Colombia

Region: Colombia

Colombia:

Projects
27
Resources
11
Stories
44
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Project : Agriculture, Vulnerability and Adaptation (AVA) - A methodology for measuring the vulnerability of the agriculture sector

Colombia’s agricultural sector is particularly vulnerable to climate changes forecast for the coming decades. The nation therefore needs to shape strategies that can enhance the the sector’s resilience to climate change.

Feature
23rd August 2012
Planning ahead is a complex science The confounding planning agenda facing Cartagena and government authorities shows how legal and institutional factors can complicate adaptation planning, as Steven Price reports
News
22nd August 2012
Mainstreaming climate change into the transport sector in Colombia CDKN are looking to procure someone with relevant local and international expertise to develop and implement the project “Mainstreaming Climate Change into the Transport Sector in Colombia’, including the participatory development of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Transport Sector.
Feature
11th July 2012
A vision for vulnerability assessment in the Rio Alto Cauca Andrew Jarvis from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) describes how a new methodology is being used in Colombia to help understand what vulnerability to climate change really means.
Resource
4th July 2012
CDKN side event - Mainstreaming climate change into urban planning The side event showcases some of the project CDKN is currently involved in, including presentations on the situation currently facing Cartagena, Colombia and why climate compatible development is so important to the city. An example from Brazil of what can happen when there is insufficient disaster risk reduction mechanisms in place and how Buenos Aires, Mexico City and São Paulo are working together to promote leadership and climate citizenship.
Feature
10th April 2012
Colombia - your favourite coffee could be under threat Read Claudia Martinez, CDKN's Colombia Country Engagement Leader, talk about the challenges and opportunities of producing the world famous Colombian coffee. This article originally appeared in industry magazine, The Grocer.
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.
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Project : Building the future with climate change and development professionals: CDKN capacity building

This project supports climate and development-related research by 14 MSc students from across the globe.

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Project : Improving journalists’ capacity to cover climate change: the Climate Change Media Partnership

Over two years, CDKN supported the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) to improve the quality and quantity of climate change coverage in the developing country media, enhance the capacity of journalists to cover the issues and ensure developing country voices are heard in global debates.

Feature
5th August 2011
Climate, energy to dominate US-Latin American relations Since the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Arturo Valenzuela, resigned via Twitter last Friday, commentators have been debating who should replace him and whether this change presents an opportunity to alter the Obama administration’s policies in the region.