Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Feature
21st September 2015
Climate resilience and economic resilience go hand in hand Policy-makers should tackle the twin opportunities of climate resilience and economic resilience together, argue Adrianna Kocornik-Mina and Sam Fankhauser of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change.
Feature
17th September 2015
CDKN’s film “For a safer future” gets its Indian premiere Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reports on the premiere of ‘For a safer future – Insights on climate resilience from India’, a well-received film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district.
News
14th September 2015
Gorakhpur film in high demand at India launch “For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India” – the new film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district – received a rousing reception at its launch in India last week.
Feature
1st September 2015
Climate Smart Agriculture: Using the airwaves for greater outreach Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) write about the use of radio programmes to get the messages from a CDKN supported project on climate-smart agriculture across to those most at risk in Nepal.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Strengthening ICCTF’s capacity to access global climate funds

CDKN facilitated the national climate trust fund by undertaking its fiduciary and institutional capacity review to enable direct access to international climate funds.

Feature
27th August 2015
Islamic Climate Declaration could energise Muslim communities for shared cause Muslim communities from around the world have issued the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change in Istanbul this month. Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya, Vice Chairman of the Centre for Islamic Studies, Universitas Nasional, Indonesia and Mochamad Indrawan, CDKN’s Indonesia policy advisor, report on the significance of the declaration, including for Indonesia’s 203 million Muslims.
Feature
24th August 2015
Making NAMAs work - Renewable energy solutions for industry in Sialkot, Pakistan CDKN, the national government of Pakistan, officials from Punjab province and research partners debated the results of a ground-breaking CDKN-funded project, ‘Renewable Energy Solutions for Punjab’s Industrial Sector: Evaluating the NAMA Approach in Sialkot City’.
Resource
21st August 2015
Outlook : Pakistan Special Edition From reducing emissions in the major manufacturing industries of Sialkot, Punjab to promoting smart disaster preparedness and micro-insurance for the poor in the most flood-affected areas, this special edition of ‘Climate and Development Outlook – Stories of Change from CDKN’ takes a tour of CDKN’s extensive work across Pakistan.
News
19th August 2015
For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India A new film released by CDKN with the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, ICLEI and TERI tells the story of how local communities and government in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India are preparing for the more frequent and damaging floods caused by climate change.
Feature
17th August 2015
Advancing energy efficiency in Asia Dr.DoddySukadri, Executive Director, Green Partner Foundation (YayasanMitraHijau - YMH) writes about the efforts being taken by Asian countries to work towards Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption and Production.
Feature
5th August 2015
Pro-poor adaptation in practice Matheus A. Zanella and Judith Rosendahl report on the findings of their new study across Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ecuador and India.
Feature
3rd August 2015
Land use change and forestry – challenges and opportunities for developing countries Christina Elvers of CDKN's Negotiations Support team assesses current issues around land use, forest protection and REDD+ in the international climate talks - and what these mean for tropical forest countries.