Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

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93
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155
Stories
283
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23rd March 2023
Elevating the role of water resilience in food system dialogues Ensuring resilient food systems and sustainable healthy diets for all requires much higher water use, however, water resources are finite, geographically dispersed and volatile under climate change. A new paper co-authored by CDKN CEO Shehnaaz Moosa highlights the role of water use in the food system and how good governance is central to achieving water resilient food systems.
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Knowledge for Change - learning about knowledge brokering

This project is amplifying the understanding on how knowledge and multiple types of evidence on climate change can facilitate evidence-based decision-making to accelerate climate action.

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14th March 2023
CDKN at the UN Water Conference The UN 2023 Water Conference will take place from 22-24 March 2023 in New York and online. The Conference aims to raise awareness of the global water crisis, while deciding on concerted action to achieve internationally agreed water-related goals and targets. CDKN is co-organising three virtual events. Find out more and register below.
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2nd March 2023
The role of climate-smart agriculture enterprises in women's empowerment Women in agriculture are often disproportionately affected by climate change and structural gender inequalities. Under the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW) programme, experts from Intellecap share progress in reorienting the private sector to women's empowerment in climate-smart agricultural solutions in East Africa.​​​​​​​
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22nd February 2023
Local voices from the global South: Community action at the centre of resilient water solutions The UN 2023 Water Conference is taking place from 22-24 March in New York and virtually. CDKN is hosting a virtual side event with Fundación Avina to bring local voices from the global South to the fore in communicating water solutions to reduce climate change vulnerabilities.
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13th February 2023
The role of knowledge brokers in advancing climate action In the climate arena and more widely, there are many terms to describe activities within the ‘knowledge-to-action’ spectrum – what CDKN terms ‘knowledge brokering’. This CDKN journal article and accompanying Essentials brief summarises how CDKN defines and understands climate knowledge brokering.
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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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Knowledge sharing for UNDP small grants innovation programme

This project is supporting the development and diffusion of innovative adaptation practices, tools, and technologies, and generating an evidence base for implementing entities and other funds to scale up.