Asia

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Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
376
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Project : Land use policy optimization: integrating global to local approaches to enhance land use planning capacity and governance in Vietnam

This project combines economic and biophysical models with Vietnamese land use data to examine various long-term scenarios, with the aim of building a ‘knowledge infrastructure platform’ to support the formulation of adequate land use policies.

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Project : Building the future with climate change and development professionals: CDKN capacity building

This project supports climate and development-related research by 14 MSc students from across the globe.

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Project : Achieving triple wins - Identifying climate smart investment strategies for the coastal zone

This project supports national coastal planners and policy-makers in selecting appropriate adaptation and mitigation priorities for the coastal zone, by helping to identify co-benefits and trade-offs.

News
4th January 2012
Durban lays the foundation for further work, in 2012 and beyond Chairman of the LDC group at CoP-17, Pa Ousman Jarju, gives a brief statement outlining the LDCs reactions to the final outcomes at the Durban conference.
Resource
3rd January 2012
Are we integrating climate adaptation practices in disaster risk reduction? A review of global experience by Mott Macdonald, sponsored by CDKN, looks at how climate change adaptation is being integrated into disaster risk reduction - and how such principles could strengthen post-flood reconstruction in Pakistan.
Event
1st January 2012
Stakeholder consultation on loss & damage A stakeholder workshop held in Dhaka in January 2012 provided valuable inputs into the design of a work programme for Bangladesh on loss and damage.
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Project : Integrating climate change into food security data collection in Nepal

The Government of Nepal is putting in place a policy framework to address the effects of climate change. The recently approved National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) and Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) aim to ensure adaptation to climate change is incorporated into mainstream development efforts.

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Project : Improving journalists’ capacity to cover climate change: the Climate Change Media Partnership

Over two years, CDKN supported the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) to improve the quality and quantity of climate change coverage in the developing country media, enhance the capacity of journalists to cover the issues and ensure developing country voices are heard in global debates.

Feature
21st December 2011
December newsletter - CDKN's analysis from Durban In December's e-newsletter, CDKN presents coverage and analysis from Durban and highlights our new publication series, Inside Stories, which explores a range of climate compatible development policies and programmes in developing countries.
Feature
16th December 2011
CDKN at CoP17 - loss and damage in vulnerable countries Highlights from the CoP 17 high level side event on loss and damage in vulnerable countries.
Event
9th December 2011
CDKN live at CoP-17! Read CDKN's live feed reporting from CoP-17 in Durban. We will be posting updates, videos and pictures with news and views from the negotiations as they happen.
Resource
8th December 2011
INSIDE STORY: How China built the world’s largest wind power market The story of the Chinese wind power industry is remarkable. From a small number of demonstration projects at the beginning of the century, the Chinese wind power market has grown to become the world’s largest.