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ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Their mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

Most recent content from this organisation

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11th November 2022
Empoderamiento económico de las mujeres: la pieza que falta en los planes y acciones para bajar emisiones de carbono Este Informe para Políticas resume las conclusiones de un amplio estudio realizado por la Alianza Clima y Desarrollo (CDKN) y ODI para el programa Igualdad de Género en un mundo bajo en carbono (GLOW por sus siglas en inglés), que pretendía investigar hasta qué punto el empoderamiento económico de las mujeres y las transiciones con bajas emisiones de carbono están integrados en la teoría y en la práctica.
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2nd March 2022
Climate change is causing havoc worldwide: We can still limit the damage The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s new report warns that climate change is already causing widespread losses and damages worldwide. Its alarming findings are cause for grave concern – but the report is also clear on actions everyone must take.
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17th January 2022
El juego del Clima y la Sociedad El juego del Clima y la Sociedad explora diferentes habilidades y vulnerabilidades de las personas frente al cambio climático. El juego tiene como objetivo el fortalecimiento de capacidades para promover la incorporación del enfoque de género en la gestión del cambio climático, a nivel nacional, local y en los diferentes sectores.
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14th December 2021
New research supports a gender-equal recovery through low-carbon innovation A new IDRC-supported research programme aims to help ensure that low- and middle-income countries' economic responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are inclusive and sustainable. CDKN will be the knowledge partner for the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World programme.
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31st October 2021
Advancing gender equality and climate action: A practical guide to setting targets and monitoring progress CDKN, ODI, SNV, CARE and Mercy Corps have launched a new guide, entitled Advancing gender equality and climate action: a practical guide to setting targets and monitoring progress.
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16th June 2021
Weaving knowledge and action on climate change, 2018-2021 Since 2018, a second phase of CDKN called the ‘Knowledge Accelerator’ has focused on growing our ‘knowledge-in-action’ services, as well as further cultivating climate leadership, learning and collaboration within and across developing countries. Read some of the highlights from the past three years’ work.
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22nd September 2020
Inside Story: Fostering peri-urban resilience: Gender-responsive approaches in northern India In Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) has been working with local people, mostly farmers on small and marginal plots, to address climate change and to empower women. GEAG's recent experiences in peri-urban areas are now summarised in a 'CDKN Inside Story on climate compatible development'.
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27th April 2020
Guía: El Informe Especial del IPCC sobre el Cambio Climático y la Tierra: ¿Qué significa para América Latina? CDKN presenta la guía: Informe Especial del Cambio Climático y la Tierra: ¿Qué significa para América Latina? que resume más de 1300 páginas del Informe del IPCC en una forma amigable y fácil de comprender. Esta guía responde a la demanda generalizada dede información específica de la región.
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3rd February 2020
Three ways national development banks can unlock climate-smart growth National development banks (NDBs) have huge untapped potential to support the transformation to climate-smart growth. ODI's Samantha Attridge lists three pre-conditions that need to be in place for NDBs to efficiently channel and catalyse investment. 
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6th January 2020
Guía: Comunicando el cambio climático: una guía para profesionales Comunicando el cambio climático: una guía para profesionales está llena de consejos para comunicar el cambio climático de manera efectiva, extraída de la experiencia de CDKN en Asia meridional y sudoriental, África subsahariana y Latinoamérica.
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18th July 2019
Reporte: Documento de Síntesis Aportes de la Iniciativa Ciudades Resilientes al Clima Esta publicación busca compartir los principales hallazgos, las soluciones generadas y las principales lecciones aprendidas de la Iniciativa que incluyó a 13 ciudades de América Latina.
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31st October 2017
Emerging and exponential technologies could open new opportunities for low-carbon development Benjamin Combes and Darius Nassiry explore how emerging and exponential technologies - which characterise the 'fourth industrial revolution' could open new opportunities for low-carbon development.
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7th August 2017
PRESENTATION: Communicating climate science for disaster risk reduction decision-making This presentation outlines a holistic assessment of risk that takes into account the hazard, vulnerability and exposure context to effectively inform decision-making in disaster risk reduction.
