There is considerable potential for more locally-led anticipatory action to prepare people for extreme weather and climate events and avoid loss and damage - reports Myriam Castaneda Solares of the START International network, from a COP26 Resilience Hub event. [more...]
Michael Carter – Director of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk & Resilience – shares examples from Mali, Bangladesh, Mozambique and Tanzania where risk management tools are helping rural families not only withstand shocks, but move towards greater prosperity. [more...]
This week the sixth Adaptation Futures international conference takes place online. Read more about CDKN's sessions at the conference. [more...]
The new COP Resilience Hub has been launched to advance action on adaptation and resilience at COP26 and beyond. CDKN is delighted to be supporting it, to promote the inclusion of diverse voices, and promote knowledge-into-action. [more...]
CDKN, ODI, SNV, CARE and Mercy Corps have launched a new guide, entitled Advancing gender equality and climate action: A practical guide to setting targets and monitoring progress. [more]…
Since 2018, a second phase of CDKN called the ‘Knowledge Accelerator’ has focused on growing our ‘knowledge-in-action’ services, as well as further cultivating climate leadership, learning and collaboration within and across developing countries. Read some of the highlights from the past three years’ work. [more]…
When a crisis hits, community organisations can draw upon six social dimensions of resilience. This brief highlights learnings from how communities in the Global South responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This brief is based on the analysis of water policies, as well as the narratives of men and women involved in drinking water management practices.
CDKN has been working with FCFA and the Wikimedia Foundation to enhance the quality and accessibility of climate change information on the world's largest online encyclopaedia. [more...]
This project aims to establish and build an understanding of the crucial role of peri-urban ecosystems and mainstream ecosystem-resilience into capacity development programmes. [more...]
This project seeks to contribute to climate adaptive and inclusive water governance by encouraging evidence-informed decision-making at local, provincial and federal levels of government. [more...]
This project aims to mainstream Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices into provincial and local government policies and planning. [more...]
