Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
380
Feature
12th August 2016
Saving the vulnerable Syed Muhammad Abubakar of CDKN Asia, highlights CDKN's role in supporting Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority to develop a risk transfer mechanism. This will eventually contribute to developing a National Disaster Insurance Framework in order to help the vulnerable communities better manage natural hazards.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Institutional strengthening and Capacity building of Indonesia’s NDA to access GCF readiness funds

The project aims to improve national climate finance readiness for Indonesia and is in line with CDKN’s focus of mobilising and leveraging funds for climate compatible development.

Feature
3rd August 2016
Where does Bangladesh climate policy go, after Paris? CDKN's Miren Gutierrez investigates the development trade-offs under hot discussion in Bangladesh as the country contemplates delivering its national climate commitments, following the Paris conference (COP21).
Feature
31st July 2016
Mobilising finance for climate change adaptation Fareeha Irfan Ovais, CDKN’s Project Manager, Low Carbon Scenario Analysis for Pakistan, describes how climate finance can be integrated into the overall development priorities of the country.
Feature
27th July 2016
Climate compatible development starts with finding the right partners Alice Reil of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability rounds up lively discussions about 'how to make climate compatible development happen' at local and city level from the Resilient Cities 2016 congress and CDKN-ICLEI learning programme.
Feature
22nd July 2016
Learning to access climate finance - Insights for Bangladeshi businesses Jennifer Steeves and Virginie Fayolle of Acclimatise explore how Bangladeshi businesses are moving forward on climate finance opportunities.
Resource
19th July 2016
Report: Aceh and the archipelago economy - Protecting forests for water, energy and food security  A series of studies were undertaken in Aceh to explore some the challenges facing the province, as they work towards meeting the goals of the medium-term development plan (RPJMN) without further environmental degradation.
Resource
19th July 2016
BRIEFING NOTE: How can Indonesia achieve water, energy and food security?  This briefing note outlines the challenges and opportunities for Indonesia to achieve water, energy and food security targets in ways that align with its long term development strategy.
Resource
19th July 2016
REPORT: Lessons from REDD+ for achieving water, energy and food security in Indonesia This report, funded by CDKN, seeks to assess the extent to which (1) REDD+ objectives have been integrated into national development planning and (2) legal, regulatory and institutional reforms under the development of REDD+ have facilitated the improved governance of land-based sectors.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Supporting the Government of Bangladesh in sharing information on its INDC

INDCs are the primary means for governments to communicate internationally the steps they will take to address climat

Resource
18th July 2016
Case Study: Catalysing leadership on efficient bagasse processing This case study provides an overview of the leadership exercised by the private sector in sugar sector in Pakistan, and ways in which this can be replicated in other countries.
Resource
11th July 2016
REPORT: Strengthening disaster risk management in India: A review of five state disaster management plans Indian authorities, from the national to the state level, have taken a series of actions to improve their management of disasters. A new report from CDKN and ODI analyses in detail the state disaster management plans (SDMPs) from five very different Indian states.