Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
96
Resources
155
Stories
302
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Ethiopia’s consolidation and packaging of programmatic GCF proposals 

This project will package and consolidate Ethiopia’s GCF programmatic proposals – one focusing on the industry, urban development and the energy nexus and the other on land use sectors (i.e. agriculture, water and forestry)

Feature
8th December 2015
Vulnerable countries' concerns come to the fore It was a mixed first week at COP21: negotiations were tense and slow-moving and this challenged the positive mood generated by notable financial pledges and Heads of States' visit to Paris to open the summit. Amid all this activity, CDKN’s Sam Unsworth takes stock, unpacks some of the action on the side lines and explains why there’s still cause to be cautiously optimistic that a robust and ambitious deal may be reached.
Event
7th December 2015
Today at COP21- Strategic partnerships for climate action in Kenya Kenya is on a pathway towards climate resilient low-carbon development, and continues to take steps to implement actions that promote equitable and sustainable growth, in line with its national development agenda. This interactive event aims to highlight the role of strategic partnerships in achieving Kenya’s successes in implementing key climate change actions.
News
3rd December 2015
CDKN launches new e-book 'Mainstreaming climate compatible development' CDKN has launched a new e-book presenting insights from five years of designing and delivering climate compatible development across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. We invite your comments and suggestions.
Feature
3rd December 2015
Future Climate for Africa promises climate information to tackle development needs Mairi Dupar reports on a special side event at COP21 to launch the Future Climate for Africa programme.
Feature
3rd December 2015
Putting INDCs into action - perspectives from South and North Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, reports on a COP21 event where the governments of Kenya, Bangladesh, Lebanon and Germany presented insights on how they prepared their INDCs and intend to implement them. Additional reporting by Mairi Dupar, CDKN.
Resource
3rd December 2015
Report : Study shows that inaction on climate change will cost Uganda 20 times more than adaptation A new report from the Government of Uganda with support from CDKN, Baastel, Metroeconomica, Makerere University and CIDT, finds that adaptation to climate change today is well worth the investment. The costs of inaction on climate change by 2025 are 20 times the costs of adaptation.
Feature
16th November 2015
G20 holds keys to our safe climate future Tony de Brum, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim, Minister of Environment of Angola and Chair of the Least Developed Countries have issued this statement as the G20 meet in Antalya, Turkey.
Feature
13th November 2015
Adaptation action key to Kenya’s INDC As the international climate negotiations at COP 21 fast approach, Stephen King'uyu, Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan coordinator, looks back at Kenya’s pledge and how adaptation actions will complement the country’s development programme.
Feature
13th November 2015
Learning by doing - testing models for rural electrification in India and Uganda Juliane Nier and Susannah Fitzherbert-Brockholes of CDKN report on how businesses in India and Uganda are learning from each other about the scale-up of decentralised renewable energy technologies.
News
28th October 2015
Uganda pledges towards a global climate agreement in Paris As the climate negotiations in Paris quickly approach, Alain Lafontaine, President of Baastel looks at Uganda’s INDC and the impact this may have on the country’s future.
News
28th October 2015
GBP20 million research programme to deepen understanding of Africa’s changing climate The Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme, funded by the UK government, will put GBP20 million (USD30 million) behind leading-edge research to better understand Africa’s changing climate and the use of climate change information in decision-making across the continent.