Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
107
Resources
160
Stories
315
Feature
20th September 2021
Iseke, Tanzania: Young people boost economic opportunity in midst of Covid-19 pandemic In Iseke village, Ikungi district, Tanzania, a group of young female entrepreneurs is making liquid soap as a means of income and safeguarding their community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jerry Danny, Charles Mnyororo, Emmanuel Hamis and Emmanuel Msumba report.
Resource
17th September 2021
Ethiopia NDC Highlights newsletter - August 2021 This issue of Ethiopia's NDC Highlights newsletter focuses on the country's NAMA COMPOST project and what to expect from COP26.
Feature
11th September 2021
Kampala, Uganda: Resilience in the face of Covid-19 – A single mother’s story In Kampala, Uganda, Sandra Coote follows a single mother’s journey in search of income and wellbeing for her family during the country’s second wave of Covid-19 - to see what it tells us about personal savings and governmental support for households.
Feature
6th September 2021
Mainstreaming gender and climate change into Ethiopian development CDKN's long partnership with the Government of Ethiopia has yielded rich learning on the ways to integrate two completely cross-cutting aspects of development - gender and climate change - into government policy and its implementation. Robi Redda, Arsema Andargatchew and Lucia Scodanibbio report.
Feature
26th August 2021
Maddu, Uganda: A story of service above self In Maddu, in Gomba district, Uganda, two women are extending education services during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure a bright future for the children. Allen Lunkuse reports in this continuation of the 'Voices from the Frontline' series of stories from CDKN and ICCCAD.
Feature
3rd August 2021
Namibia: Parliament as a vehicle for climate action A team from the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, the University of Namibia and Reos Partners were invited to translate climate knowledge into action. Here, they describe how they rose to the challenge - and trained Namibian Parliamentarians on the implications of 1.5 degrees of global warming.
Resource
29th July 2021
Finance for Resilience: the Green Climate Fund - what it is and why it matters in Southern Africa The third episode of the Finance for Resilience podcast unpacks some basics about the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and explores the challenges and successes of becoming accredited to receive GCF funds and implementing GCF projects in the region.
Resource
16th July 2021
Film: empowering women to adapt to climate change in the Volta delta, Ghana Climate change is adversely affecting the livelihoods of women in the Volta delta, Ghana. This film explores the issues they face and the adaptation solutions that are helping to build their resilience.
Completed
Project
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Using Wikipedia to enhance global knowledge on climate change

CDKN has been working with FCFA and the Wikimedia Foundation to enhance the quality and accessibility of climate change information on the world's largest online encyclopaedia.

Resource
15th July 2021
Ethiopia NDC Highlights newsletter: June 2021 This issue of Ethiopia's NDC Highlights newsletter focuses on the NDC update as well as the country's Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system.
News
6th July 2021
Voices For Climate Action: Tunisia call for proposals The Voices for Climate Action programme is seeking applications from Tunisian organisations working in climate change adaptation and advocacy.
Feature
30th June 2021
What has CDKN been up to? Three years of weaving knowledge and action on climate change   Since 2018, CDKN's ‘Knowledge Accelerator’ has grown our ‘knowledge-in-action’ services, as well as further cultivating climate leadership, learning and collaboration within and across developing countries. Here are some of the highlights.