GUIDE: Green growth - implications for development planning
CDKN’s new guide to green growth contributes to an expanding debate. Aimed primarily at national planners and policy advisors in developing countries, the guide focuses on the role of economic tools in planning for green growth.
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9th July 2011
Investing in adaptation is good for business
Guest author Samantha Putt del Pino and collaborators report how investing in climate adaptation makes good business sense. They consider how developing country governments can engage private investors in building resilience to climate change.
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5th July 2011
Green growth - debates and resources
The debate over green growth continues. Here we present some of the key resources available from CDKN about green growth and climate compatible development, and discuss its challenges and opportunities.
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25th June 2011
Defining climate compatible development
Are 'adaptation' and 'mitigation' helpful as a policy framework, when policy makers come to grapple with the impact of climate change on people’s lives and livelihoods? Mairi Dupar explores 'climate compatible development' as an approach.
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23rd June 2011
UN - Companies struggle with climate adaptation planning
Companies are finding it difficult to fully incorporate measures of climate risks into their strategy and operations, according to a report by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute.
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22nd June 2011
CDKN seeks your views on green growth - part two
In part two of CDKN's five-week discussion on green growth, executive Chair Simon Maxwell discusses the global links between climate change, adaptation and growth, and looks at national governments' responses. Join the debate here.
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16th June 2011
Making power generation resilient to climate change
As nations meeting in Bonn conclude talks on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions, the time is right to examine how power generation can be not only low-carbon, but also climate-resilient. Frauke Urban reports.
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7th June 2011
When pressure on cities leads to innovation
The challenge for cities in a changing climate is: how to move beyond vulnerability to adaptation, and beyond adaptation to resilience? CDKN's Pati Leon and Caroline Spencer report from the Second Resilient Cities Congress
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3rd June 2011
climate change is only possible with cheap renewable energy
Tariq Banuri, Director of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, argues that making renewable energy available to everyone at an affordable price is the only meaningful way to fight climate change.
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1st June 2011
From planning to action - lessons from Durban’s adaptation response
Many new and surprising lessons are arising from cities doing pioneering work in local climate change response. Debra Roberts shares some interesting findings from Durban’s experiences of trying to promote meaningful adaptation action on the ground.
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1st June 2011
Climate change and challenges for local government – changes we need now
Local government plays a key role in preparing communities for a changing climate. Yet, it is often neglected in global and national climate change politics. Gregg Oelofse considers key changes local government needs now to prepare for and mitigate climate change.