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4th July 2017
REPORT: 10 propositions for success: Integrating international climate change commitments into national development planning This report examines how to support the successful integration of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into national development planning. The paper develops a set of ten propositions towards securing this objective.
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6th February 2017
Planning a successful knowledge platform - A 9-Point checklist The internet is an essential tool for climate knowledge brokers. CDKN's Geoff Barnard shares his 'top tips' for climate knowledge brokers who want to start or simply maintain a web platform of their own.
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24th January 2017
REPORT: Kenya ending drought emergencies policy review: scenarios for building resilience in ASALs This report highlights some of the political economy factors that affect the implementation of Kenya’s Ending Drought Emergencies (EDE) Common Programme Framework.
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12th December 2016
New projects push the boundaries of climate information Climate scientists are making major advances in their understanding of Africa’s climate. Now they are trying to figure out how to present the information in ways that can help farmers, engineers, investors and other members of society make better use of it – reports CDKN’s Mairi Dupar.
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28th November 2016
Disasters and violence against women and girls ODI and CARE have released new research that reviews how gender discrimination may get worse after disasters, writes Virginie le Masson.
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25th November 2016
COP22 round up - from Paris progress to Trump victory Delegates to this year’s UN climate talks (COP22) seemed unprepared for two momentous events – the early entry into force of the ambitious Paris climate agreement and the election of Donald Trump to the United States presidency - reports CDKN's Mairi Dupar. This article was first posted on ODI's website.
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21st November 2016
Financing resilience - Global to local actions can work in step to help the poorest Mairi Dupar reports on a pressing issue for delegates at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco last week: how to raise more finance to support the world's poorest people adapt to the effects of climate change.
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23rd October 2016
The New Urban Agenda: What's in it for developing cities? The New Urban Agenda sets out priorities for achieving more sustainable cities and was adopted by governments at Habitat 3 in Quito. CDKN’s Mairi Dupar scrutinises the 24-page Agenda, assesses its relevance for climate action in cities and gives it only partial marks. Contributions by Ari Huhtala and Maria Jose Pacha, CDKN.
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13th September 2016
Towards a green finance action agenda CDKN attended the Global Green Growth Week was held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, 5-9 September
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30th April 2016
More equality and justice in climate action Why does gender equality matter in climate related programming? This event, hosted by Sam Bickersteth and Caroline Harper will gather experts from the social development, climate change and disaster risk reduction communities.
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27th April 2016
After Paris: Developing countries look first to their own resources to deliver agreement  How are developing countries responding to the high ambitions in the Paris climate agreement? CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar report on the diverse perspectives among countries where CDKN is supporting national climate plans and their delivery: includes insights from India, Ethiopia and more.
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14th March 2016
Justice in the climate negotiations - and in the real world Ari Huhtala argues that there is considerable potential to assess countries' global and national performance on climate action - through an equity lens.
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9th March 2016
What if gender became an essential, standard element of vulnerability assessments? Hosted by Oxfam, this webinar will draw on experiences from development practitioners and consider what we have learnt on the importance of integrating gender issues into Vulnerability Assessments.
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11th February 2016
Diversifying a country’s economy isn’t a neat solution to climate change– it just changes the risks Diversifying a country’s economy is a recommended way of dealing with the impacts of climate change. But is it really the answer? Helen Parker and Guy Jobbins have looked at what it means in practice for Rwanda and Senegal, and find that diversification isn’t a magic bullet.
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13th December 2015
COP21 draws to strong end with adoption of 1.5 degree goal A landmark global agreement on climate change was adopted in Paris last night. Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive, and Mairi Dupar, Global Public Affairs Coordinator, take stock of the Paris agreement and what comes next.
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6th December 2015
Bug cuisine - a step toward more sustainable food This weekend in Paris, Development and Climate Days participants considered the carbon footprint of the foods on our plates. Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports.
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6th November 2015
Six key take-away messages from new Emissions Gap Report - Simon Maxwell Simon Maxwell, CDKN's Executive Chairman, digests the latest analysis from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the size of the 'Emissions Gap' between countries' pledges to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and the action needed to limit global warming to below 2 degrees.
