Private sector action in adaptation
Ari Huhtala, CDKN's Deputy CEO for Policy and Programme, reflects on government strategies to attract private investors to climate adaptation, as highlighted in several recent expert debates.
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22nd January 2014
New web platform launched to accelerate green economy transition
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform's vastly expanded website launches today, with a commitment of 1.6 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland and 29 international knowledge partners behind it - including CDKN.
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30th October 2013
Our land is complaining
Discussions about climate change among developed world practitioners can seem far removed from the reality being felt on the ground by Africans, as CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes Ari Huhtala finds out in Ethiopia
Seeing is believing
Ari Huhtala, CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes, explains how visiting the Arctic
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10th May 2013
On a mission to scale up green growth
CDKN’s Ari Huhtala, Director of Policy and Programme, reports on the Global Green Growth Forum’s progress to get green growth concepts into the mainstream
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13th March 2013
Learning and Leading on LEDS workshop – one year on
CDKN's Ari Huhtala and Caroline Spencer reflect on how far the Low Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS) Global Partnership has evolved in the past year, as they return from the Partnership’s meeting in Thailand.
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29th November 2012
CDKN launches Climate Finance Advisory Service
The Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) is a platform through which negotiators, policy makers and advisors in the poorest and most climate vulnerable countries can access bespoke information and guidance needed to effectively participate in complex global climate finance negotiations.
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13th November 2012
Climate Investment Funds (CIF) entering a new phase
CDKN's Director of Policy and Programmes, Ari Huhtala, reports back from the latest global discussions about the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and reflects on the past, present and future of the CIF.
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21st September 2012
LEDS Asia is shaping up
Ari Huhtala, CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes, reports from the first Asia Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Forum in Bangkok
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25th June 2012
Reflections on Rio - a response from CDKN
Ari Huhtala and Pippa Heylings bring us their summary of the outcomes of Rio+20 and where they see opportunities for CDKN to contribute to and support the future of climate compatible development.
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21st June 2012
Climate vulnerable forum takes action
CDKN`s Director of Policy and Programmes, Ari Huhtala reports on the discussions held by the Climate Vulnerable Forum at its side event at the Rio+20 Summit.