The Global South faces urgent climate challenges, and it also offers significant potential for climate mitigation and adaptation through its ecosystems. But this potential is untapped. Today, Africa receives just 3% of global climate finance. 

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're on the Frontier of Generative AI.

One of 5 key trends related to the likely growing influence of AI over the next 10 years, on our lives and on the work of diplomats around the world as it grows in sophistication and maturity. 

A blog piece by FCDO Pioneer Seb Mhatre outlining the future of LLMs in knowledge management for international development, arguing that the creation of a community of practice is needed.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation, where FCDO colleagues are working with partners to test solutions in the real world. This month? We're on the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture.

Welcome to the September edition of On the Frontier, the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular monthly newsletter. In this edition we’re exploring innovation On the Frontier of humanitarian supply chains

After a competitive ‘dragon's den’ process, we are pleased to announce the 16 successful applications and the diverse ideas they will make a reality, alongside local implementing partners and the Frontier Tech Hub team, over the coming 12-18 months.

In this special edition you’ll find: A look at our 2022 Future of Elections cycle, four trends we’re seeing this year, and four new ideas from FCDO to use tech to protect democracy around the world.

Read our request for proposals for supporting the delivery of inclusive and responsible innovation as part of the FT Hub.

There’s just one week to go until the application deadline for our 9th call for ideas, and we’re already seeing signs that an incredible new cohort of FCDO Pioneers is soon to arrive.

Invitation to tender: AI/Machine Learning-based system capable of predicting forced displacement in near real time

LLMs for evidence-based decision making in development - request for submissions

Invitation to tender: Independent Technical Expert/s - evaluate proposed AI platform to predict classroom conditions in Tanzania

This post outlines learnings from the third sprint of our pilot, Pynx.

This post describes the technical challenges associated with gathering accurate data about farm locations and boundaries and building FOLIA’s digital infrastructure.

This post is the second of two blogs which capture learnings from our pilot — ‘IoT-enabled household battery distribution via micro-retailer networks’

This post is the first of two blogs which capture learnings from our pilot — ‘IoT-enabled household battery distribution via micro-retailer networks’.

Fresh from the Geoseal pilot’s scoping trip to Ethiopia; we now have a clear understanding of what GeoSeals needs to achieve in our upcoming field trial.

Invitation to tender: Help us test whether an AI enabled chatbot can reduce barriers to vaccine uptake

This post captures learning from the second Sprint of our pilot — ‘Harnessing sensor technologies to improve beekeeping productivity in South Africa’.