Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
176
Stories
380
News
22nd November 2013
Updated standards for climate-smart risk reduction unveiled at COP A new edition of the CDKN-supported minimum standards on climate-smart disaster risk reduction released this week in Warsaw.
News
21st November 2013
Indian partner organisations win UNFCCC Lighthouse Award for community resilience The Gorakhpur Environment Action Group and SEEDS India, two CDKN partners, have won accolades from the UNFCCC for their work to build community resilience to climate change in Gorakhpur, a flood-prone district of India.
Feature
21st November 2013
Will the climate ever change for Sunderbans CDKN/Panos Journalist Fellow and Nature India Editor, Subhra Priyadarshini's investigative report on the Sunderbans was recently recognised by the Global Investigative Journalist Network
Feature
17th November 2013
Super Typhoon Haiyan Dr Maarten van Aalst, Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, discusses the link between the Super Typhoon and climate change.
News
18th October 2013
Climate change and exposure to ‘natural’ disasters threaten to derail global anti-poverty efforts A new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK Met Office and Risk Management Solutions shows how disasters and climate change could undermine the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.
Feature
14th October 2013
Asia’s people believe climate is changing Tan Copsey of BBC Media in Action describes how his organisation’s huge public opinion survey, Climate Asia, has revealed much about Asians’ perceptions of climate change.
Feature
2nd October 2013
World’s largest emitter showcases low-carbon technologies Ari Huhtala, CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes (Climate and Environment), assesses China’s energy outlook at the 3rd Low Carbon Earth Summit in Xi’an
Feature
27th September 2013
Partnership counts the successes and challenges of building resilience Mairi Dupar, CDKN’s Global Public Affairs Coordinator, reports from The Hague, where she joined the CDKN-supported Partners for Resilience alliance to take stock of their ambitious programme to build community resilience in developing countries.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Deepening and Expanding Heat Health Action in India

Ahmedabad's model for tackling extreme heat is being scaled-up to new cities in India.

Feature
16th September 2013
How far has climate change been mainstreamed in development policy in Nepal? Prof. Govinda Nepal from IDS-Nepal reflects on the progress of the Government of Nepal on adopting climate compatible development.
Feature
11th September 2013
G20 Summit - A Missed Opportunity? Mihir Bhatt, Director of All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), considers the recent G20 Summit a missed opportunity to tackle the vulnerability of economic growth and development to natural disasters and climate change.
Resource
10th September 2013
WORKING PAPER: The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban: saving the climate? A new Working Paper by Louise van Schaik for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) examines the behaviour of the European Union (EU) in the international climate talks and explores how the EU could act as a positive force for creating consensus around collective action in the future.