Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
106
Resources
155
Stories
309
Feature
20th March 2014
Securing safe water and good hygiene practices through results-based-aid in Uganda Adam Harvey discusses preliminary results from a pilot study that hopes to improve local water governance and domestic hygiene practices through performance-based financial incentives.
Feature
12th March 2014
New wind farms bode well for Ethiopia’s green growth strategy The latest newsletter from the Ethiopian Ministry of Environment and Forest highlights progress on the roll out of renewable energies.
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Project
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Project : Commissioning media coverage of climate and development – collaboration with WRENmedia

Journalists in East Africa face significant challenges to reporting on issues related to climate change including a l

News
24th February 2014
Getting to grips with the economics of climate change in Uganda A research consortium is working closely with the Government of Uganda to generate the numbers for a comprehensive national response to climate change.
Feature
12th February 2014
How can we grow more, sustainably, and pay for it? Financing agricultural intensification CDKN's Chief Executive Sam Bickersteth reflects on the challenge of growing more, nutritious food, with least environmental impact, and getting the institutional channels in place to finance it.
Feature
11th February 2014
Moving beyond a 'mitigation first' approach to development Development is the overriding policy priority in developing countries, a critical factor when considering climate mitigation efforts from a domestic developing country perspective.
News
6th February 2014
Workshop drives south-south collaboration in modelling the costs of mitigation actions A group of southern research institutions are breaking new ground in understanding the socio-economic costs of mitigation actions, like carbon taxes, on national economies.
Feature
31st January 2014
Encouraging agroforestry for REDD+ in Zambia Are public funds best spent subsidising the initial cost of trees or rewarding farmers for tree survival? Kelsey Jack shares findings from a recent CDKN-supported study.
News
22nd January 2014
New web platform launched to accelerate green economy transition The Green Growth Knowledge Platform's vastly expanded website launches today, with a commitment of 1.6 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland and 29 international knowledge partners behind it - including CDKN.
Feature
20th January 2014
Agriculture needs streamlined approach to climate finance Many programmes fund adaptation and mitigation activities separately, leading to fragmented and less effective approaches, particularly in the agriculture sector. Michel Köhler of Perspectives and Lisa Junghans of Germanwatch have been assessing the problem and forming practical proposals to overcome it.
News
20th January 2014
CDKN project acknowledged for African good practice awards The Carbon Reduction, Resources and Opportunities Toolkit (CaRROT) project was shortlisted for the AfriCAN Climate award for good practice.
Feature
17th January 2014
Climate change has highest political importance for poor countries Gambia’s Pa Ousman Jarju explains why poor countries are ready to ‘compromise and engage’ at UN climate negotiations.