Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
News
9th November 2012
Low Carbon Economy Index reveals 2°C target is unrealistic PwC’s latest Low Carbon Economy Index reveals that our current rate of decarbonisation is falling well short of ambitions for avoiding dangerous climate change, as Jonathan Grant, Director, Sustainability & Climate Change at PwC reveals.
News
8th November 2012
Greater diversity the best way to gain climate consensus Mairi Dupar reports the outcome of lively debate hosted by PwC and CDKN on “Is international consensus on climate change the way to save the planet?”
Feature
6th November 2012
The need for climate-smart disaster risk reduction How is the convergence between the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation agendas reflected at policy level and in practical programming in Asia? Knud Falk, Hina Lotia and Amy Kirbyshire report from the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) in Indonesia.
Resource
2nd November 2012
Inside Story : Going after adaptation co-benefits: A REDD+ programme in Fiji Fiji has an advanced REDD+ policy and planning process. It shows that REDD+ financing can support broader forms of climate compatible development, beyond climate mitigation.
News
29th October 2012
Register now for workshop on UNFCCC negotiations (20-22 Nov 2012, Doha) The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is inviting representatives from United Nations Member States to participate in a workshop on Negotiating effectively under the UNFCCC, to take place in Doha from the 20 to 22 November 2012.
Event
28th October 2012
Join the dialogue - Climate change consensus building 2012 Join the live webcast - Is consensus in international climate change talks the way to save the planet?
Feature
28th October 2012
Why we need farming and forests in our cities In the wake of the catastrophic damage inflicted on cities by Hurricane Sandy and other recent extreme weather events, Ir. Henk de Zeeuw, Senior Advisor, International Network of Resource centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security (RUAF Foundation) calls for increased urban forestry and agriculture to increase cities’ resilience to climate change.
Resource
28th October 2012
An introduction to CDKN 2012: the brochure The CDKN brochure introduces the CDKN network, mission and services. It addresses each of CDKN's key strategic themes: 1) climate compatible development strategies and plans, 2) improving developing countries’ access to climate finance, 3) strengthening resilience through climate-related disaster risk management and 4) supporting climate negotiators from the least developed and most vulnerable countries.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : GLOBE Climate Legislators Initiative - Phase 1

The GLOBE Climate Legislators (GCLI) is dedicated to advancing the legislative response to climate change in 33 key countries and by doing so to help create the political conditions for success in the UNFCCC negotiations under the Durban Platform.

Event
22nd October 2012
Join CDKN at the Asian DRR Ministerial Conference CDKN will be at the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), taking place in Yogyakarta, Oct 22-25, 2012.
Feature
20th October 2012
Safeguarding the Clean Development Mechanism will benefit Southern and Northern nations alike Yolanda Kakabadse shares her experiences of working on the high-level panel of the CDM Policy Dialogue and urges governments to restore the world’s only global carbon-trading mechanism.
Event
19th October 2012
Join in the dialogue on whether global climate consensus can save the planet via our webcast Join CDKN and PwC on 29 October 4pm for a webcast on whether consensus building in international climate change talks is the way to save the planet.