Financial pathways to climate-resilient housing
40% of the world is projected to live in vulnerable housing by 2030. Elizabeth Hausler and Monica Schroeder from Build Change show how financing improvements to existing housing stock is one way to provide climate-resilient housing at the scale required.
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18th October 2021
Building heat resilience in Freetown, Sierra Leone
This week Mayor Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone, will appoint a Chief Heat Officer, to protect the well-being of city residents. Kathy Baughman McLeod reports from the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center.
Resource
16th October 2021
Finance for Resilience
CDKN's podcast series, Finance for resilience: Unlocking climate action, focuses on emerging themes within the climate finance field, and highlights innovative solutions from practitioners and experts.
Feature
8th October 2021
Solidarity Kliptown style: A resilience story from South Africa
In Kliptown, South Africa, a grassroots organisation is leading community responses to deal with the dual crises of Covid-19 and flooding. Thabang Nkwanyana reports. This is the 50th story in the Voices from the Frontline series by ICCCAD and CDKN.
CDKN at Adaptation Futures 2021
The sixth Adaptation Futures international conference took place online from 5-8 October 2021. Watch the recordings from CDKN's sessions at the conference and watch the recordings.
COP26 Catalyst for Climate Action Assembly at Africa Climate Week
From 26-29 September 2021, the COP26 Catalyst for Climate Action Assembly will take place, during UNFCCC Africa Climate Week. Programme Director Matthew Booth invites you to register today for these timely events.
Share a short video to show your action on the climate and nature crisis
If you are aged 14 - 30 and taking action for a greener planet, here’s an opportunity to share your short video story with a global audience and a chance to showcase it at the global climate meeting, COP26 - says Nick Rance of Earthbeat.