India

Region: India

India:

Projects
32
Resources
90
Stories
166
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Deepening and Expanding Heat Health Action in India

Ahmedabad's model for tackling extreme heat is being scaled-up to new cities in India.

Feature
4th September 2013
Planning for a better and more resilient future for Madurai slum dwellers Elizabeth Colebourn reports from Madurai city in Tamil Nadu on a new CDKN initiative working with the city and state Governments which is aiming to change the lives of slum dwellers.
Feature
15th August 2013
The power of radio to find and deliver adaptation solutions Elizabeth Gogoi, CDKN and Kumar Chandan, Lead India reflect on the learning from a CDKN project which showed the potential of community radio to involve communities in the policy-making process.
Feature
8th August 2013
Is a conference the only way to share CCD knowledge? Elizabeth Colebourn, CDKN and Arif Rahman, LEAD Pakistan, put forward a new approach to Climate Compatible Development (CCD) knowledge management
News
30th July 2013
CDKN Asia Country Snapshots published CDKN has released a set of country and regional snapshots featuring highlights of projects and achievements from Asia over the last quarter.
Feature
19th July 2013
In search of climate resilient housing in Vietnam Kate Hawley of ISET International introduces a climate-resilient housing design competition underway in Vietnam.
Feature
8th July 2013
Adapting out of – or into – poverty in India? Terry Cannon, Institute of Development Studies, UK, poses the question: "What do people do when they are already poor and climate change is likely to make things worse?"
Feature
5th July 2013
Where twain shall meet – disaster risk management and climate adaptation in India Sumana Bhattacharya, ICSD, India looks at how the disconnect between disaster management and climate change adaptation is posing a risk for development in India.
Feature
22nd June 2013
How did India's monsoon produce a disaster? Elizabeth Colebourn and Charlotte Finlay from CDKN reflect on how the tragic loss of life in the Himalayan State should sharpen minds on how disaster risk needs to be integrated into planning decisions.
News
21st June 2013
Mapping the DRM 'systems' in Asia At the end of day 2 of the CDKN Asia DRM learning and innovation hub, partners have mapped the 'system' for DRM in which they work
News
19th June 2013
Finding the right questions to ask about DRM in Asia At the end of Day 1 of the CDKN Asia DRM learning and innovation hub, partners have decided on what they need to learn about, from whom and how
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Future Proofing Indian Cities

The challenge of how to promote growth and poverty alleviation while avoiding irreversible and costly environmental d