Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
107
Resources
160
Stories
315
Feature
1st September 2015
Water-climate nexus will be central to Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable Development Goals and the climate change negotiations were high on the agenda at World Water Week, a global event celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden in late August. CDKN Africa’s Ronald Mukanya and Claire Mathieson write.
Resource
17th August 2015
INSIDE STORY: Working towards a Smart Energy Path - Experience from Benin, Mali and Togo A new 'Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development' from CDKN and HELIO International looks at the experiences of Benin, Mali and Togo in working towards ‘Smart Energy Paths’.
Feature
12th August 2015
The Adaptation Fund's accreditation process - lessons from Kenya In this video interview, Wangare Kiruma of Kenya's National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) explains how the agency became accredited to receive monies from the Adaptation Fund and how the process made NEMA more responsive and relevant.
Feature
6th August 2015
Supporting the preparation of the Gambia’s INDC - Lessons learned from local stakeholder consultations Kirstin Hücking and Sandra Freitas of Climate Analytics report on lively and informed discussions about environmental problems that impact on Gambian livelihoods – and how these discussions have fed into the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC.
Feature
5th August 2015
Pro-poor adaptation in practice Matheus A. Zanella and Judith Rosendahl report on the findings of their new study across Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ecuador and India.
Feature
3rd August 2015
Land use change and forestry – challenges and opportunities for developing countries Christina Elvers of CDKN's Negotiations Support team assesses current issues around land use, forest protection and REDD+ in the international climate talks - and what these mean for tropical forest countries.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Supporting Ethiopia's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

This project assisted the Government of Ethiopia in its preparation for submitting its Nationally Intended Contribution.

Feature
29th July 2015
Brighton Kaoma on Zambia's climate compatible future Brighton Kaoma, winner of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award, speaks to CDKN’s Anna Hickman about the challenges and opportunities facing Zambia, and how young people are key instruments of change in addressing the social and environmental impacts of climate change.
Feature
27th July 2015
Sustaining African businesses in a changing climate Stanley Ijeoma of Schrodinger Limited - Abuja says the time is right for African businesses to manage for climate risk - and report on it.
Feature
23rd July 2015
After accreditation for international climate funds…what next? Charlotte Finlay, CDKN’s Head of Country Support reports from day 1 of the CDKN South-South learning exchange on “mobilising resources for climate compatible development,” which takes place in Kigali, Rwanda this week. The key message so far is that after countries get accredited to receive international climate funds, they face even greater challenges in developing ‘bankable projects’ for investment.
Resource
22nd July 2015
WORKING PAPER:  Climate compatible development in the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ - Lessons from Rwanda In the last decade, Rwanda has emerged as a leader in Africa for its efforts to integrate climate resilience and green growth into development planning and finance. A new working paper by CDKN charts some of the steps the Government of Rwanda has taken to become a leader in this area.
News
13th July 2015
African countries will prioritise agriculture for COP21 Kofi Adu Domfeh reports on the importance of agriculture as the meeting point between development, climate change adaptation and mitigation - and explores how agriculture will figure among African governments' contributions to the United Nations climate talks this year.