Research on climate change and development faces high complexity and rapid change in physical and social understanding, creating a need for interdisciplinary processes to produce robust, useful results.
CDKN research aims to produce excellent, policy-relevant applied research, strengthen research capacity and build more effective national and international research networks.
CDKN research is different to other research funding: it responds directly to demand from developing country policy makers, which is scoped through CDKN’s wider interactions and specific survey work.
Research areas
In our second year (2011-2012) CDKN’s three priority themes are:
climate compatible development policy and planning
climate finance
climate change, risk and resilience
Given CDKN’s focus on response to demand, we also focus on wider research areas. For example:
Understanding policy processes around climate change and development
Adaptation strategies, particularly related to poverty dimensions
Mitigation and low carbon growth and related poverty dimensions
Tools to support decisions and approaches
Social dimensions of climate change
Regulations, governance and planning
Strengthening communication of climate and impacts science to decision-makers
Up-scaling local research insights to national and regional policy levels
Research funding
CDKN offers a number of different funding opportunities through which it will scope, design and commission research on climate change and development. Short descriptions on each of these are below. Please follow the links for further information.
Innovation Fund: CDKN’s Innovation Fund will support and promote innovative thinking and innovative action on climate change and development issues, with several application rounds over the next year (2011-12). A key component of the Innovation Fund is supporting innovative research projects that address CDKN’s priority themes.
The Innovation Fund is a two- stage process, and we are able to (1) support organisations/partnerships in designing and developing innovative projects, and (2) provide funding for organisations/partnerships to implement research projects (either emerging from stage 1, or ‘fast-track’ research proposals which do not need support offered through stage 1). For more information, please see the Innovation Fund page.
Research Calls:Research calls of global or regional breadth are designed by CDKN to promote research of the highest scientific standards with clear policy impact. The calls for proposals are targeted, competitive and open, with independent vetting of proposals by panels of experts.
Short-term Research: CDKN commissions short-term research projects that complement or directly contribute to its Technical Assistance activities. This is research which is directly responsive to requirements of developing country governments and is more significant than what the Technical Assistance output can deliver alone. It includes short pieces of new research, systematic reviews and analytical work.
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Research
Research on climate change and development faces high complexity and rapid change in physical and social understanding, creating a need for interdisciplinary processes to produce robust, useful results.
CDKN research aims to produce excellent, policy-relevant applied research, strengthen research capacity and build more effective national and international research networks.
CDKN research is different to other research funding: it responds directly to demand from developing country policy makers, which is scoped through CDKN’s wider interactions and specific survey work.
Research areas
In our second year (2011-2012) CDKN’s three priority themes are:
Given CDKN’s focus on response to demand, we also focus on wider research areas. For example:
Research funding
CDKN offers a number of different funding opportunities through which it will scope, design and commission research on climate change and development. Short descriptions on each of these are below. Please follow the links for further information.
Innovation Fund: CDKN’s Innovation Fund will support and promote innovative thinking and innovative action on climate change and development issues, with several application rounds over the next year (2011-12). A key component of the Innovation Fund is supporting innovative research projects that address CDKN’s priority themes.
The Innovation Fund is a two- stage process, and we are able to (1) support organisations/partnerships in designing and developing innovative projects, and (2) provide funding for organisations/partnerships to implement research projects (either emerging from stage 1, or ‘fast-track’ research proposals which do not need support offered through stage 1). For more information, please see the Innovation Fund page.
Research Calls: Research calls of global or regional breadth are designed by CDKN to promote research of the highest scientific standards with clear policy impact. The calls for proposals are targeted, competitive and open, with independent vetting of proposals by panels of experts.
Short-term Research: CDKN commissions short-term research projects that complement or directly contribute to its Technical Assistance activities. This is research which is directly responsive to requirements of developing country governments and is more significant than what the Technical Assistance output can deliver alone. It includes short pieces of new research, systematic reviews and analytical work.
Find out more about CDKN’s research strategy.