Africa

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Region: Africa

Africa:

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95
Resources
155
Stories
297
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3rd February 2023
From low-carbon consumers to climate leaders This report for the Gender Equality in a Low-Carbon World (GLOW) programme reviews the evidence on women's economic empowerment in low-carbon transitions. It identifies the gaps in the evidence base; and recommends how GLOW and other research initiatives and funders may further enrich the evidence, and inform policy and practice.
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23rd January 2023
COP27 Resilience Hub report out now The COP27 Resilience Hub report provides a run down of the key resilience and adaptation outcomes from COP27 and the main messages and policy takeaways from the Resilience Hub. It has been developed from inputs from more than 70 Resilience Hub sessions, the four Regional Resilience Hubs that took place in the lead up to COP27, as well as over 15,000 people across the world who participated in-person and online.
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30th November 2022
Opportunity: Open call launched by Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, recently opened its call for ideas for the 2023 cycle. This call focuses on adaptation and gender-responsive climate finance, as well as ideas from Brazil, India, and Southern or East Africa.
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14th November 2022
Enhancing green bond issuances in developing economies This guide shares lessons from early experience in launching green bond markets in emerging markets and developing economies. The authors investigated countries that have been successful in developing green bond markets at all levels of market readiness, considering capital market development, the enabling policy and regulatory environment, and investor appetite for this new asset class.
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Justice in a changing climate

This project is amplifying local climate knowledge and solutions so they are better recognised and supported, as well as advocating for the financing of these locally-shaped responses.

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Innovation small grant accelerator platform

This programme aims to promote scaled-up adaptation at the local level, focusing on civil society, non-governmental organisations, and women and youth innovators.

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3rd November 2022
Opportunity: Catalytic Grants programme at the COP27 Resilience Hub The next round of catalytic grants will be launched at the COP27 Resilience Hub. Join the virtual networking event on 8 November to learn more and apply.
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2nd November 2022
New phase of CDKN to accelerate equitable, financed and ecosystem-based action on climate change A new five-year phase of CDKN (2022-27) aims to advance gender-equitable and socially-inclusive climate-resilient action by mobilising knowledge-into-action, capacity and Southern climate leadership from local to global levels.
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1st November 2022
CDKN at COP27 Join CDKN at COP27 from 6-18 November where we will be launching a new phase and participating at a number of events virtually and in-person. You can also find us at a physical exhibition stand and at the COP Resilience Hub.
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5th October 2022
Social media awards: #Art4Resilience CDKN, in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), through the Resilience Evidence Coalition, is hosting a social media competition in the lead-up to the Resilience Hub at COP27.
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21st September 2022
Knowledge-into-Use awards: #Art4Resilience CDKN, in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), through the Resilience Evidence Coalition, is launching the Knowledge-into-Use awards in the lead-up to the Resilience Hub at COP27.
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12th September 2022
Register for the COP27 Africa Regional Resilience Hub virtual event The Africa Regional Resilience Hub has opened registration for a virtual programme of events from 19-22 September aimed at illuminating African priorities and solutions to be shared at COP27.