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25th September 2015
From climate knowledge to climate action CDKN's Chief Executive Sam Bickersteth will give the keynote presentation at SEI's Oxford seminar, followed by an interactive discussion on the ways climate knowledge can be used to catalyse action. Register today to join the event online on Tuesday 29 September.
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17th September 2015
The Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto - the revolution starts here Geoff Barnard, Knowledge Management Strategy Advisor to CDKN, introduces the Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto and its revolutionary proposals.
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11th September 2015
What counts? Understanding where we stand on climate finance Smita Nakhooda of ODI sheds clarity on the different ways of counting climate finance flows - with some pointers that could help policy-makers get to grips with this contentious issue.
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13th July 2015
10 things to know about climate change and financing for development The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) presents an infographic series on the 10 things you need to know about climate change and financing for development
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23rd June 2015
REPORT: Climate finance for cities Sam Barnard of Overseas Development Institute introduces his new report: Climate Finance and Cities - How Can Climate Funds Best Support Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Urban Development?
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21st April 2015
What next for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction? Perspectives from South Asia Now that the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has been established, what does it mean for South Asian countries? CDKN's Amy Kirbyshire reports.
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18th March 2015
Managing disaster risks can bring other benefits, even if catastrophe never strikes This week, the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan kicks off a pi
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17th March 2015
El futuro marco para la reducción de riesgo de desastres: guía para los tomadores de decisión El futuro marco para la reducción de riesgo de desastres: guía para los tomadores de decisión
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13th March 2015
Failure to link up with other global agreements in 2015 could spell disaster for Sendai deal Tom Mitchell, a member of CDKN's Network Council, is attending the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, from 14-18 March 2015. Here he outlines what a successful outcome would look like.
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10th March 2015
2015, the choreography CDKN’s Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell offers his suggestions for how leaders can choreograph their approaches to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, the global climate change agreement, and financing for development.
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3rd March 2015
Gauging the climate before Sendai As countries around the world gear up to the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) Sendai, Japan, many important questions remain on the makeup and coordination of a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. Listen to expert speakers at this livestreamed event and pose your questions online: Tuesday 3 March, 12:00 (UK time).
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23rd February 2015
Finance debates delay progress over global disaster plan Megan Rowling reports on some of the contentious issues surrounding the global framework for disaster risk reduction, due to be agreed in March in Sendai, Japan.
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20th February 2015
CDKN at the World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai, March 2015 Amy Kirbyshire introduces CDKN's packed events schedule at the World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction and encourages readers to join the debates in person or online.
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2nd December 2014
Development and Climate Days at UN climate talks to highlight ‘historic opportunity’ to reduce poverty and emissions to zero (#zerozero) The Development and Climate Days event at UN climate talks in Peru will communicate how extreme poverty and the impacts of climate change, which already affect many millions of people worldwide, can be overcome by far-sighted, joined-up action.
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25th November 2014
Vulnerability, inclusion and empowerment CDKN and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) are co-hosting an event to discuss how the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction must go beyond the sole idea that vulnerable groups need to be included within disaster risk reduction policy. Watch the livestream here today.
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24th November 2014
WORKING PAPER: Equity and inclusion in disaster risk reduction: building resilience for all This CDKN working paper analyses the zero draft of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and attempts to address some of its shortcomings to move the debate beyond the simplistic focus of including vulnerable groups within DRR policy-making.
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20th November 2014
Governments face further talks to agree disaster risk framework Elizabeth Carabine reports from the Second Preparatory Meeting for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, where negotiation on the zero draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction failed to deliver consensus.
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17th November 2014
South Asian experts' top ten recommendations for a stronger post-2015 disasters agreement Insights from the front line of disaster risk: Aditya V. Bahadur, Amy Kirbyshire, Kashmala Kakakhel and Mihir Bhat present ten key recommendations from South Asian experts on the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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13th November 2014
Outlook : Special Edition on African climate science The Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme aims to improve the use of climate science in Africa - what has the team learned so far? This Special Edition of 'Climate and Development Outlook' on African climate science shares some early lessons.
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13th November 2014
The politics of ‘triple wins’ and trade-offs in climate compatible development Fatema Rajabali, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, assesses whether action on both climate change and development can be reconciled in a world of unequal power, diverse institutions and conflicting interests.
