CDKN helps developing countries to design and deliver climate compatible development. When decision makers in government, business and civil society speak to us about their aims and needs, they often ask about ‘best practice’ in other countries or, indeed, mistakes to avoid.

With CDKN’s support, Panos South Asia launched the South Asia Climate Change Award (SACCA) Fellows Programme to improve media coverage and public debate around climate and development in South Asia.

This project aimed to provide support to the Republic of Nauru, as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), in the form of funding for the key positions of the Deputy UNFCCC Negotiator for Alliance of Small Island States and the Legal Adviser (Climate Change) to the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States.

This project aims to provide legal support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) serving LDCs during the UNFCCC process. It also aims to build the capacity and understanding of LDC decision makers on the legal aspects of the negotiations, including through the provision of training workshops and briefing notes.

This project aims to ensure that the Republic of the Marshall Islands are provided with the legal and technical support to enable them to adequately and constructively take part in the UNFCCC process and Cartagena dialogue.

CDKN’s support strengthened the ‘community of practice’ working on community based adaptation (CBA) by facilitating their engagement with policy-makers and practitioners working on traditional adaptation practices.

This project will undertake a study on the vulnerability of the energy sector to the impacts of climate change in Tajikistan and develop an innovative methodology for this process. It will add a regional overview to highlight the trans-boundary issues. The studies will assess Climate Risk Assessment of Energy Infrastructure, Climate Risk Mitigation and Adaptation and Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Climate Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies.

Pakistan’s weather is becoming increasingly volatile, with climate-related disasters on the rise. To try and prepare the nation ahead of future events, the Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority has asked CDKN to help it incorporate ‘climate resiliency’ into its post-disaster reconstruction efforts.

Public housing and infrastructure developments across rural and semi-urbanised India are rarely designed to be ‘climate compatible’. Climate-compatible development addresses the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, use fewer resources and make buildings that can withstand weather-related disasters.