En conjunto con el Establecimiento Público Ambiental (EPA) de Cartagena de Indias en Colombia, y CDKN se está fortaleciendo a la Red Nacional de Jóvenes de Ambiente en esta ciudad y se inicia el trabajo de los Vigías del Ambiente. [more]…
A new animation from a CDKN-funded project in Namibia highlights the impacts of 2°C global warming on the country's vulnerable sectors, including agriculture, health and the economy, and recommends urgent adaptation action. [more]…
El Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC) ha publicado su última evaluación de la ciencia física del calentamiento global. Advierte que los países deben reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de forma rápida y drástica para evitar las consecuencias más peligrosas del cambio climático. Todavía hay tiempo para limitar el calentamiento global promedio a 1.5 ° C, pero las naciones deben actuar ahora. Mairi Dupar de CDKN informa. [more]…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest assessment of the physical science of global warming. It warns that countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions quickly and sharply, to avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change. There is still time to limit average global warming to 1.5°C, but nations must act now. CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports. [more]…
CDKN has been working with FCFA and the Wikimedia Foundation to enhance the quality and accessibility of climate change information on the world's largest online encyclopaedia. [more]…
As part of the CDKN-funded project, Strengthening regional climate change governance through integrating gender-responsive climate action, the University of Namibia team have produced a graphic harvest on what global warming of 1.5°C means for Namibia. [more]…
A CDKN-supported project in Namibia has produced a graphic harvest to highlight the implications of the latest research findings on what global warming of 1.5°C means for Namibia, a climate change hotspot and an already very dry, hot and water-stressed country. [more]…
The 1.5°C global warming threshold could be breached as early as the next decade. For semi-arid African countries, a 1.5°C increase in global temperature will have severe local impacts, affecting water, agriculture, health, and other vulnerable sectors.
Suzanne Carter of CDKN reflects on how Vulnerability Risk Assessment (VRA) training in Namibia aims to help decision makers better understand how climate change and social vulnerabilities intersect, and plan effective community adaptation interventions. [more]…
This inside story recounts the lessons learned by researchers and practitioners in Namibia over seven years of implementing different research projects on climate adaptation and resilience. [more]…
