Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Feature
2nd November 2011
Road to Rio +20 Adil Najam shares his thoughts on keeping sustainable development at the forefront of the upcoming Rio+20 summit.
Feature
1st November 2011
The Bangladesh Climate Vulnerable Forum - time to level with the most vulnerable José María Figueres, Trustee of DARA and Former President of Costa Rica (1994-1998), looks forward to the meeting of the Climate Vulnerable Forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh this month.
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Project : Support for the 2011 Climate Vulnerable Forum

The Government of Bangladesh requested support from CDKN in their capacity as hosts of the 2011 Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).

Feature
13th October 2011
Strengthening resilience - can ‘disaster risk management’ offer a foundation? On the UN international day for disaster reduction, Dr. Tom Mitchell of ODI reflects on his work to reduce the impact of climate-related disasters on children and young people.
Feature
12th October 2011
Are donors blind to the ‘missing link’ in DRR? Practical Action, a UK-based NGO that helps poor people transform their lives through technology, calls for greater awareness of meso-level government as the 'missing link' in disaster risk reduction strategies.
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Project : Advancing climate compatible development for food security through the implementation of national climate change strategies

The key project goal was to assist policymakers in developing countries to optimally harness climate finance for food

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Project : Communicating water-related climate change risks to improve local adaptation in the Mekong Region

The project aims to identify effective ways to improve and share understanding of water-related climate change risks and uncertainties in selected delta communities in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.

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Project : Measuring REDD+; Agroforestry Carbon Sequestration through an integrated MRV system

The goal of this project is to research, develop and test methods to integrate community-based participatory carbon measurement and monitoring with remote sensing, GIS and web-enabled reporting tools.

Feature
28th September 2011
Reporting climate change in India Indian Journalist Manipadma Jena describes the challenges of reporting on climate change in India and the South Asian region.
News
22nd September 2011
users' guide to climate planning tools A new, interactive users' guide to tools for climate and development planning has just been launched by Ecofys and the Institute of Development Studies, with the support of CDKN.
Feature
6th September 2011
Support announced for Least Developed Country voices in global climate talks 6 September, 2011 - Today UK Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell MP announces the launch of a UK government initiative to support Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to have a better say in international climate talks. The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) will manage this negotiations support fund: the climate window of the Advocacy Fund.
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Project : Strengthening climate change knowledge architecture in Nepal

This project will assist Nepal Climate Change Knowledge Management Centre to reach policy-makers, students and researchers, as well as the community-based organisations and NGOs who are in the frontline of delivering adaptation projects.