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7th November 2014
A Step Forward? Assessing the Zero Draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Experts at the Overseas Development Institute and CDKN analyse the draft text of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and make suggestions for improvement.
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7th November 2014
Audacious ideas and actions for a zero carbon world Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports from the Chatham House Climate Change Conference where there was a buoyant mood about the speed of some low-carbon developments, and a gritty sense of realism about the power politics involved in moving to a low-carbon economy.
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31st October 2014
Imagining a smarter world - how to build the climate knowledge grid Geoff Barnard, CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Knowledge Management, outlines the steps that need to be taken in the online climate knowledge marketplace to make life easier for information users.
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15th October 2014
GUIDE: Risk-informed decision-making: An agenda for improving risk assessments under HFA2 More frequent and intense climate extremes are expected as the climate changes; this, combined wi
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8th October 2014
Tackling the water-energy-food nexus without reinventing the wheel Does a shift in global policy debates toward the 'water-energy-food security nexus' translate into any real change in the way water is managed? Beatrice Mosello of ODI and Shehnaaz Moosa of CDKN report on the latest in 'nexus' debates from World Water Week.
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24th September 2014
Development and Climate Days 2014 at COP20 Join us at COP20 in Lima for two days of debate and dialogue, focused on bringing 'Zero Poverty, Zero Emissions, Within a Generation' within reach. We are in partnership with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Overseas Development Institute for this highly participatory event.
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28th May 2014
Join CDKN at Resilient Cities 2014 Join CDKN and ICLEI for their joint side event at 'Resilient Cities 2014: Making Climate Compatible Development Pay For Local Communities'
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16th May 2014
Sticking points on the way to a new disaster reduction pact Tom Mitchell assesses the big issues for debate at the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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3rd April 2014
Working Paper : How to scale out community-based adaptation to climate change This CDKN working paper explores the potential of ‘scaling out’ community-based adaptation pilots in order to bring more quality benefits to more people over a wider geographical area, more equitably, more quickly, and more lastingly.
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3rd April 2014
GUIDE: What does it take to mainstream disaster risk management in key sectors? As climate-related disasters become more frequent and increasingly impact upon development progress across the world, this CDKN guide looks at how mainstreaming disaster risk management in sectoral planning can insure climate compatible development to minimise the effects of these disasters worldwide.
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2nd April 2014
WORKING PAPER: Close to home: Subnational strategies for climate compatible development A Working Paper by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability by Barbara Anton, Ali Cambray, Mairi Dupar and Astrid Westerlind-Wigstroem with Elizabeth Gogoi analyses effective strategies for subnational development, based on the partners' experiences.
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23rd March 2014
World Water Day theme ignores the ‘nuts and bolts’ of progress Roger Calow of Overseas Development Institute says this year's World Water Day theme of the 'water - energy - land nexus' should be approached with caution.
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18th March 2014
POLICY BRIEF: How should the new international disaster framework address gender equality? The lack of attention to, and misunderstanding of, gender inequality prevents the effective reduction of disaster risks. This policy brief by Dr Virginie Le Masson and Lara Langston highlights the need for specific gender-related measures to be included in the successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action.
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18th March 2014
REPORT: How to win the argument on climate change - a five-point plan Climate change policy is contested, and – like all policy – has winners and losers. Simon Maxwell presents a five-point plan on how to win the public and policy argument on climate change.
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4th March 2014
How to win the argument on climate change - a five-point plan A new paper by Simon Maxwell, Executive Chair of CDKN, offers a five-point plan on how to win the public and policy argument on climate change.
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4th December 2013
Could cutting fossil fuel subsidies curb climate change – and poverty? Follow the lively online discussion we had today hosted by Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.
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23rd November 2013
Catch up on the national low-carbon action debate Discussions at the national low-carbon action debate ranged from creating the right financial conditions to developing a new model for sharing lessons learned. If you couldn’t be there, you can now watch the event on video.
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16th November 2013
Three new ideas to help agriculture take centre stage in climate negotiations ODI's Natasha Grist outlines three new ideas that could raise the profile of agriculture in the United Nations climate talks.
