Resettlement may reduce urban residents' risk of suffering climate-related disasters, but it can also increase people’s poverty and vulnerability. A CDKN research project investigates which resettlement policies and practices are socially just and truly reduce future climate risks for individuals, urban regions and society.

Phase II of the Sub-national Learning Programme on climate compatible development presents an excellent opportunity to build on and enhance the learning achieved in the first phase of the CDKN and ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) partnership.

This project developed a concept for a supported nationally appropriate mitigation action (NAMA) for small and medium scale (1-10 MWe) renewable energy initiatives in Indonesia on a national and province level, with two pilot provinces. The concept was developed by The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), government partners and local experts.

CDKN, under this project, provided a central and common approach to describe and track energy mitigation actions and also improved the evidence available for comparing and describing mitigation actions.

This project is designed to support Bangladesh in developing its evidence base to map out a business as usual scenario, helping the government identify its needs on ‘intended nationally determined contributions’ (INDCs) which will shape its mitigation scenarios. This will finally result in a comprehensive INDC submission to the UNFCCC by the Government of Bangladesh.

The project will Improve understanding of low-carbon options – identification of priority opportunities for low-carbon development in Pakistan.