This issue of Ethiopia's NDC Highlights newsletter focuses on the country's NAMA COMPOST project and what to expect from COP26. [more]…

In Kampala, Uganda, Sandra Coote follows a single mother’s journey in search of income and wellbeing for her family during the country’s second wave of Covid-19 - to see what it tells us about personal savings and governmental support for households. [more]…

CDKN's long partnership with the Government of Ethiopia has yielded rich learning on the ways to integrate two completely cross-cutting aspects of development - gender and climate change - into government policy and its implementation. Robi Redda, Arsema Andargatchew and Lucia Scodanibbio report. [more]…

This policy brief highlights what needs to be done at different stages of the project life cycle to integrate gender and the resources that need to be in place to enable effective gender sensitive design and implementation, with illustrations from WISER and a number of different initiatives.

This policy brief highlights actions that funding partners could take to ensure that future climate services programmes result in improved, sustainable, impactful, equitable and locally owned services with positive impacts on partners and society.

Anuradha Adhikari of ICLEI South Asia describes how the pilot installation of ‘reverse vending machines’ for plastic in a South Indian city is providing multiple environmental and community benefits. [more]…

In Maddu, in Gomba district, Uganda, two women are extending education services during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure a bright future for the children. Allen Lunkuse reports in this continuation of the 'Voices from the Frontline' series of stories from CDKN and ICCCAD. [more]…

Peruvian researchers have organised to communicate their findings to diverse audiences - about the impacts of climate change on Peru, and the potential of adaptation and mitigation solutions. CDKN's Sandra Isola reports. [more]…

The theme of this year’s Asia LEDS Partnership Forum is ‘Advancing NDCs and strengthening long term strategies’ and registration is open now for the event that runs virtually from 23 August through 9 September 2021. [more]…

The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. [more]…