India

Region: India

India:

Projects
32
Resources
90
Stories
166
Feature
26th October 2015
‘Climate Smart Villages’ in Punjab, India provide lessons on climate smart agriculture Surendra Gautam and Keshab Thapa from Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Nepal report on their field experiences learning about Climate Smart Villages in Punjab province, India.
Feature
16th October 2015
India’s INDCs – An opportunity for co-creation of green technologies Mihir Bhatt, CDKN’s Senior Country Advisor for India reflects on the country’s newly released INDCs and the opportunities they present for India.
Feature
30th September 2015
India, climate change and another health related crisis Aditi Paul, CDKN’s country programme manager for India reflects on the link between climate change and the ongoing dengue virus outbreak in New Delhi
Feature
17th September 2015
CDKN’s film “For a safer future” gets its Indian premiere Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reports on the premiere of ‘For a safer future – Insights on climate resilience from India’, a well-received film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district.
News
14th September 2015
Gorakhpur film in high demand at India launch “For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India” – the new film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district – received a rousing reception at its launch in India last week.
News
19th August 2015
For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India A new film released by CDKN with the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, ICLEI and TERI tells the story of how local communities and government in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India are preparing for the more frequent and damaging floods caused by climate change.
Resource
5th July 2015
REPORT: Raising the Bar – CDKN in Asia The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is in its sixth year of providing support to decision makers in Asian countries to tackle the threat posed by climate change. To highlight its achievements and ongoing work, CDKN Asia releases ‘Raising the Bar - CDKN in Asia’.
Feature
4th June 2015
Beating the heat: Are we doing enough? Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reflects on the ongoing heat wave crisis in India and CDKN’s work to improve resilience to extreme heat.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Finding the Finance: Climate compatible development in Asian cities

With case studies in India, Indonesia and the Philippines, this project will assess the climate finance needs and gaps for climate compatible development. The team will look at second-tier cities and explore how available financial opportunities can be harnessed to meet those climate finance needs.

Feature
28th May 2015
Earthquake in Nepal Mihir Bhatt, CDKN’s Senior Country Advisor for India and Director of the All India Disaster Management Institute, reviews what the disaster response to the recent earthquakes in Nepal can tell us about preparing for climate-related disasters.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Reducing resettlement and relocation risk

Resettlement may reduce urban residents' risk of suffering climate-related disasters, but it can also increase people’s poverty and vulnerability. A CDKN research project investigates which resettlement policies and practices are socially just and truly reduce future climate risks for individuals, urban regions and society.

Event
15th May 2015
South Asian Cities Summit 2015, 22-23 May, 2015 in New Delhi, India “By the middle of this century, the world’s urban population will likely have doubled to reach 7