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Feature
26th January 2015
A journey to resilience - ten years after the Asian tsunami Mihir Bhatt visited 15 communities he had worked with ten years ago when the devastating Asian tsunami hit. Here he reflects on what lessons communities and policy-makers have learned from the tsunami tragedy – and how that experience has helped them to prepare for climate-related disasters.
Event
26th January 2015
Learning from CDKN’s city experience CDKN presents a webinar on the effect of extreme heat on public health, examining the implementation of Ahmedabad's Heat Action Plan. The webinar will take place on 3 February.
Feature
26th January 2015
Adapting to flood and fire in Quito, Ecuador Quito faces great challenges in adapting to climate change. How is the highest capital city in the world faring? After about five years of implementation, the Quito Strategy for Climate Change is starting to pay some dividends, reports Miren Gutierrez of CDKN.
Resource
22nd January 2015
POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives for African ports (FCFA) Ports may be operational in a future climate that will be significantly different to the historical climate commonly used for planning: how can decision-makers ensure that port infrastructure is more resilient? A new policy brief for the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) and CDKN explores the issues and solutions.
Feature
19th January 2015
Waking up a sleeping giant, greening Indonesia’s infrastructure Mochamad Indrawan, CDKN’s Country Engagement Leader in Indonesia, reflects on the opportunities of green infrastructure in the fast growing economy.
Resource
19th January 2015
POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in Malawi (FCFA) A new policy brief from the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme suggests that decision-makers in Malawi aren't making best use of medium- to long-term climate information that could help them reduce the risks from higher temperatures, variable rainfall and rising sea levels.
Resource
16th January 2015
POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in coastal Ghana and Mozambique Accra, Ghana and Maputo, Mozambique face many development challenges, such as poor transport and drainage infrastructure, as a result of inadequate regulation and law enforcement. Climate change could lead to flooding and coastal erosion and will compound these challenges. Could better use of climate information in planning hold the answer? A new policy brief from the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme and CDKN lays out some options.
Resource
16th January 2015
POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in Rwanda (FCFA) Climate change and extreme weather are already taking a toll on Rwanda. The country suffers floods and landslides, and variable rainfall affects farming, causing soil erosion and droughts. Scientists predict future climate change that could make these problems worse. How should decision-makers respond? A new policy brief from the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme and CDKN explores some options.
Resource
16th January 2015
POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in Zambia Zambia's climate is bound to change in the coming decades - as climate change takes hold globally. How should policy-makers and investors take these climate risks into account? That’s the subject of a new policy brief from the Future Climate for Africa programme and CDKN.
Resource
16th January 2015
POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information for large-scale hydropower planning in sub-Saharan Africa How could Africa’s changing climate affect the performance of large dams, decades from now? And what should policy-makers and investors be doing about it? That's the subject of a new policy brief from the Future Climate for Africa programme and CDKN.
Feature
15th January 2015
What attracts donors to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)? Projects selected by the NAMA Facility for support offer great insight for governments looking to develop their own NAMAs. The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands investigates.
News
12th January 2015
Plan to 'future proof' Bangalore's water and sanitation sector A new action plan has been published outlining an integrated set of actions to address the current and future development and climate risks facing the growing city of Bangalore in India.