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Feature
23rd May 2016
Has India's Supreme Court taken a step towards climate compatible development? Mihir Bhatt, CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor in India - who heads the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) - reflects on an historic judgement by India's Supreme Court this month in response to the country's severe drought.
Feature
16th May 2016
the Green Climate Fund and city leaders Lisa Junghans of Germanwatch is a team member of the CDKN supported project ‘Finding the Finance: climate compatible development in Asian cities’. In this blog she discusses the opportunities for cities under the GCF, and how achieving a paradigm shift needs bundled power from all sides.
News
13th May 2016
African governments will use track record of public climate funds access to attract private finance Experts who gathered to discuss climate finance in Addis Ababa last month found that many of the standards and procedures developed to channel public funds to African countries may provide the foundation for new forms of private finance to flow for climate resilience. CDKN Africa's Senior Programme Manager Suzanne Carter reports.
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Project : New science to help Asian, African societies prepare for extreme weather

A new initiative will use state-of-the-art science to help Asian and African societies to understand the role of climate change in extreme weather events and prepare for future ones.

Resource
9th May 2016
Film :  Adapting Rwanda - Growing Rwanda’s tea and coffee sectors in a changing climate A new film ‘Adapting Rwanda: Growing Rwanda’s tea and coffee sectors in a changing climate’, by Hero productions and commissioned by CDKN and the Future Climate for Africa programme, documents smart measures that farmers and estate managers can take to safeguard tea and coffee crops – and people’s livelihoods – from climate change.
Feature
2nd May 2016
Severe heat wave grips India: Authorities can draw on insights from Ahmedabad experience CDKN's Mihir Bhatt reports from Ahmedabad, in India's current heat wave zone - and reflects on how learning from CDKN's innovative partnership project in Ahmedabad could help save lives all over again.
Feature
2nd May 2016
After Paris: “For El Salvador, this is a matter of survival”, Jorge Rodríguez For El Salvador, the global climate agreement reached at COP21 in Paris - and its implementation - are a matter of survival. CDKN's strategic advisor for El Salvador, Jorge Rodriguez, shares his insights with Miren Gutierrez.
Feature
30th April 2016
More equality and justice in climate action Why does gender equality matter in climate related programming? This event, hosted by Sam Bickersteth and Caroline Harper will gather experts from the social development, climate change and disaster risk reduction communities.
Feature
27th April 2016
All roads lead to the signing of the Paris Agreement - Where next? Kiran Sura, CDKN's Head of Advocacy Fund, is heartened by the signing ceremony for the Paris climate agreement in New York but says 'resting on our laurels is not an option'.
Feature
27th April 2016
After Paris: Developing countries look first to their own resources to deliver agreement  How are developing countries responding to the high ambitions in the Paris climate agreement? CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar report on the diverse perspectives among countries where CDKN is supporting national climate plans and their delivery: includes insights from India, Ethiopia and more.
Feature
25th April 2016
After Paris – “Opportunities rest in the space for dynamic interactions”, Farhan Helmy Farhan Helmy, Chair of the Thamrin School of Climate Change and Sustainability, speaks about how the climate change conversation after the Paris summit has been part of an increasingly dynamic Indonesian national process.
Feature
21st April 2016
After Paris: “Pakistan has a long way to go to get from intended to implemented” - Ali T. Sheikh With melting glaciers of the Himalayas threatening the flows of many of its most important rivers, Pakistan has a lot at stake from climate change. Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, CDKN´s Asia Director, examines the challenges and prospects opened up by the Paris Agreement in Pakistan.