Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

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371
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Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW)

This project is supporting research on promising women-led solutions for green economies and climate action.

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13th February 2023
The role of knowledge brokers in advancing climate action In the climate arena and more widely, there are many terms to describe activities within the ‘knowledge-to-action’ spectrum – what CDKN terms ‘knowledge brokering’. This CDKN journal article and accompanying Essentials brief summarises how CDKN defines and understands climate knowledge brokering.
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3rd February 2023
From low-carbon consumers to climate leaders This report for the Gender Equality in a Low-Carbon World (GLOW) programme reviews the evidence on women's economic empowerment in low-carbon transitions. It identifies the gaps in the evidence base; and recommends how GLOW and other research initiatives and funders may further enrich the evidence, and inform policy and practice.
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23rd January 2023
COP27 Resilience Hub report out now The COP27 Resilience Hub report provides a run down of the key resilience and adaptation outcomes from COP27 and the main messages and policy takeaways from the Resilience Hub. It has been developed from inputs from more than 70 Resilience Hub sessions, the four Regional Resilience Hubs that took place in the lead up to COP27, as well as over 15,000 people across the world who participated in-person and online.
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30th November 2022
Opportunity: Open call launched by Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, recently opened its call for ideas for the 2023 cycle. This call focuses on adaptation and gender-responsive climate finance, as well as ideas from Brazil, India, and Southern or East Africa.
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16th November 2022
A compendium of finance sources and instruments to support climate action in Bangladesh, India and Nepal This compendium provides an overview of the climate finance landscape in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and includes recommendations for accessing, planning, using and monitoring climate finance in the three countries.
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14th November 2022
Enhancing green bond issuances in developing economies This guide shares lessons from early experience in launching green bond markets in emerging markets and developing economies. The authors investigated countries that have been successful in developing green bond markets at all levels of market readiness, considering capital market development, the enabling policy and regulatory environment, and investor appetite for this new asset class.
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14th November 2022
Nature-based Solutions for urban climate resilience in South Asia: Case studies from Bangladesh, India and Nepal This compendium provides concrete examples of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) implemented in urban areas in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. 15 detailed case studies have been documented to assist governments at all levels as well as practitioners, NGOs, civil society and academics to plan, implement, replicate and scale NbS.
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Knowledge sharing for UNDP small grants innovation programme

This project is supporting the development and diffusion of innovative adaptation practices, tools, and technologies, and generating an evidence base for implementing entities and other funds to scale up.

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2nd November 2022
New phase of CDKN to accelerate equitable, financed and ecosystem-based action on climate change A new five-year phase of CDKN (2022-27) aims to advance gender-equitable and socially-inclusive climate-resilient action by mobilising knowledge-into-action, capacity and Southern climate leadership from local to global levels.
Event
1st November 2022
CDKN at COP27 Join CDKN at COP27 from 6-18 November where we will be launching a new phase and participating at a number of events virtually and in-person. You can also find us at a physical exhibition stand and at the COP Resilience Hub.
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21st September 2022
Knowledge-into-Use awards: #Art4Resilience CDKN, in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), through the Resilience Knowledge Coalition, is launching the Knowledge-into-Use awards in the lead-up to the Resilience Hub at COP27.