Reflections on the 2012 Adaptation Forum from Vietnam
Le Hoang Anh, from the Office of Climate Change Adaptation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam reflects on her experience at the Asia Adaptation Forum, 12-13 March 2012.
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3rd April 2012
Postcard from the 2012 Asia Adaptation Forum
Ali T Sheikh, CDKN Asia Director, reports from this year’s Asia Adaptation Forum in Bangkok 12-13 March 2012 and reflects on how we can make sure the knowledge sharing and learning extends beyond the conference venue.
Event
28th March 2012
Expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage
CDKN's Kashmala Kakakhel outlines the significance of this week's UNFCCC expert meeting on loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, in Tokyo, Japan.
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9th March 2012
Preparing for disasters to come
In this blog, Zafar Iqbal Qadir, Chairman of the Government of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority describes the national, regional and local measure being put in place to mitigate against future disaster risks.
Feature
6th March 2012
Scaling the heights to raise awareness of climate compatible development
A series of blogs will be reporting from a four month trek along the Great Himalaya Trail in Nepal, led by the world record holding mountaineer Apa Sherpa and in partnership with the Government of Nepal, which is raising awareness of climate compatible development in this highly vulnerable region.
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3rd February 2012
Climate resilient model villages
Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of the Punjab, Pakistan, tells us how his province is 'building back better' after the 2010 floods, to help communities prepare for disasters and adapt to climate change.
Feature
3rd February 2012
The Challenge of a Low Carbon Economy
Guest blogger Sunita Narian, Director of the Center for Science and Environment, writes about the initiatives taken by the government of India to meet the challenges of a low carbon economy.
Event
1st February 2012
Watch the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) live online
The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit summit titled ‘Protecting the Global Commons: 20 years post Rio’ is a landmark event in the run-up to the Rio+20 Conference to be held in June later this year.
Feature
27th January 2012
Future of the CDM Under the Kyoto Protocol
Guest blogger Shafqat Kakakhel, who represents the developing countries of the Asia Pacific region on the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), reflects on the significance of the Durban Platform for the future of the CDM.
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18th January 2012
Agriculture and climate change in India
B.Venkateswarlu, Director of India's Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, writes about the measures needed to make Indian agriculture more climate-resilient.
Event
1st January 2012
Stakeholder consultation on loss & damage
A stakeholder workshop held in Dhaka in January 2012 provided valuable inputs into the design of a work programme for Bangladesh on loss and damage.
News
21st November 2011
Climate Vulnerable Forum delivers powerful message to the world
In an important meeting held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, nineteen of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change delivered a powerful message calling unanimously for a legally- binding agreement in Durban next month.