Africa

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Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
95
Resources
155
Stories
297
Event
15th December 2011
CoP17 side event - water security and climate resilience in Africa Highlights of the official side event at CoP17 on increasing finance and investments for wate
Event
15th December 2011
CoP17 side event - addressing climate change in Kenya Highlights from the official COP17 side event:
Event
9th December 2011
CDKN live at CoP-17! Read CDKN's live feed reporting from CoP-17 in Durban. We will be posting updates, videos and pictures with news and views from the negotiations as they happen.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Kenya Climate Change Action Plan: a flagship model for Africa

Led by Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR), the Government of Kenya, supported by CDKN, is developing a Climate Change Action Plan that cuts across sectors to implement Kenya’s National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS), finalised in 2010.

Resource
8th December 2011
INSIDE STORY: From vulnerability to resilience - farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) in Niger Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration brings increased crop yields, income and food security to impoverished rural communities in Niger. It also holds climate change mitigation potential.
Resource
8th December 2011
INSIDE STORY: Working together for REDD+ - developing a national readiness strategy in Tanzania This Inside Story discusses the establishment of Tanzania's National Taskforce which aims to develop a National Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) Strategy by December 2012.
Resource
8th December 2011
INSIDE STORY: The case for Evergreen Agriculture in Africa - Enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia This Inside Story looks at how evergreen agriculture combines agro-forestry with the principles of conservation farming by integrating particular tree species into annual food crop systems.
Feature
8th December 2011
CDKN at COP17 - Experiences from Rwanda's Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy Watch experiences from COP17 on the development of Rwanda's Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy. This ambitious Strategy focuses on socio-economic development, instead of purely adaptation and mitigation, and aims to ensure the future prosperity of every Rwandan citizen.
Feature
8th December 2011
Climate change action is happening on the ground As CoP-17 draws to a close, Neil Bird looks at the myriad actions against climate change already taking place in the poorest countries. These actions will continue apace whatever the outcome of the negotiations.
Feature
7th December 2011
New film released – Rwanda Today at CoP17 in Durban, CDKN and the Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP) together launch the film ‘Rwanda: Emerging in a Changing Climate’ which documents Rwanda’s efforts to plan and manage for climate change.
News
7th December 2011
Update on loss and damage from CoP-17 CDKN's Coordinator for South Asia, Kashmala Kakakhel, reports from Durban on a new agreement on loss and damage from the Subsidiary Body for Implementation.
Feature
6th December 2011
Lessons for adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa Dr. Richard Munang of the Climate Change Adaptation and Development Programme at UNEP tells CDKN about how to integrate climate risk considerations as early as possible in the policy-making process.