Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
96
Resources
155
Stories
302
Resource
24th September 2013
OUTLOOK: Rwanda Special Edition CDKN's Climate and Development Outlook focuses on Rwanda's pioneering steps towards a climate resilient green economy, as the Government of Rwanda reviews the first round of applications to its Fund for Environment and Climate Change (FONERWA).
News
13th September 2013
Kenya’s flower industry set to measure carbon footprint Development of a new customised calculator enables the industry to measure its carbon emissions and maintain a competitive edge in international cut flower markets.
Feature
12th September 2013
Opportunities for mitigation and development planning in Rwanda Gracia Munganga considers whether a stakeholder-driven scenarios modelling process can assist Rwanda in realising its developmental and environmental goals.
News
9th September 2013
CDKN endorses ICLEI's Local Climate Solutions for Africa Congress 2013 The pan-African Congress provides a unique opportunity to engage African local leaders and experts on urban sustainability in Africa.
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Project : FONERWA capacity building

This project aims to give technical assistance to the Rwandan private sector, civil society organisations and government agencies to access financing from FONERWA and other sources to support environmental sustainability, resilience to climate change, and green growth.

News
3rd September 2013
Interviews with Lighting Africa Nigeria stakeholders Conversations with stakeholder involved in the ICF / World Bank Lighting Africa Nigeria programme.
Feature
28th August 2013
Establishing Low Carbon Growth in Ethiopia Rob Bailey of Chatham House reports on how Ethiopia is partnering with China and the EU to develop Low Carbon Zones designed to spur low carbon investment and establish hubs for innovation and technology transfer.
Feature
5th August 2013
Opportunities in urban informality, development and climate resilience in African cities Blaise Dobson and Jean-Pierre Roux argue that we cannot ignore the theme of African urbanisation in the 21st century. Growing urban informality is an opportunity to leverage innovative ways to build climate compatible cities.
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Project : Working with informality to build climate resilience in African cities

This project aims to foster climate compatible development in African cities through working with informality and building climate resilience amongst the urban poor.

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Completed
Project : The political economy of climate compatible development in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique

CDKN is supporting a new project on the political economy of climate compatible development in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique.

Feature
24th July 2013
Understanding how climate compatible development takes root Veena Ravichandran, CDKN’s Senior Research Advisor, outlines an exciting new CDKN project – and why we’re supporting it.
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Project : Secure safe water in sub-Saharan Africa

This project aims to create financial incentives for safe water and hygiene service providers by pioneering a water credits market through a Payment-By-Results (PBR) mechanism in rural Uganda.