Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Deepening and Expanding Heat Health Action in India

Ahmedabad's model for tackling extreme heat is being scaled-up to new cities in India.

Feature
16th September 2013
How far has climate change been mainstreamed in development policy in Nepal? Prof. Govinda Nepal from IDS-Nepal reflects on the progress of the Government of Nepal on adopting climate compatible development.
Feature
11th September 2013
G20 Summit - A Missed Opportunity? Mihir Bhatt, Director of All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), considers the recent G20 Summit a missed opportunity to tackle the vulnerability of economic growth and development to natural disasters and climate change.
Resource
10th September 2013
WORKING PAPER: The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban: saving the climate? A new Working Paper by Louise van Schaik for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) examines the behaviour of the European Union (EU) in the international climate talks and explores how the EU could act as a positive force for creating consensus around collective action in the future.
Feature
6th September 2013
Migration and climate change Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, recently spoke at the RGS/IBG Annual Conference on the issue of migration and climate change.
News
4th September 2013
Pacific Islands Forum opens as momentum builds for Majuro Declaration International experts back call for 'new wave of climate leadership', at the Pacific Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands.
Feature
4th September 2013
Planning for a better and more resilient future for Madurai slum dwellers Elizabeth Colebourn reports from Madurai city in Tamil Nadu on a new CDKN initiative working with the city and state Governments which is aiming to change the lives of slum dwellers.
Feature
28th August 2013
Establishing Low Carbon Growth in Ethiopia Rob Bailey of Chatham House reports on how Ethiopia is partnering with China and the EU to develop Low Carbon Zones designed to spur low carbon investment and establish hubs for innovation and technology transfer.
News
26th August 2013
Measuring climate risk, A practical guide A new Climate Risk Assessment Guide developed by the UNDP and CAMP Alatoo with CDKN support provides a practical and innovative process for assessing climate change risks in Central Asia, particularly at the sub-national level.
Feature
15th August 2013
The power of radio to find and deliver adaptation solutions Elizabeth Gogoi, CDKN and Kumar Chandan, Lead India reflect on the learning from a CDKN project which showed the potential of community radio to involve communities in the policy-making process.
News
14th August 2013
Priority adaptation actions identified in Pakistan As part of the support to the Government of Pakistan to develop a CCD work programme, a new report outlines priority actions on adapting to the impacts of climate change.
Feature
8th August 2013
Is a conference the only way to share CCD knowledge? Elizabeth Colebourn, CDKN and Arif Rahman, LEAD Pakistan, put forward a new approach to Climate Compatible Development (CCD) knowledge management