Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Feature
19th February 2013
Arming Asia’s think tanks to take on climate change Could a new generation of think tanks be more effective than existing Asian institutions at tackling the challenges of climate change? Hina Lotia and Geoff Barnard joined the debate in India
Resource
18th February 2013
WORKING PAPER: Drivers and challenges for climate compatible development This working paper considers some of the various drivers behind countries’ climate compatible development strategies and their incentives for engaging on this agenda. It also looks some of the challenges and disincentives to promoting climate compatible development reforms and considers some of the options for overcoming these.
News
18th February 2013
CDKN Asia Director speaks at Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) CDKN Asia Director Ali Tauqeer Sheikh detailed the main challenges in relation to climate change, including absence of carbon budgets, lack of knowledge about the physical impact of climate change and its economic costs, and the need for climate compatible development.
Feature
17th February 2013
Harnessing ‘pedal power’ to promote sustainable urban tourism in Chiang Mai The challenge for many countries is how to foster tourism while avoiding negative environmental effects, including increased GHG emissions. A new policy brief examines the potential for non-motorised transport in Chiang Mai, one of Thailand’s tourism ‘hotspots’.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Reframing Rio

The Reframing Rio project aims to increase global public engagement and trigger new global debates around sustainable development in the lead-up to, and beyond, the Rio +20 meeting in June 2012.

News
14th February 2013
CDKN publishes new brochure on work in Asia CDKN is launching a new brochure that is specific to work underway in the Asia region. This is an excellent new resource to find out exactly where and how CDKN is making a difference in the region.
Resource
11th February 2013
POLICY BRIEF: Climate Finance: Challenges and Responses This policy brief provides CDKN’s assessment of the gaps in global knowledge and the immediate challenges for the international community in all three of these strategic priorities for climate finance.
News
11th February 2013
Applications invited for climate change journalism fellowships The fellowships are being offered by Panos South Asia as part of a Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) project for enhancing climate change awareness and understanding among journalists in South Asia.
Feature
10th February 2013
Can the green economy save us? In an article for the Dawn newspaper in Pakistan, Rina Saeed Khan reflects following a vist by Barbara Unmuessig, the President of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS), on the potential of a 'green economy' in Pakistan
Feature
8th February 2013
Climate Finance Advisory Service FAQs We answer questions on our Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS), which provides guidance to decision-makers in the most climate vulnerable countries to help them effectively participate in global climate finance negotiations.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Subnational climate compatible development - Learning from CDKN’s experience

CDKN is working on a range of initiatives to share learning from our programme to date. One of these is an initiative to capture and synthesise lessons learned from our work at the sub-national level in developing countries.

Feature
4th February 2013
Challenges from the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit CDKN's Asia Director, Ali T. Sheikh, puts forward six challenges to climate compatible development that emerged at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS)