Mobilising knowledge,
capacity and leadership in
the global South to improve
the well-being of the most
climate-affected people
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CDKN
We work with the public, private and non-governmental sectors in support of locally-owned and -led climate-resilient action.
This English language site features projects in the 70+ countries where we’ve worked, and resources and blogs from those and more.
News
30th November 2023
Study finds Locally Led Adaptation efforts hampered by lack of national and global support A new report, Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice 2023 released today by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) finds that global and national systems are not changing fast enough in response to the needs of local communities racing to adapt to climate change to secure their survival. Local adaptation leaders are working hard to transform lives and livelihoods in the face of the changing climate, but find their gains are precarious where they lack the enabling environment (legislative, financial, institutional, technical, and capacity-related) to lock in such transformations.
Feature
29th November 2023
Lessons for the GST: Learning from local adaptation pioneers to enhance transformational climate action A headline finding of the first-ever UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST) is that countries need to support “systems transformations” that mainstream climate resilient development to step up our response to the climate crisis. But how can UN member states at COP28 respond to this call without a tangible sense of what this looks like in practice?
Resource
29th November 2023
Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice This report is the second edition of the Global Center on Adaptation’s Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice produced in partnership with CDKN. GCA and CDKN collaborated with community leaders to showcase their brilliant work in building local adaptation solutions across many challenging contexts.
Event
27th November 2023
CDKN at COP28 The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC will take place from 30 November-12 December 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). CDKN will have a busy COP28 programme and we look forward to meeting you at the multiple sessions we are co-convening with our partners.
News
26th November 2023
A call to action for gender-just, low-carbon economies At COP28 in Dubai, governments will negotiate a political statement and commitment to further action on 'just transitions'. Sign this call to action for gender-just, low-carbon economies, to raise the profile of women's empowerment as a critical consideration for the climate talks and COP28 decision.
Feature
24th November 2023
The power of culture, arts and heritage in shaping climate resilience in Africa Salma Sabour, Networking Coordinator for a National Geographic project, shares how culture - blending arts, heritage and indigenous wisdom - can empower individuals for just and climate-resilient futures in Africa. This blog forms part of a series from the Africa Regional Resilience Hub in the lead up to COP28. Along with other regions in the global South, the Regional Hubs work to amplify regional voices to global decision-making spaces, with a particular focus on communities and underrepresented and lesser heard voices.
Feature
22nd November 2023
Embracing mosaic and multiverse approaches in farmer-centred co-creation for African agriculture Insights gathered by ARIN and ARA on smallholder agriculture highlight the value of indigenous knowledge and farmer-centric approaches in co-creating a more resilient and sustainable agricultural future. This blog forms part of a series from the Africa Regional Resilience Hub in the lead up to COP28. Along with other regions in the global South, the Regional Hubs work to amplify regional voices to global decision-making spaces, with a particular focus on communities and underrepresented and lesser heard voices.
Feature
21st November 2023
Climate change risk - A weightier concern than investment risks: How changing risk perceptions can unlock climate action in Africa Phatsimo Rahman, from SouthSouthNorth, shares her insights on various events relating to climate finance and just transitions held during Africa Climate Week 2023. This blog forms part of a series from the Africa Regional Resilience Hub in the lead up to COP28. Along with other regions in the global South, the Regional Hubs work to amplify regional voices to global decision-making spaces, with a particular focus on communities and underrepresented and lesser heard voices.
Feature
10th November 2023
Reflections on SOCAP and the private sector world of impact investment Karen Hildahl from FFLA-CDKN Latin America shares her learnings from impact investment private sector perspectives relevant to locally-led adaptation, gender equality and social inclusion and Water Funds in Latin America.

Where we work

CDKN works across Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. Find out more by navigating to our country pages.

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The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and CDKN collaborated with community leaders to showcase their work in building local adaptation solutions across many challenging contexts.

 

Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World

Innovations for women’s economic empowerment and climate action

Africa factsheet series

Discover the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report's findings for Central, East, North, southern and West Africa

Voices from the Frontline

How local communities are pursuing SDGs in the pandemic era and how to support them

Knowledge brokering for climate action

Exploring the role of knowledge brokers as facilitators of change