Latin America and the Caribbean

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
118
Event
22nd February 2023
Local voices from the global South: Community action at the centre of resilient water solutions The UN 2023 Water Conference took place from 22-24 March 2023 in New York and online. CDKN co-hosted a virtual side event with Fundación Avina to bring local voices from the global South to the fore in communicating water solutions to reduce climate change vulnerabilities.
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Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW)

This project is supporting research on promising women-led solutions for green economies and climate action.

Resource
13th February 2023
The role of knowledge brokers in advancing climate action In the climate arena and more widely, there are many terms to describe activities within the ‘knowledge-to-action’ spectrum – what CDKN terms ‘knowledge brokering’. This CDKN journal article and accompanying Essentials brief summarises how CDKN defines and understands climate knowledge brokering.
Resource
3rd February 2023
From low-carbon consumers to climate leaders This report for the Gender Equality in a Low-Carbon World (GLOW) programme reviews the evidence on women's economic empowerment in low-carbon transitions. It identifies the gaps in the evidence base; and recommends how GLOW and other research initiatives and funders may further enrich the evidence, and inform policy and practice.
News
23rd January 2023
COP27 Resilience Hub report out now The COP27 Resilience Hub report provides a run down of the key resilience and adaptation outcomes from COP27 and the main messages and policy takeaways from the Resilience Hub. It has been developed from inputs from more than 70 Resilience Hub sessions, the four Regional Resilience Hubs that took place in the lead up to COP27, as well as over 15,000 people across the world who participated in-person and online.
News
30th November 2022
Opportunity: Open call launched by Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, recently opened its call for ideas for the 2023 cycle. This call focuses on adaptation and gender-responsive climate finance, as well as ideas from Brazil, India, and Southern or East Africa.
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Innovation small grant accelerator platform

This programme aims to promote scaled-up adaptation at the local level, focusing on civil society, non-governmental organisations, and women and youth innovators.

News
2nd November 2022
New phase of CDKN to accelerate equitable, financed and ecosystem-based action on climate change A new five-year phase of CDKN (2022-27) aims to advance gender-equitable and socially-inclusive climate-resilient action by mobilising knowledge-into-action, capacity and Southern climate leadership from local to global levels.
Event
1st November 2022
CDKN at COP27 Join CDKN at COP27 from 6-18 November where we will be launching a new phase and participating at a number of events virtually and in-person. You can also find us at a physical exhibition stand and at the COP Resilience Hub.
News
21st September 2022
Opportunity: Knowledge-into-Use awards 2022 CDKN, in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), through the Resilience Evidence Coalition, is launching the Knowledge-into-Use awards in the lead-up to the Resilience Hub at COP27.
Feature
25th August 2022
Knowledge for resilience: A small island state perspective H.E. Sylvanie Burton is Permanent Secretary to the Government of Dominica, Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment, Youth at Risk, Gender Affairs, Seniors Security and Dominicans with Disabilities. She spoke with Mairi Dupar about the role of knowledge and education in preparing people and communities to be more resilient.
Feature
4th May 2022
The world of finance is waking up to the reality of climate change, but money still isn’t getting to the right places Ambition was plentiful at last year’s climate conference, but outcomes can best be described as mixed when it comes to climate finance. Dr Shehnaaz Moosa and Ekhosuehi Iyahen highlight key aspects for improving local access to resources.