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15th November 2013
REPORT: Supporting climate negotiations - examining the evidence This paper draws on the findings of a study commissioned by CDKN and undertaken by Ricardo-AEA which reviews the existing evidence base and a range of case studies to (i) understand how effective past and present negotiation support efforts have been, and (ii) how to strengthen future negotiation support efforts.
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18th October 2013
Climate change and exposure to ‘natural’ disasters threaten to derail global anti-poverty efforts A new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK Met Office and Risk Management Solutions shows how disasters and climate change could undermine the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.
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18th October 2013
Sharing lessons on national low carbon action, 23 October Sharing Lessons on National Low Carbon Action - join the Overseas Development Institutes on 23 October 2013, 09:30 - 11:00 (GMT+01 (BST)), alternatively watch the discussion streamed live online.
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24th September 2013
Disaster risk reduction gets only 0.4 percent of aid The international community spent $13.5 billion on reducing the risk of disasters in the past two decades, just 40 cents for every $100 of aid, and a tiny amount compared with the $862 billion in disaster losses suffered by developing countries, according to a new ODI report.
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10th September 2013
WORKING PAPER: The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban: saving the climate? A new Working Paper by Louise van Schaik for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) examines the behaviour of the European Union (EU) in the international climate talks and explores how the EU could act as a positive force for creating consensus around collective action in the future.
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11th July 2013
Strike first, before the next climate disaster Disaster galvanises action. Floods, cyclones, droughts jolt leaders into planning for future extreme weather events. What we need is the same flurry, but before the fact, says CDKN's Mairi Dupar.
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9th July 2013
Seeing is believing Ari Huhtala, CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes, explains how visiting the Arctic
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14th May 2013
CKDN debate highlights the need for a new economic narrative A debate held by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) last week highlighted that compelling economic narratives are needed to drive action on climate compatible development – and that policies must be carefully designed to assist the poorest in society.
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20th March 2013
Low carbon logic - the business case for climate compatible development Karen Ellis, Head of the Private Sector & Markets Programme, Overseas Development Institute reports on the business case for climate compatible development
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18th March 2013
New approaches to promoting flexible and forward-looking decision making Drawing on insights from complexity science, this paper describes what processes are needed to promote Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM).
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18th February 2013
WORKING PAPER: Drivers and challenges for climate compatible development This working paper considers some of the various drivers behind countries’ climate compatible development strategies and their incentives for engaging on this agenda. It also looks some of the challenges and disincentives to promoting climate compatible development reforms and considers some of the options for overcoming these.
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6th February 2013
If we know it works, why not do it? Katie Harris from the Overseas Development Institute asks why such a small percentage of funding given to those in developing countries is spent on disaster preparedness, especially when the sums needed for emergency response following natural disasters have been climbing.
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25th January 2013
All that glitters - what next for climate finance? Join CDKN and Alertnet in a debate with experts on the state of climate finance - and how to make climate finance work for the poorest, today at 13:00 GMT.
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27th November 2012
Outlook news: Project news from CDKN around the world CDKN’s quarterly newsletter ‘Climate and Development Outlook’ provides information on CDKN’s projects and shows the work that’s underway to deliver climate compatible development in countries around the world.
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27th November 2012
CDKN pocket guide A pocket-guide to CDKN. This publication provides a brief overview of CDKN and it's work.
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16th November 2012
Loss and damage from climate change – will leaders respond to this present danger? Kashmala Kakakhel, LEAD Pakistan, and Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson, Overseas Development Institute explain key points emerging from recent consultations on Loss and Damage and what impact this is likely to have upon negotiations in Doha.
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1st November 2012
The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban A new Working Paper The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban: saving the climate? examines the behaviour of the European Union (EU) in the international climate talks and explores how the EU could act as a positive force for creating consensus around collective action in the future.
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19th October 2012
How to catalyse a race to the top How can champions across government and industry support a ‘race to the top’ in climate-friendly investments? Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar of CDKN report from the Chatham House Climate Conference 2012.
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12th October 2012
Latest climate signs should jolt leaders into global action CDKN's Sam Bickersteth and Simon Maxwell ask what will it take for our leaders to finally act on climate change?
