Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
95
Resources
155
Stories
298
Feature
29th March 2018
Politics, poverty and climate change Leo Roberts from the Overseas Development Institute unpacks how Cape Town’s people and politicians are responding to the city’s worst-ever drought and the threat of ‘Day Zero’: when most taps will run dry.
Feature
29th March 2018
Co-producing climate knowledge - Great in theory, but how about practice? Estelle Rouhaud of the Future Climate for Africa's UMFULA project says that 'co-production' of climate knowledge sounds like a wonderful aspiration, but is far from easy to achieve in practice.
Event
20th March 2018
How can climate models be improved over Africa? Investigating global models with local knowledge A recent Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) webinar explored how scientists can deepen their understanding of African climate processes. Dr Rachel James discussed how scientists can improve climate modeling by ground-truthing their data and assumptions better, with local sources of climate knowledge.
Feature
21st February 2018
Sharing learning on NDC implementation - Lessons from Kampala Last year, CDKN hosted a two-day South-South learning exchange in Kampala, Uganda on the theme of NDC implementation. The event convened government representatives and project managers from Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Bangladesh - all countries that had been piloting the NDC Quick-Start Guide to NDC Implementation, with assistance from Ricardo Energy and Environment. Claire Monkhouse and Emma Baker reflect on the themes.
Completed
Project
Completed
Support to the CRGE Facility and Energy Africa Compact in Ethiopia

This project supported the Government of Ethiopia on sectoral preparation for green industrial and urban planning and off-grid solar energy provision.

Resource
29th January 2018
Policy brief: A climate for solar power - Solutions for Ethiopia’s energy poverty Solar energy is providing off-grid energy to households and enterprises across Ethiopia. A CDKN policy brief investigates how the Government of Ethiopia can achieve its goals to radically scale up solar power.
Resource
29th January 2018
POLICY BRIEF: Promoting green urban industrialisation in Ethiopia A recent CDKN study across the towns of Kombolcha and Mek’ele in Ethiopia, both of which host new industrial parks, investigated whether taking a corridor approach to urban-industrial development can support more sustainable patterns of urban growth.
Resource
23rd January 2018
Working Paper: Aligning energy and climate objectives in NDCs The effectiveness of national energy policy will be decisive for achieving Paris Agreement objectives and the 2030 Agenda. A new CDKN Working Paper assesses how Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana and Peru are aligning these goals.
Feature
15th January 2018
Hydropower plans in eastern and southern Africa could put electricity supply at risk Hydropower dams planned for eastern and southern Africa could put electricity supply at risk for vast regions because they rely on similar rainfall patterns for electricity generation—and so will suffer lack of water from droughts at the same time. This is the warning from new research led by Professor Declan Conway.
Feature
6th December 2017
Hotter future in store for Tanzania and Malawi Two new briefs published by the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme highlight future climate projections for Tanzania and Malawi, using the latest results from 34 of the world’s leading climate models. The briefs, written by an international team of climate scientists, aim to help the countries plan better for climate change.
Feature
27th November 2017
Moving forward with Uganda's national climate commitments Joselyn Bigirwa, National Coordinator for ACCRA - the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance, reports on how Uganda is planning to deliver its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Resource
15th November 2017
REPORT: Results-based reporting for REDD+   The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) and CDKN present their joint initiative: the Reporting for Results-based REDD+ project, a three-year project to build capacity for measuring reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of carbon stocks in agriculture, forest and other land use in 21 tropical and subtropical forest countries.