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Feature
15th December 2015
Response from CDKN's global, regional and country leads to Paris Agreement Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, introduces commentary on the Paris Agreement from CDKN's teams around the world.
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Project
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Project : Ethiopia’s consolidation and packaging of programmatic GCF proposals 

This project will package and consolidate Ethiopia’s GCF programmatic proposals – one focusing on the industry, urban development and the energy nexus and the other on land use sectors (i.e. agriculture, water and forestry)

Feature
8th December 2015
Vulnerable countries' concerns come to the fore It was a mixed first week at COP21: negotiations were tense and slow-moving and this challenged the positive mood generated by notable financial pledges and Heads of States' visit to Paris to open the summit. Amid all this activity, CDKN’s Sam Unsworth takes stock, unpacks some of the action on the side lines and explains why there’s still cause to be cautiously optimistic that a robust and ambitious deal may be reached.
Feature
8th December 2015
Gender and climate change - India Pavilion at COP21 highlights work to be done Aditi Kapoor, Director Alternative Futures, recaps her experiences from an event on gender and climate change at the India Pavilion at COP21. Alternative Futures has been a partner of CDKN working on gender and climate change in India.
Event
7th December 2015
Today at COP21- Strategic partnerships for climate action in Kenya Kenya is on a pathway towards climate resilient low-carbon development, and continues to take steps to implement actions that promote equitable and sustainable growth, in line with its national development agenda. This interactive event aims to highlight the role of strategic partnerships in achieving Kenya’s successes in implementing key climate change actions.
News
3rd December 2015
CDKN launches new e-book 'Mainstreaming climate compatible development' CDKN has launched a new e-book presenting insights from five years of designing and delivering climate compatible development across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. We invite your comments and suggestions.
Feature
3rd December 2015
Future Climate for Africa promises climate information to tackle development needs Mairi Dupar reports on a special side event at COP21 to launch the Future Climate for Africa programme.
Feature
3rd December 2015
Putting INDCs into action - perspectives from South and North Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, reports on a COP21 event where the governments of Kenya, Bangladesh, Lebanon and Germany presented insights on how they prepared their INDCs and intend to implement them. Additional reporting by Mairi Dupar, CDKN.
Resource
3rd December 2015
Report : Study shows that inaction on climate change will cost Uganda 20 times more than adaptation A new report from the Government of Uganda with support from CDKN, Baastel, Metroeconomica, Makerere University and CIDT, finds that adaptation to climate change today is well worth the investment. The costs of inaction on climate change by 2025 are 20 times the costs of adaptation.
Feature
3rd December 2015
Measuring Resilience Ram Chandra Khanal, CDKN’s Country Lead for Nepal shares his thoughts on emerging concepts of resilience based development management.
Feature
2nd December 2015
Island nations embrace climate compatible development - COP21 CDKN’s Deputy CEO Ari Huhtala was invited to introduce the concept of climate compatible development, which led to a panel of interesting interventions on “Challenges for adaptation and mitigation for islands and coastal communities” at the Pacific and Small Islands Day at the Tara Oceans and Climate Pavilion on 2 December, organised by Rare and the Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA).
Feature
1st December 2015
Predicting Climate Change - Traditional Early Warning Signals Catherine Roween C. Almaden, Executive Assistant to the Academic Vice-President at Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, discusses how ancient ways of predicting climate change can be utilised in the challenges the Philippines faces today.