Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Feature
9th September 2016
What prospect for NAMAs to finance climate action in Asia? CDKN's Syed Muhammad Abubakar highlights CDKN’s efforts to assess Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) as a tool to support renewable energy solutions for Sialkot, Pakistan and Indonesia.
Feature
26th August 2016
The Paris Agreement in action - implementing Bangladesh’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) James Harries of Ricardo of Energy & Environment shares his observations as part of a CDKN project to assist the Government of Bangladesh implement its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).
Feature
24th August 2016
Coping with heatwaves CDKN is supporting stakeholders to develop a heatwave management plan for Karachi, Pakistan. Syed Muhammad Abubakar, Knowledge Officer for CDKN Asia, highlights how this project will initiate a process at the local level.
Feature
23rd August 2016
Paris to Dhaka Munjurul Hannan Khan, CDKN's country advisor for Bangladesh, Areej Riaz CDKN's country programme manager for Bangladesh and Syed Muhammad Abubakar, CDKN's KN Officer for Asia, shed light on Bangladesh’s preparation and implementation of INDC which will help to make its economic sectors climate resilient, towards a low-carbon economy.
News
20th August 2016
Getting climate finance ready - Experience from Bangladesh and Pakistan In this first of three sets of video presentations from the workshop ‘South-South Learning Exchange on Developing Bankable Climate Projects’, Jorge Villanueva and Zabreen Hasan of CDKN pose questions to climate finance specialists from South Asia: Iftikhar Hossain and Nazmul Haque of Bangladesh and Fawad Hayat of Pakistan.
Feature
12th August 2016
Saving the vulnerable Syed Muhammad Abubakar of CDKN Asia, highlights CDKN's role in supporting Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority to develop a risk transfer mechanism. This will eventually contribute to developing a National Disaster Insurance Framework in order to help the vulnerable communities better manage natural hazards.
Completed
Project
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Project : Institutional strengthening and Capacity building of Indonesia’s NDA to access GCF readiness funds

The project aims to improve national climate finance readiness for Indonesia and is in line with CDKN’s focus of mobilising and leveraging funds for climate compatible development.

Feature
3rd August 2016
Where does Bangladesh climate policy go, after Paris? CDKN's Miren Gutierrez investigates the development trade-offs under hot discussion in Bangladesh as the country contemplates delivering its national climate commitments, following the Paris conference (COP21).
Feature
31st July 2016
Mobilising finance for climate change adaptation Fareeha Irfan Ovais, CDKN’s Project Manager, Low Carbon Scenario Analysis for Pakistan, describes how climate finance can be integrated into the overall development priorities of the country.
Feature
27th July 2016
Climate compatible development starts with finding the right partners Alice Reil of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability rounds up lively discussions about 'how to make climate compatible development happen' at local and city level from the Resilient Cities 2016 congress and CDKN-ICLEI learning programme.
Feature
22nd July 2016
Learning to access climate finance - Insights for Bangladeshi businesses Jennifer Steeves and Virginie Fayolle of Acclimatise explore how Bangladeshi businesses are moving forward on climate finance opportunities.
Resource
19th July 2016
Report: Aceh and the archipelago economy - Protecting forests for water, energy and food security  A series of studies were undertaken in Aceh to explore some the challenges facing the province, as they work towards meeting the goals of the medium-term development plan (RPJMN) without further environmental degradation.