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5th August 2013
Opportunities in urban informality, development and climate resilience in African cities Blaise Dobson and Jean-Pierre Roux argue that we cannot ignore the theme of African urbanisation in the 21st century. Growing urban informality is an opportunity to leverage innovative ways to build climate compatible cities.
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Project : Working with informality to build climate resilience in African cities

This project aims to foster climate compatible development in African cities through working with informality and building climate resilience amongst the urban poor.

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.
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Project : The political economy of climate compatible development in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique

CDKN is supporting a new project on the political economy of climate compatible development in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique.

Feature
24th July 2013
Understanding how climate compatible development takes root Veena Ravichandran, CDKN’s Senior Research Advisor, outlines an exciting new CDKN project – and why we’re supporting it.
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23rd July 2013
How predictable can you get? S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Regional Manager, Panos South Asia, writes on a new initiative in South Asia that aims to produce more robust scenarios of climate change
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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.