy have fallen in volume from their peak in September 2022. While donors and partners are expected to be moving into the “implementation” phase of their efforts to transform education, the scarcity of high-level news on FLN suggests that education may be falling in prioritization relative to other sectors. This September 2023 Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Roundup tracks key policy developments and commitments among DAC Donors, multilaterals, and other actors throughout the third quarter of 2023.

SEEK Development, in collaboration with seven CSOs, has released a commentary on the German budget negotiations and the potential risk of failing to meet the 0.7% ODA/GNI target.
 

Read more on the Donor Tracker.