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Regions

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Projects
324
Resources
626
Stories
1345
Feature
10th March 2016
Training primed Ethiopian climate negotiators for COP21 In the run up to the Paris climate conference (COP21), the Government of Ethiopia invited CDKN and Ricardo Energy & Environment to provide advanced training to their negotiators. How do you train people to be skilled climate negotiators? And how did this training work out? Katherine Cooke reports.
Event
7th March 2016
CDKN film festival, New Delhi CDKN invites you to join us at our film festival 'We in climate change' to view and discuss three short films depicting the impacts of climate change in India and Bangladesh, and how communities are fighting back: Monday 7th March evening, New Delhi.
Feature
4th March 2016
The impact of 2014 elections on climate change governance in Mozambique After the presidential elections in 2014, Mozambique underwent significant changes in government to reduce bureaucracy and government spending. Celso Tamele, a biosystems engineer and consultant, considers the consequences for climate change governance.
News
4th March 2016
Fresh approach ensures safe water supply in Uganda's changing climate This week CDKN launches a new film, which describes how a fresh approach to water service delivery will ensure safe water in Uganda's changing climate.
Feature
25th February 2016
Lessons from supporting Bangladesh’s INDC James Harries of Ricardo of Energy & Environment shares what he learned as part of a CDKN project to assist the Government of Bangladesh develop its national climate proposal for the United Nations: its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).
Feature
23rd February 2016
Paris Agreement – Opportunities and challenges for developing countries Munjurul Hannan Khan, CDKN’s country advisor for Bangladesh reflects on the implications of the Paris Agreement for developing countries, including the least developed.
Resource
21st February 2016
REPORT: Sustainable urban tourism through low-carbon initiatives: Experiences from Hue and Chiang Mai A new report provides key lessons from a sustainable urban tourism project in Hue, Vietnam and Chiang Mai, Thailand on mitigating emissions from urban tourism. It was produced as part of CDKN's and ICLEI's learning programme on climate compatible development at subnational level.
Feature
18th February 2016
From Quito to Kathmandu – Sharing experience on climate compatible development CDKN and ICLEI partners gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal to exchange experiences on local and subnational climate compatible development. Keshab Thapa of LI-BIRD Nepal co-hosted the exchange - and reports here on the major themes.
Feature
16th February 2016
A diplomatic approach to raising climate ambition - Pa Ousman Jarju Veteran climate negotiator and Gambian Minister, Pa Ousman Jarju reflects on the Paris Agreement and the continued need for climate diplomacy and ambitious climate action.
News
14th February 2016
New book: Citizen participation in climate compatible development planning Citizens have knowledge and access to resources that enable them to develop a sustainable vision for their community. This is one of the findings from a CDKN-funded project in Maputo, Mozambique. Vanesa Castán Broto, one of the project leads, talks about the newly published practitioners’ handbook that looks at ways to engage with communities for climate compatible development.
Feature
11th February 2016
Diversifying a country’s economy isn’t a neat solution to climate change– it just changes the risks Diversifying a country’s economy is a recommended way of dealing with the impacts of climate change. But is it really the answer? Helen Parker and Guy Jobbins have looked at what it means in practice for Rwanda and Senegal, and find that diversification isn’t a magic bullet.
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Project
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Project : Leadership and local governance for climate compatible development in Colombia

This project focused on decision-makers at the subnational level in order to guide them on incorporating climate change into their planning processes.