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for the water sector This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to water resources and water management. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for the health sector This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to health. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for the agricultural sector This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to the agricultural sector. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for ecosystems This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to ecosystems. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
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31st August 2012
Gender and climate change - iconic stories from South Asia Mairi Dupar of CDKN discusses which stories on women and climate change should be grabbing the headlines.
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20th June 2012
Managing the risks from climate change in Africa - The UNFCCC regional expert meeting on addressing loss and damage Emily Wilkinson is just returned from Addis, where she participated in wide ranging discussions on risk, loss and damage, and damage management tools.
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19th June 2012
Great expectations of Rio+20? A debate Experts from CDKN share their views on what we might expect from the Rio+20 Summit - and how businesses have the chance to make new commitments.
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19th June 2012
Seduced by disaster insurance? Don't dive in In this blog CDKN's Tom Mitchell explores the problems with over reliance on disaster insurance and risk transfer.
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18th June 2012
Carbon markets and the green economy - learning from the past to shape the Rio agenda With Rio+20 taking place this week, Prachi Seth from the Overseas Development Institute examines the what is meant by the term 'green economy' - and what lessons we can learn from past experiences to ensure market mechanisms work to support the most vulnerable.
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31st May 2012
On carbon markets - ‘the valley of creation’ Ari Huhtala, CDKN's Director of Policy and Programmes, encounters a carbon trading industry eager for business and political leadership at the Carbon Expo in Cologne, Germany.
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24th May 2012
Promoting extreme event learning through serious fun CDKN is supporting the development of games to stimulate decision-makers’ thinking on climate-related risk. Mairi Dupar of CDKN finds out more.
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22nd May 2012
'Inclusive green growth' - a review Simon Maxwell, CDKN’s Executive Chairman, responds to the new World Bank policy paper on green growth.
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20th May 2012
Bringing climate change disaster planning into the boardroom CDKN launches its new report ‘Tackling Exposure; Placing Disaster Risk Management at the Heart of National Economic and Fiscal Policy’ at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Addis Ababa on Thursday 9 May.
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11th May 2012
In conversation with Neil Bird, Climate Finance lead for CDKN Neil Bird, Research Fellow on climate finance at ODI, talks about CDKN's work on improving access to climate finace for developing countries.
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9th May 2012
GUIDE: Tackling exposure: placing disaster risk management at the heart of national economic and fiscal policy The CDKN Guide to Tackling Exposure considers whether economic and fiscal planning at national levels can reduce exposure to disasters, before considering the necessary steps countries must take to achieve economic development in a more climate-resilient way.
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3rd May 2012
In conversation with.... Dr. Tom Mitchell, CDKN's special advisor on disaster risk reduction Dr. Tom Mitchell, Head of Climate Change at the Overseas Development Institute, is CDKN's special advisor on how best to support developing countries to strengthen resilience through climate-related disaster risk management. In this video, he discusses the three main ways CDKN helps developing countries with the disaster risk planning.
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17th April 2012
aprendizajes del informe especial (SREX) del IPCC CDKN, IPCC, ODI, la Agencia Noruega de Clima y Contaminación Ambiental y el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores del Gobierno de Noruega organizan una serie de eventos a nivel global para informar sobre la Gestión de Riesgos de Eventos Extremos y Desastres en Asia, África y América Latina y el Caribe.
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17th April 2012
In conversation with... Dr Tom Mitchell, Overseas Development Institute CDKN talks to Dr. Tom Mitchell, Head of Climate Change at the Overseas Development Institute and Coordinating Lead Author on the IPCC SREX report, about the findings of the report, and how these have been interpreted for regional policy makers by the CDKN report series “Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report”.
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16th April 2012
Communicate and transform - messages from the planet under pressure conference The 'Planet Under Pressure' conference was billed as the world’s 'largest gathering of experts on global environmental and social issues in advance of the UN Rio+20 Summit'. What did we learn about climate compatible development? CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports.
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16th April 2012
Climate resilience in Asian cities Franziska Schwarz of CDKN reports on a special session on resilience-building in Asian cities at the recent Planet Under Pressure conference.
