Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
378
Feature
16th July 2015
Research on small and medium scale Irrigation systems in Nepal Simon Howarth, Team Leader for a new research project in Nepal discusses the climate challenges faced by irrigation in Nepal and CDKN’s work to help the government and farmers overcome these.
Resource
5th July 2015
REPORT: Raising the Bar – CDKN in Asia The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is in its sixth year of providing support to decision makers in Asian countries to tackle the threat posed by climate change. To highlight its achievements and ongoing work, CDKN Asia releases ‘Raising the Bar - CDKN in Asia’.
Feature
30th June 2015
Feeling the heat in Pakistan - can we plan for heat waves? In the wake of Sindh Province's deadly heat wave, CDKN's Abdur Rahman and Charlotte Finlay reflect on how Pakistan could learn to plan better for heat waves and reduce the risks to its population.
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29th June 2015
Low Carbon Scenario Analysis Peter Wooders, energy specialist at International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) presents new CDKN-supported research on ‘Low Carbon Scenario Analysis for Pakistan’ and how it ties in with Pakistan's broader climate compatible development strategies.
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Project : Mobilising efforts to reduce deforestation for water, energy and food security in Indonesia

This project examines how Indonesia can transition away from its current 'business as usual' development model and achieve its water, energy and food security goals without further deforestation. In doing so, it identifies opportunities and challenges for the necessary coordinated development strategies that recognise and account for the true value of natural resources, their ecosystem services, and the inherent resource trade-offs between sectors.

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16th June 2015
Scaling-up climate smart agriculture in Nepal Hammad Raza Khan, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for Nepal discusses the climate challenges faced by agriculture in Nepal and CDKN’s work to help the government and farmers overcome these.
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Completed
Project : Achieving green growth in developing countries: the political economy of energy security

In this project, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingandael), the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, Oxford Policy Management and ClimateCare are exploring how political economy constraints and enablers resulting from institutional, business and political structures influence the ambition and implementation of national green growth plans

Feature
4th June 2015
Beating the heat: Are we doing enough? Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reflects on the ongoing heat wave crisis in India and CDKN’s work to improve resilience to extreme heat.
Feature
3rd June 2015
Accounting of mitigation actions in the Indonesian energy sector Xander van Tilburg and Lachlan Cameron of Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) talk about Indonesia’s energy challenge and the need for the a common accounting framework in the energy sector
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Completed
Project : Finding the Finance: Climate compatible development in Asian cities

With case studies in India, Indonesia and the Philippines, this project will assess the climate finance needs and gaps for climate compatible development. The team will look at second-tier cities and explore how available financial opportunities can be harnessed to meet those climate finance needs.

Feature
1st June 2015
Where next for climate policy in Indonesia? Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, recently visited Indonesia and here reflects on the many options for climate compatible development, including in the context of the country's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).
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28th May 2015
Earthquake in Nepal Mihir Bhatt, CDKN’s Senior Country Advisor for India and Director of the All India Disaster Management Institute, reviews what the disaster response to the recent earthquakes in Nepal can tell us about preparing for climate-related disasters.