Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Feature
26th January 2015
A journey to resilience - ten years after the Asian tsunami Mihir Bhatt visited 15 communities he had worked with ten years ago when the devastating Asian tsunami hit. Here he reflects on what lessons communities and policy-makers have learned from the tsunami tragedy – and how that experience has helped them to prepare for climate-related disasters.
Feature
19th January 2015
Waking up a sleeping giant, greening Indonesia’s infrastructure Mochamad Indrawan, CDKN’s Country Engagement Leader in Indonesia, reflects on the opportunities of green infrastructure in the fast growing economy.
News
12th January 2015
Plan to 'future proof' Bangalore's water and sanitation sector A new action plan has been published outlining an integrated set of actions to address the current and future development and climate risks facing the growing city of Bangalore in India.
Feature
9th January 2015
Giving a voice to the ‘missing’ women in India’s climate plans Elizabeth Gogoi from CDKN introduces the Nayi women from Uttarakhand, India who have told their own story in a recent CDKN film.
Feature
4th January 2015
"W+ Standard" can track if climate projects benefit women Areej Riaz of CDKN interviews Dr Nisha Onta of WOCAN about the W+ standard and how it measures and verifies the inclusion of gender aspects in climate change projects.
News
30th December 2014
Join the discussion on climate change in Madhya Pradesh, India The Government of Madhya Pradesh is the first state in India to establish a Knowledge Management Centre on Climate Change, and invites stakeholders to get involved.
News
22nd December 2014
Madurai city launches first ‘Future Proofing’ Action Plan in India Madurai City in Tamil Nadu, India has identified an integrated set of actions to tackle current and future development and climate risks facing infrastructure in the city.
Completed
Project
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Gender Equality and Climate Compatible Development

The international community has long agreed on the importance of making gender issues a core consideration in international and domestic policy processes. However, in practice, the gender dimension of development, adaptation and mitigation projects has often been ignored or overlooked. When development and climate-related projects do give attention to gender, the discourse tends to focus on two predominant themes.

Feature
27th November 2014
Boosting private sector investment in low-emissions development Ari Huhtala of CDKN reports from the Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Asia Forum.
Feature
26th November 2014
Building leaders in resilience in the Philippines Erica Bucog, a 'Partners for Resilience' partner reflects on new pathways for building resilience in the Philippines as part of a CDKN supported series of voices from the field.
Feature
24th November 2014
INDCs – what existing building blocks can developing countries use? Helen Picot, Kiran Sura and Christopher Webb of CDKN argue that many developing countries have solid foundations on which to develop their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for presentation to the UNFCCC.
Feature
21st November 2014
Government leadership on climate change is happening Chicu Lokgariwar reports from a workshop in Lucknow, India on the commitment shown by Government officials to build resilience in the State, but also the obstacles they face.