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23rd March 2012
Industrial energy efficiency - scoring a hat trick Nicola Cantore from ODI gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming UNIDO report to be released on Tuesday: 'Industrial energy efficiency for sustainable wealth creation.'
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18th February 2012
Will second wave environmentalism learn from the errors of the first wave? Simon Maxwell, CDKN’s Executive Chairman, argues that the Rio+20 Summit has the potential to transform development if we learn from the mistakes of history.
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9th February 2012
Reading between the lines – what the Durban text means for REDD+ in 2012 Will McFarland assesses the impact of the decisions made at CoP17 on REDD+.
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15th December 2011
Nations on course for a multilateral legal framework on climate mitigation Tim Ash-Vie and Mairi Dupar of CDKN review the outcomes of CoP17 in Durban.
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8th December 2011
Climate change action is happening on the ground As CoP-17 draws to a close, Neil Bird looks at the myriad actions against climate change already taking place in the poorest countries. These actions will continue apace whatever the outcome of the negotiations.
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8th December 2011
Living the Durban durbar CDKN Executive Chair Simon Maxwell reports from Durban on the sense of urgency building around the CoP-17 talks as they draw to a close, and the outlook for climate compatible development in the longer term.
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2nd December 2011
Press release - countries making progress without a global deal In our first press release from the CoP, we summarise Simon Maxwell's 'Giant strides or fairy footsteps' article, now appearing in South African publication Mail and Guardian Online. Simon will lead a discussion on this theme from 2pm on 3 December in Durban - click here for more information.
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18th November 2011
Ten key messages of the IPCC Special Report on Extreme Events One hundred and ninety-four governments meeting in Kampala, Uganda have just approved the text of the IPCC's 'Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation' (SREX). Co-authors Tom Mitchell and Maarten van Aalst present the report's ten key messages.
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2nd November 2011
Disasters in a changing climate - Introducing the IPCC ‘Special Report on Extreme Events’ This event co-hosted by CDKN and the Overseas Development Institute, will examine the findings of the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation.
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15th October 2011
Postcard from Copenhagen - green growth leaders' conference Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell looks at the case for a new industrial revolution to drive emissions reductions, after attending this week's Green Growth Leaders conference in Copenhagen.
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6th September 2011
Climate change and the post-2015 poverty agenda Policy-makers looking beyond the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets of 2015 cannot afford to ignore climate change, says Lucy Scott of Overseas Development Institute. Meanwhile, climate negotiators must seek ways to address poverty more effectively through climate change interventions.
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4th August 2011
Climate change takes centre stage in infrastructure debates Over half of global greenhouse gas emissions result from the construction and use of infrastucture assets. Getting infrastructure development right is crucial to achieving low-carbon growth patterns in future. Guest author Lily Ryan-Collins, of Engineers Against Poverty, details the finding of a new report.
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7th June 2011
Postcard from Frankfurt 2 - CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop round-up In the second blog from the CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop in Frankfurt, CDKN's Tristan Stubbs reports on the challenges conference participants have set themselves, and how they plan to work together in the future.
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5th June 2011
Postcard from Frankfurt - CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop day 1 Tim Woods blogs on a successful first day of the CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop in Eschborn, Germany, and outlines the climate change knowledge challenges raised by participants.
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21st March 2011
World Forestry Day reflections - what next for REDD+? World Forestry Day on 21 March allows us to reflect on the many and varied benefits of forests to communities around the world. In a guest blog, Kristy Graham of the Overseas Development Institute looks at how the Cancun Agreement on REDD+ sought to safeguard the multiple benefits of forests, and discusses the challenges of integrating forests and REDD+ into low-carbon development strategies.
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13th January 2011
Design challenges for the Green Climate Fund This year, a transitional committee grapples with the task of designing the Green Climate Fund agreed by negotiators at CoP16 in Cancun. Guest bloggers Neil Bird, Jessica Brown, and Liane Schalatek outline the principal challenges.
Resource
27th November 2010
POLICY BRIEF: Is REDD+ an opportunity to support climate compatible development in developing countries? This policy brief looks at whether the new policies that have emerged to provide developing countries with international finance in order to implement REDD+ offer new opportunities to support climate compatible development.