Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
95
Resources
155
Stories
298
Feature
20th May 2012
Bringing climate change disaster planning into the boardroom CDKN launches its new report ‘Tackling Exposure; Placing Disaster Risk Management at the Heart of National Economic and Fiscal Policy’ at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Addis Ababa on Thursday 9 May.
Feature
17th May 2012
slow work on emissions reductions talks Climate negotiators have gathered in Bonn, Germany until 25 May to take forward the commitments made at the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Durban last December. Authors from CDKN and LRI take the temperature of the talks.
Resource
15th May 2012
In conversation with... Mr Bai Mass Taal, AMCOW Executive Secretary Mr Bai Mass Taal, Executive Secretary of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), discuss
Feature
15th May 2012
New framework launched - 'Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilient Development' The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) launched the CDKN-supported 'Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilient Development' at Africa Water Week in Cairo on 14 May. The Framework will help decision makers and practitioners in Africa integrate climate resilience into water plans and investments.
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Project : Knowledge brokers collaboration: integrating global climate information and regional adaptation portals

This joint initiative between three knowledge brokers aims to advance the user demand-driven development, refinement and cross-linking between weADAPT, the Climate Information Portal (CIP) and AfricaAdapt.

Resource
9th May 2012
GUIDE: Tackling exposure: placing disaster risk management at the heart of national economic and fiscal policy The CDKN Guide to Tackling Exposure considers whether economic and fiscal planning at national levels can reduce exposure to disasters, before considering the necessary steps countries must take to achieve economic development in a more climate-resilient way.
Resource
8th May 2012
INSIDE STORY: Achieving development goals with renewable energy – the case of Tanzania Tanzania's Small Power Projects programme is supporting the country's economic growth and human development, while limiting its greenhouse gas emissions, as Lutz Weischer explains in this latest 'Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development' from CDKN.
Feature
18th April 2012
Suppressed demand - Unlocking climate finance for Africa Read how suppressed demand can be accounted for in carbon markets to leverage climate finance for cleaner development and enable the poor to benefit from carbon finance from the Clean Development Mechanism.
Feature
12th April 2012
Watershed period for climate finance – Innovative leadership required Richard Calland and Nancy Dubosse who lead the new Climate Finance Hub Initiative, discuss what they term the 'political economy of climate finance' and raise important questions which will need to be addressed for effective climate finance governance.
News
4th April 2012
IPCC releases full report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) Read about the public release and CDKN's involvement in presenting the report to policy-makers worldwide.
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Project : Envisioning the mainstreaming of climate change mitigation and adaptation in Lake Victoria Local Authorities development planning

An Innovation Fund project designed to use participatory processes to involve local stakeholders in mainstreaming climate adaptation into Local Authority planning.

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Project : Building climate resilience through risk communication in Ghana’s growing coastal cities

This research project aims to promote the use of climate change risk factors as common indicators for integrating climate compatible development and policy processes in Ghana.