Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
96
Resources
155
Stories
302
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Project : Enabling IPLAN24

The Ethiopian Environmental Protection Agency (through DFID Ethiopia) asked CDKN to provide procurement and programme management services to enable the delivery of IPLAN24.

Resource
4th September 2012
OUTLOOK: Edition four, August 2012 In this edition of CDKN's quarterly Outlook newsletter, we highlight climate compatible development in Rwanda, Pakistan, Chile, Uganda and the Marshall Islands.
Completed
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Completed
Project : Climate change and upstream development impacts on new hydropower projects in the Zambezi

The Southern African Power Pool’s (SAPP) has planned an integrated expansion which includes more than 6,300 MW of new large scale hydropower with at least another 6,500MW under discussion within the Zambezi River Basin. CDKN is supporting research that examines the interaction between climate change, irrigation and hydropower in the Basin.

News
23rd August 2012
CDKN Innovation Fund (round 2 - Africa focus) now closed The CDKN Innovation Fund is opening 2nd round application window, supporting innovative thinking and action in designing and developing projects on climate compatible development in the Africa region.
Feature
14th August 2012
The climate and gender game Janot Mendler de Suarez is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Games for a New Climate task force at the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, USA. Janot is collaborating with the Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre, which received CDKN support to develop 'serious games' to raise awareness of climate adaptation strategies. Here, Janot introduces a special ‘climate and gender game’ that builds on this work.
Feature
14th August 2012
Helping African editors tune in to climate change In the second piece of our two-part blog, Mike Davison of WRENmedia highlights how East African journalists are striving to improve reporting on climate change. These ideas were shared by journalists at an 8-day media-training workshop for climate-change reporting held in Nairobi in April 2012, organised by CDKN and conducted by WRENmedia.
Feature
8th August 2012
Networking facility for the project 'Scoping the development of a trans-disciplinary research programme to address climate compatible development needs in the SADC region' This is a ‘networking facility’ which has been established for the call for proposals for the project 'Scoping the development of a trans-disciplinary research programme to address climate compatible development needs in the SADC region'. This is a space which will enable potential consortium members to request support from potential partners or offer support to potential partners.
Feature
2nd August 2012
New South Africa study - Access to electricity for all has minimal impacts on the climate Access to modern energy underpins the achievement of virtually every aspect of development from health and education to facilitating the creation of wealth creating productive enterprises.
Feature
30th July 2012
Getting to grips with the complexities of climate change In the first piece of our two-part blog, Mike Davison of WRENmedia highlights the challenges East African journalists face when reporting on climate change. These ideas were shared by journalists at an eight-day media-training workshop for climate-change reporting held in Nairobi in April 2012, organised by CDKN and conducted by WRENmedia.
Resource
26th July 2012
July newsletter - Focus on climate vulnerability The July edition of CDKN's newsletter focuses on climate vulnerability, climate adaptation in rural Uganda and CDKN supported work in Central America to move towards sustainable energy.
Feature
24th July 2012
Bold new approach to climate adaptation in rural Uganda The CDKN-supported project Action for Climate Change Resilience in Africa (ACCRA) brightens prospects for remote communities in Uganda, as World Vision’s Margaret Barihaihi reports.
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Project
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Project : Risk and vulnerability mapping for the Zambezi River Basin

The Zambezi River Basin is the continent’s most important shared river basin due to the large number of riparian states and the extent of availability and dependence on water for development. Read more about this project which maps the central and lower regions of the Basin which are highly vulnerable to climate change.