This project aims to establish and build an understanding of the crucial role of peri-urban ecosystems and mainstream ecosystem-resilience into capacity development programmes. [more...]
This project seeks to contribute to climate adaptive and inclusive water governance by encouraging evidence-informed decision-making at local, provincial and federal levels of government. [more...]
This project aims to mainstream Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices into provincial and local government policies and planning. [more...]
This project is working to inform national level adaptation financing through testing a range of adaptation options at two deltas in Bangladesh. [more...]
The goal of this project is to research, develop and test methods to integrate community-based participatory carbon measurement and monitoring with remote sensing, GIS and web-enabled reporting tools. [more]…
START is commissioning and managing research awards on the theme of climate change, agriculture and food security in Africa, with support from CDKN. [more]…
CDKN's Action Lab Innovation Fund is supporting a project entitled "Promoting climate change adaptation policies through the integration of multi-stakeholder dialogues and research-led initiatives – a pilot approach from the semi-arid region of northeast Brazil." [more]…
This project will assist Nepal Climate Change Knowledge Management Centre to reach policy-makers, students and researchers, as well as the community-based organisations and NGOs who are in the frontline of delivering adaptation projects. [more]…
This project will design a Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) system for climate change interventions at the ground level. The tool will help to assess the effectiveness of community adaptation projects in Bangladesh, and may be replicated in other countries. [more]…
The project builds on an EU-funded project currently underway which aims to strengthen the ability of Climate Actions Network South Asia (CANSA) to operate as an effective broker, through capacity-building sessions and grants for research projects. The CDKN initiative will strengthen CANSA’s ability to interact with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). [more]…
The Government of El Salvador, with support from CDKN, is developing a National Climate Change Strategy. [more]…
Using reliable and verifiable information, this project aims to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems, people and their livelihoods, within the city of Quito, Ecuador, to climate change. The information gathered will underpin an adaptation programme aimed at helping Quito become more resilient. [more]…
CDKN supported the drafting of the climate change section for the Government of Zimbabwe's Medium Term Plan (2011 - 2015). The section establishes the need to have a national climate change policy and integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in economic and social development policies and programmes. [more]…
More detailed information exists on the local impacts of climate change in Africa – but it’s unclear exactly how this knowledge can be used to inform policymaking. With leading research centres, CDKN is supporting the development of African expertise to apply this regional data to decision making and ensure it’s relevant to Africa’s knowledge needs. [more]…
