Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
News
25th April 2019
Resilience Cities Asia-Pacific Congress results in ‘Delhi Call for Action’ The Resilience Cities Asia-Pacific 2019 Congress held in New Delhi, India from 15-17 April 2019 has resulted in a ‘Delhi Call for Action’ – which urges climate change adaptation and urban resilience that is socially inclusive and in harmony with nature.
Feature
4th March 2019
Blended finance for climate and food security: The potential of the farm sector CDKN's Aditi Paul explores how blended finance approaches in the agriculture sector could provide small producers with the much-needed livelihood security they need, as well as climate resilience and food security.
Feature
27th February 2019
How can research programmes foster wider climate resilience? Lucia Scodanibbio met researchers from the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) programme to reflect on whether their experiences in building communities' climate resilience can be scaled up to wider levels. The experience of BRACED and others raises questions about how major research programmes can be most effective.
News
12th February 2019
Global Resilience Partnership launches innovation challenge The Global Resilience Partnership and USAID have joined forces with KPMG to launch an innovation challenge - designed to identify and nurture novel examples of resilience in Africa and Asia.
Feature
23rd December 2018
Sri Lanka’s progress towards multi-level climate governance Ranga Pallawala, Scott A.
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The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP)

The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP) facilitates peer learning, technical cooperation and information exchange to support the formation and implementation of low emission development strategies.

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Mobilising Investment for NDC Implementation

The Mobilising Investment (MI) project for NDC implementation is a 3-year project focused on interventions within seven target countries: Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Philippines and Vietnam, supported by the German government’s International Climate Initiative (IKI).

News
19th November 2018
Climate and Development Knowledge Network launches new initiative in Bangladesh and India The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is launching its new phase in Bangladesh on 19th November 2018 at the Institute of Architects Bangladesh Centre and in India on 20th November 2018 at the India Habitat Centre.
Feature
13th November 2018
Maharashtra’s story of developing its State Climate Change Policy Prutha Vaze provides an insider’s perspective on developing the Maharashtra State Climate Change Policy. Ms. Vaze, a Technical Expert for the Action on Climate Today (ACT) programme, has been embedded with the state government for the last three years.
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7th November 2018
Call for evidence on long-term adaptation to climate change The Least Developed Countries Group is inviting submissions on effective long-term adaptation to climate change. The submissions will contribute to a major new initiative that seeks to develop a long-term vision for climate resilience up to 2050.
Feature
5th November 2018
Why South Asia still has a long way to go in resilience planning Bedoshruti Sadhukhan of CDKN Asia says many local and subnational governments in South Asia are missing opportunities to invest in climate-resilient development: a step-change is needed in awareness and action.
Feature
1st November 2018
Local knowledge and the role of knowledge brokers in India A new film depicts how a women's organisation in India's northeast provinces is helping local communities share and strengthen their knowledge for dealing with the impacts of climate change.