Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

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106
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157
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305
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Youth empowerment for climate action in Ghana

This project empowers young people to lead climate-resilient solutions within their communities through capacity building, innovation, and advocacy to facilitate a generation of climate-conscious leaders and eco-entrepreneurs across Ghana.

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Enhancing the resilience and sustainability of local communities through inclusive climate action in Senegal

The Senegal country programme works to strengthen the resilience of local communities by integrating gender equality and social inclusion into policies and practices and enhancing and amplifying local knowledge.

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Identifying climate-related risks and adaptation measures through infrastructure mapping in South Sudan

This knowledge-to-action (K2A) project seeks to inform community responses to climate emergencies in Mundri County by mapping flood-prone areas, evacuation routes, safe areas and infrastructurally sound establishments that support disaster relief.

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Mobilising locally-led action for restoration and governance in Mount Marsabit, Kenya

This knowledge-to-action (K2A) project seeks to transform the Marsabit forest ecosystem for Indigenous communities to actively be involved in the planning, management and monitoring of their landscape.

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Supporting local adaptation efforts to leverage scientific and Indigenous knowledge in western Mozambique

This knowledge-to-action (K2A) project seeks to help residents of Manica Province, Mozambique, better understand the climate risks they may face.

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Urban Art for Climate in Cameroon

This knowledge-to-action (K2A) project provides a platform for young people to artistically express themselves and advocate for improved livelihoods resilient to climate change.

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Enhancing biodiversity using traditional African knowledge in Benin

This knowledge-to-action (K2A) project supports the resilience of local communities and ecosystems in the face of climate change in Benin through the complementary use of Indigenous and local knowledge and modern forest-protection techniques.

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16th December 2024
Reflecting as we go: Lessons from CDKN’s open call for locally-led adaptation initiatives in Africa CDKN is providing Knowledge-to-Action (K2A) grants in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In Africa, an open call for locally-led adaptation (LLA) initiatives and a comprehensive selection process led to five K2A projects being chosen who received US$150,000 each in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique and South Sudan. We intentionally adopted a learning approach and here we share our insights from the selection process.
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6th December 2024
‘Gender lens’: the approach that low-carbon businesses cannot do without Gender lens approaches are business models, management and operations that promote the economic empowerment of women. New evidence from the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW) programme makes the case that climate-smart businesses require a gender lens approach to meet their full potential for economic sustainability and positive climate impact.
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6th December 2024
Unlocking the potential of locally-led action: Anticipating the IPBES transformative and nexus assessments Two upcoming assessments by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) hold the promise of transformative ecosystem based solutions that are evidence-based and agreed on through multilateral science-policy processes.
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2nd December 2024
How do we surface and address power dynamics for more inclusive and equitable co-creation processes? The CDKN and CLARE teams share some collective knowledge on holding co-creation processes with diverse participants, particularly when it comes to surfacing and addressing power dynamics.
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Amplifying voices of African researchers

This regional action area seeks to strengthen the science-policy-practice interface through knowledge brokering and supporting African researchers.