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608
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1283
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Secure safe water in sub-Saharan Africa

This project aims to create financial incentives for safe water and hygiene service providers by pioneering a water credits market through a Payment-By-Results (PBR) mechanism in rural Uganda.

Completed
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Completed
Project : Supporting the LEAD-Africa 2012 Fellowship Programme

CDKN is assisting the creation of transformational African leadership by supporting the Pan African Session of the 2012 LAFP.

Feature
20th July 2013
New study sheds light on the Nigerian off-grid solar market A recent workshop in Lagos presented an exciting first glimpse into the findings of the Lighting Africa market intelligence research on the opportunities and challenges for off-grid solar in Nigeria.
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
16th July 2013
Securing safe water in sub-Saharan Africa An innovative programme currently being piloted in Uganda hopes to address the issue of contaminated water through financial incentives for the maintenance of safe water sources and adequate hygiene. If successful, it may provide a model to be used elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Feature
13th July 2013
Putting a spotlight on gender in climate risk assessments Dina Khan, CDKN Project Manager, discusses how a climate risk assessment approach piloted in Central Asia is shedding light on the gender dimension of climate change.
News
12th July 2013
Caribbean community launches ground-breaking tool for climate risk assessment The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5Cs) launches a ground-breaking tool for climate risk assessment in decision-making.
Feature
11th July 2013
Strike first, before the next climate disaster Disaster galvanises action. Floods, cyclones, droughts jolt leaders into planning for future extreme weather events. What we need is the same flurry, but before the fact, says CDKN's Mairi Dupar.
Feature
10th July 2013
Carbon markets - bad to the bone? Carbon markets have seen a turbulent decade and many flaws remain, but they may still offer a decisive weapon in the fight against anthropogenic climate change, argues Max Horstink.
Feature
8th July 2013
Peru will look for global progress on climate change in 2014 Peru will host the UNFCCC's 20th Conference of the Parties in 2014; Jorge Villanueva of CDKN interviews Peruvian government and opinion leaders about their vision for the Conference.
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.