Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
95
Resources
155
Stories
298
Feature
1st July 2013
Too important to leave to chance How a chance meeting in Maputo resulted in a productive collaboration and highlighted the need to approach inter-project learning through greater donor coordination efforts.
News
1st July 2013
Electric taxi pilot programme to launch in selected Ethiopian cities The second edition of the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Agency's CRGE Highlights newsletter leads with a feature on dVentus, an Ethiopian engineering firm piloting an electric taxi programme in selected cities with government assistance.
News
1st July 2013
New climate fund FONERWA a game changer in Rwanda The Government of Rwanda signs an historic agreement with the UK, capitalising its new climate fund, Fonds National de l’Environnement (FONERWA), with £22.5 million support from DfID, making it the largest demand-based climate fund in Africa.
News
21st June 2013
Kampala launch enjoys constructive stakeholder input and media coverage A CDKN funded project to mainstream climate risks into the Ugandan coffee value chain enjoyed a promising start with a widely broadcasted and well attended launch in Kampala.
News
19th June 2013
Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in the Gambia Isatou F. Camara from the Gambian Ministry of Finance and economic affairs reviews the political will, policy frameworks and implementing projects the Gambia has demonstrated in integrating climate risks into development planning.
News
18th June 2013
MAPS Facilitator Training Course - Africa The MAPS Programme, with support from CDKN, is pleased to call for participation in its second Facilitator Training Course with a specific focus on training practitioners from South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia.
Feature
9th June 2013
Mozambique - Improving human health through climate resilience and disaster risk reduction A new CDKN-commissioned report presents significant progress in understanding the health impacts of climate change in Mozambique.
News
3rd June 2013
Cultivating fields of change This START publication synthesises findings from African 16 research projects on global environmental change, agriculture, and food security.
Resource
3rd June 2013
OUTLOOK: Climate Negotiations Special Edition CDKN’s latest edition of Climate and Development Outlook (May 2013) turns the spotlight on the global climate negotiations, as nations gather in Bonn for meetings of the UNFCCC.
Feature
30th May 2013
Strength in unity - African countries pool climate risks for better insurance against droughts Fatima Kassam explains how a groundbreaking extreme weather insurance scheme, coupled with capacity building services, can help African Union member states resist and recover from the ravages of drought.
Feature
22nd May 2013
What can Mozambique show us about making development choices in a changing climate? Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive of CDKN, asks what Mozambique can show us about making development choices in a changing climate
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Project
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Project : MAPS in Africa: Scoping the feasibility of MAPS processes and informing the potential development of a MAPS Academy in Africa

The purpose of this MAPS Africa project is to scope the feasibility of pursuing MAPS processes in selected African countries and contribute to the conceptual development of a MAPS Academy.