Asia

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Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
376
Feature
22nd February 2012
Gender and climate change - making the connections Georgina Aboud, Gender Covenor for the BRIDGE programme at IDS, discusses the gendered dimensions of climate change and highlights some stories of innovative practice from India and Colombia to create local, sustainable and gender appropriate responses to its impacts. She also introduces a new Cutting Edge Pack from BRIDGE that maps how sensitive responses to climate change can be transformative for both women and men.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative

Following a proposal put forward by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in 2008, the issue of Loss and Damage was included on the agenda of official international climate negotiations. Despite this achievement, the exact definition of Loss and Damage is still being contested and argued over within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Feature
3rd February 2012
Climate resilient model villages Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of the Punjab, Pakistan, tells us how his province is 'building back better' after the 2010 floods, to help communities prepare for disasters and adapt to climate change.
Feature
3rd February 2012
The Challenge of a Low Carbon Economy Guest blogger Sunita Narian, Director of the Center for Science and Environment, writes about the initiatives taken by the government of India to meet the challenges of a low carbon economy.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Agriculture in climate change negotiations

CDKN is working with the Meridian Institute to support dialogue on the nexus between agriculture and climate change in the context of UNFCCC negotiations. The project aims to facilitate discussion among developing country leaders on agriculture-climate links through a 12 month dialogue process.

Event
1st February 2012
Watch the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) live online The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit summit titled ‘Protecting the Global Commons: 20 years post Rio’ is a landmark event in the run-up to the Rio+20 Conference to be held in June later this year.
Feature
27th January 2012
Future of the CDM Under the Kyoto Protocol Guest blogger Shafqat Kakakhel, who represents the developing countries of the Asia Pacific region on the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), reflects on the significance of the Durban Platform for the future of the CDM.
Feature
23rd January 2012
CDKN in Durban - resources, opinion and outcomes from CoP-17 Bringing together CDKN resources from our participation in CoP-17, including rich blog content, post-CoP analysis and links to further resources, this page provides an overview of CDKN at Durban, and beyond.
Feature
23rd January 2012
what next for climate negotiations? CDKN's January newsletter offers a round up of content from CDKN, including articles on agriculture and climate change in India, adaptation in disaster risk reduction and outcomes of last years climate negotiations in Durban.
Feature
19th January 2012
Community ripples - watch how villages are building disaster resilience in Bangladesh Watch the winner of the CDKN-sponsored IIED Development and Climate Days film competition, which took place at CoP-17 in Durban.
Feature
18th January 2012
Agriculture and climate change in India B.Venkateswarlu, Director of India's Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, writes about the measures needed to make Indian agriculture more climate-resilient.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : REDD-net Asia: Dialogue with governments and civil society organisations in Asia and the Pacific

REDD-net Asia Pacific will extend its knowledge-sharing activities to policy-level engagement in order to raise awareness of REDD+ issues and help connect local level concerns and experiences to national/regional processes.