Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
107
Resources
160
Stories
315
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Future Climate For Africa: Applied research fund Scientific Capacity Development (SCD) study

This study will answer a central question for Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) in its inception phase: What Scientific Capacity Development (SCD) options wok best in specific African contexts?

Feature
16th March 2015
An urban Africa By 2050, Africa’s urban dwellers are projected to have increased from 400 million to 1.2 billion and the majority of this growth is expected to occur in informal settlements. CDKN's Charlotte Scott looks at the numbers and what they mean for urban development in Africa.
Feature
9th March 2015
How do we measure adaptation? How do we effectively measure and enhance adaptation? Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, looks at possible alternative answers, all of which will be further discussed at the 9th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation.
News
5th March 2015
Decarbonisation campaign could make impact in Ghana The global movement of campaigners for clean energy is growing at a fast pace, but not everyone is hearing the call. Kofi Adu Domfeh, a journalist partaking in the CDKN-supported Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) climate journalism fellowship, reflects on the situation in Ghana.
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Project : Research and support on adaptation and equity in Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is working to clarify the issues of adaptation and equity in Intended Nationally Determined Contributions for developing countries, via in-country support to Ethiopia and Colombia, and the production of a working paper providing guidance to developing countries on adaptation.

Feature
5th March 2015
New approaches needed to tackle water, sanitation and hygiene As the population of a country grows, so too do the complications around safe water, sanitation and hygiene. Climate change will cause greater rainfall variability in many parts of Africa, compounding these problems. Adam Harvey, director of Whave Solutions, looks at work being piloted in Uganda to ensure safe and secure water.
News
17th February 2015
African countries agree to strengthen their meteorological services to reduce the impact of extreme weather events The third meeting of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) aimed to establish meteorological services to help save lives on the continent.
Feature
13th February 2015
Déthié Soumaré Ndiaye on how Senegal became ready for climate finance Senegal was one of the first countries to secure accreditation from the Adaptation Fund for its National Implementing Entity (NIE). Here, Déthié Soumaré Ndiaye of Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal’s NIE, discusses Senegal’s journey to acquiring accreditation, and how this has aided future strategies for financing adaptation. Interview by Anna Hickman of CDKN.
News
9th February 2015
Better use of long-term climate information could reduce risks for African investments African governments and businesses are putting their investments at risk from the long-term impacts of climate change because they are failing to take climate information into account, says a new report from the Overseas Development Institute and SouthSouthNorth for the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) programme and Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), launched today.
Event
6th February 2015
9th Community-based adaptation conference seeks to enhance effective adaptation The 9th annual community based adaptation conference to be held in Nairobi, Kenya seeks to highlight ways in which vulnerable communities can became more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
News
28th January 2015
Rwanda chooses environment and prosperity Development need not be at the expense of the environment, says President Paul Kagame of Rwanda during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Watch the full discussion here.
Event
26th January 2015
Learning from CDKN’s city experience CDKN presents a webinar on the effect of extreme heat on public health, examining the implementation of Ahmedabad's Heat Action Plan. The webinar will take place on 3 February.