Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Feature
25th May 2017
Combatting surging seas in Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to rising tides, with its flat, low-lying topography and over 48% of its population living less than 10 metres above sea level. This feature looks at the challenges facing Bangladesh and the tools that could help it plan effectively for coastal disasters.
Resource
24th May 2017
Aerosols: How they affect atmospheric warming (Hindi) Like greenhouse gases, aerosols affect the Earth’s radiative balance, intercepting solar radiation and either reflecting it back or absorbing it high in the atmosphere. This short film from the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, presented in Hindi, looks at how aerosols affect atmospheric warming.
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Project
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Frameworks for water security for climate development: Caribbean and South Asia regions

The regional Frameworks support high-level commitments and aspirations of the Caribbean and South Asia regions to increase investment in water security and climate resilient development.

Event
19th May 2017
'Innovate 4 Climate' Innovate 4 Climate in Barcelona, Spain supports dialogue among government, multilateral, business, banking and finance leaders to assess innovation in climate finance and policy - the LEDS GP Finance Working Group presents two events.
Resource
19th May 2017
Inside Story: Integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning: The case of Gorakhpur, India (Hindi) Gorakhpur District is recognised as one of the most flood-prone districts in Eastern Uttar Prades
Resource
15th May 2017
Learning from Raising Risk Awareness Artist Jorge Martin captures the learnings from the Raising Risk Awareness learning event in a digitized graphic, illustrating the importance of engaging policy makers on disaster risk reduction. This emerged out of the RRA East Africa workshop where participants discussed putting into practice the science around extreme weather events.
Resource
15th May 2017
INSIDE STORY: Treading low-carbon pathways toward sustainability: The experience of Bogor City (Indonesian language version) Since 2013, the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies (Urban-LEDS) project has offered Bogor
News
12th May 2017
Climate change and Uttarakhand A film by Acclimatise explores the experience of the state of Uttarakhand, which began working on a climate change plan in 2011 with support from CDKN. A vulnerability and risk assessment was initiated in 2014 and a community level analysis helped form the basis of a policy guidance document called the 'agenda for climate action'.
Resource
8th May 2017
INSIDE STORY: Supporting the subnational development of renewable energy – Lessons from West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (Indonesian) This ‘Inside Story' tracks issues that arose with regard to decentralised renewable energy planning in West Nusa Tenggara in order to inform future subnational and national energy policies and strategies.
Resource
8th May 2017
INSIDE STORY: Future proofing of an Indian City – Lessons from Madurai (Tamil language version) This Inside Story looks at how Bogor City is integrating low-carbon strategies not just in the transport sector but in its local development plans.
News
28th April 2017
Beat the Heat CDKN launches a new film that tells the story of how heat action plans are saving lives and reducing ill health in India's cities - and how the promising and practical approaches are being adopted by other Indian cities.
Resource
26th April 2017
The changing risk of extreme weather: Insights from Raising Risk Awareness Raising Risk Awareness held a three-day learning event, hosted in Nairobi, to bring together 65 members of the Raising Risk Awareness team from across the globe. A series of short films were produced on the takeaway messages of the learning event and the importance of climate science attribution.