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WFD's Annual Report and Accounts, which were laid before Parliament on 10 July 2025. Read about our impact and results in 2024-2025.
I live in Northern Ireland, a small, charming part of the world that has had some big, devastating problems.
Parliaments have a vital role to play in realising the Paris Agreement by establishing mechanisms for monitoring and reporting on the progress of domestic climate-related legislation and policies, ensuring transparency and accountability in the implementation of global climate commitments. This policy paper considers how post-legislative scrutiny can deliver this mandate.
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Day 3 of our Conference on Environmental Democracy focuses on putting environmental Democracy into practice.
Following the Conference on Environmental Democracy, WFD commissioned research from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, which explores how a greater focus on environmental democracy and governance may help address climate change and environmental degradation. The study with recommendations for policymakers is available here.
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Preliminary Statement of the WFD Thematic Election Expert Observation Mission The Gambia Presidential Election 2021
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WFD’s politically neutral programme in Venezuela works on a cross-party basis and a wide range of civil society organisations in Venezuela to support their capacity to research and respond to the priorities of citizens.
In the past, WFD Venezuela supported the National Assembly of Venezuela in becoming a more responsive institution that can effectively represent citizens, develop quality legislation and provide oversight of government, by implementing a modernisation strategy, designed by the Assembly with WFD support.
In the past, WFD Venezuela supported the National Assembly of Venezuela in becoming a more responsive institution that can effectively represent citizens, develop quality legislation and provide oversight of government, by implementing a modernisation strategy, designed by the Assembly with WFD support.
This study explores the potential for development cooperation to help address climate change and environmental degradation through greater focus on environmental governance.
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Inclusive, effective parliaments are essential to democratic resilience and stability. WFD partners with parliaments across the world. On World Parliament Day, explore our impact and join us in celebrating these essential democratic institutions.
WFD's CEO Anthony Smith picks out nine highlights from the new UK Government white paper on international development, which is a big step forward in the integration of democratic governance into international development policy.
This paper examines the implementation of recommendations made by several leading international observers in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, and Uganda. It reveals both similarities and differences in the factors that shape the implementation of recommendations between these countries.
WFD is trying to be a different kind of learning organisation, and one of the first steps towards that has been the addition of pre-set learning questions to our programmatic quarterly reports.
Foreword to WFD's 2024-2025 Annual Report and Accounts by the Rt Hon. Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons and WFD’s Patron.