Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
106
Resources
159
Stories
308
Feature
3rd August 2015
Land use change and forestry – challenges and opportunities for developing countries Christina Elvers of CDKN's Negotiations Support team assesses current issues around land use, forest protection and REDD+ in the international climate talks - and what these mean for tropical forest countries.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Supporting Ethiopia's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

This project assisted the Government of Ethiopia in its preparation for submitting its Nationally Intended Contribution.

Feature
29th July 2015
Brighton Kaoma on Zambia's climate compatible future Brighton Kaoma, winner of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award, speaks to CDKN’s Anna Hickman about the challenges and opportunities facing Zambia, and how young people are key instruments of change in addressing the social and environmental impacts of climate change.
Feature
27th July 2015
Sustaining African businesses in a changing climate Stanley Ijeoma of Schrodinger Limited - Abuja says the time is right for African businesses to manage for climate risk - and report on it.
Feature
23rd July 2015
After accreditation for international climate funds…what next? Charlotte Finlay, CDKN’s Head of Country Support reports from day 1 of the CDKN South-South learning exchange on “mobilising resources for climate compatible development,” which takes place in Kigali, Rwanda this week. The key message so far is that after countries get accredited to receive international climate funds, they face even greater challenges in developing ‘bankable projects’ for investment.
Resource
22nd July 2015
WORKING PAPER:  Climate compatible development in the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ - Lessons from Rwanda In the last decade, Rwanda has emerged as a leader in Africa for its efforts to integrate climate resilience and green growth into development planning and finance. A new working paper by CDKN charts some of the steps the Government of Rwanda has taken to become a leader in this area.
News
13th July 2015
African countries will prioritise agriculture for COP21 Kofi Adu Domfeh reports on the importance of agriculture as the meeting point between development, climate change adaptation and mitigation - and explores how agriculture will figure among African governments' contributions to the United Nations climate talks this year.
Feature
3rd July 2015
Food waste a contributor to global emissions Studies have revealed that food waste is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. CDKN supported journalist Patrick Mayoyo finds out why Kenya is home to both a food wastage and shortage.
Feature
29th June 2015
High fiduciary standards and Rwanda's access to climate finance Solid fiduciary structures are key for developing countries to access, absorb and spend climate finance effectively. Debbie Caldwell, associate of the Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT) looks at these practices in Rwanda.
News
19th June 2015
Africa Sustainability Hub will promote low-carbon opportunities David Ockwell of the STEPS Centre introduces a new research hub that will support and catalyse the pursuit of low-carbon development in Africa.
News
19th June 2015
Ethiopia is first Least Developed Country to submit its INDC Robi Redda, CDKN’s Ethiopia Country Advisor, welcomes the submission of Ethiopia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Feature
19th June 2015
Does mitigation matter for Africa? CDKN Africa’s Webster Whande reflects on whether mitigation is a priority for Africa and the role of the INDC process on the continent.