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Regions

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303
Resources
608
Stories
1283
News
12th May 2017
Climate change and Uttarakhand A film by Acclimatise explores the experience of the state of Uttarakhand, which began working on a climate change plan in 2011 with support from CDKN. A vulnerability and risk assessment was initiated in 2014 and a community level analysis helped form the basis of a policy guidance document called the 'agenda for climate action'.
Completed
Project
Completed
Promoting regional dialogue around the adaptation-based-mitigation approach in El Salvador

The project’s long term goal and ambition is to strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity of the region’s communities in addition to enhancing their livelihoods and development opportunities by promoting Mitigation based adaptation (MbA) as a new framework for action.

Resource
8th May 2017
INSIDE STORY: Supporting the subnational development of renewable energy – Lessons from West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (Indonesian) This ‘Inside Story' tracks issues that arose with regard to decentralised renewable energy planning in West Nusa Tenggara in order to inform future subnational and national energy policies and strategies.
Resource
8th May 2017
INSIDE STORY: Future proofing of an Indian City – Lessons from Madurai (Tamil language version) This Inside Story looks at how Bogor City is integrating low-carbon strategies not just in the transport sector but in its local development plans.
News
4th May 2017
Switching on climate finance in Kenya This CDKN production looks at how Kenya is dealing with the challenge of generating more electricity - essential for growth and development - in climate compatible ways, and how the Government is mobilising finance from a range of sources to support this growth.
News
28th April 2017
Beat the Heat CDKN launches a new film that tells the story of how heat action plans are saving lives and reducing ill health in India's cities - and how the promising and practical approaches are being adopted by other Indian cities.
Completed
Project
Completed
Supporting Kenya’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

This project assisted the Government of Kenya in its preparation for submitting its Nationally Intended Contribution.

Resource
26th April 2017
The changing risk of extreme weather: Insights from Raising Risk Awareness Raising Risk Awareness held a three-day learning event, hosted in Nairobi, to bring together 65 members of the Raising Risk Awareness team from across the globe. A series of short films were produced on the takeaway messages of the learning event and the importance of climate science attribution.
Feature
26th April 2017
Hundreds of millions of poor menaced by 'silent killer' Extreme heat is endangering lives and livelihoods in India, and become more frequent as a result of climate change. Technological and financial innovations offer some hope.
Event
24th April 2017
Decision-making for African development - and what it means for climate science Join Dr Chris Jack of the University of Cape Town and the Future Climate for Africa programme on Friday 28 April to consider how climate science can make African decision-making for development more effective - based on his team's experiences in Southern African cities. Register today.
Feature
24th April 2017
An online community for innovative education on climate change An online, open-access Master's curriculum platform aims improve innovation and education around climate change and sustainability in Southern Africa. HEMA’s Botha Kruger and CDKN’s Nkulumo Zinyengere share their thoughts on the process.
Feature
20th April 2017
How can Nepal finance climate action? Dr. Divas B. Basnyat of Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI (divas@ndri,org.np) writes on the challenges and opportunities for accessing climate finance in Nepal. This blog is based on the project “Support for Strengthening Climate Finance Activities in Nepal” funded by CDKN and implemented by NDRI in partnership with Prakiti Resource Center (PRC).