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324
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626
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Project: Amazonia Security Agenda - Phase II

This project brought a water-energy-food (WEF) ‘nexus approach’ to analyse trade-offs across sectors and scales of governance; working closely with the national governments of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

Feature
3rd February 2016
Living with heatwaves – The people of Karachi need a heat plan In the aftermath of a devastating heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan, CKDN held consultations with key stakeholders to assist the city in heat wave management. Zofeen T. Ebrahim, a freelance journalist based in Karachi, reports on the event and next steps.
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3rd February 2016
Is becoming innovative and a risk taker just smart or climate smart? Pashupati Chaudhary from LI-BIRD talks to Ati Bahadur, a farmer in Nepal breaking away from traditional farming practices to adapt to climatic changes and improve the well-being of his family.
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3rd February 2016
Seeking out climate finance for resilient Indian cities Srinivas Krishnaswamy reports on project activities for the CDKN supported project Finding the Finance: Climate Compatible development in Asian cities. Srinivas Krishnaswamy, is the Chief Executive Officer of Vasudha Foundation, a non-profit organization that works on projects and activities related to clean energy, energy access and climate policy.
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2nd February 2016
Look beyond hotspots to help people tackle climate change Targeting money only at areas hit by drought and other climate extremes in an effort to build resilience among the world’s poorest may be ineffective, according to researchers. Laurie Goering of Thomson Reuters reports.
News
28th January 2016
Call for applications - Kenya Climate Innovation Prize Enter a climate innovation competition sponsored by the UK's Department for International Development to make climate information more useful for Kenya's low income communities. The deadline for entries is 7 February 2016.
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22nd January 2016
Simon Maxwell - Is climate compatible development a 'pathway' or 'pipe dream'? “Climate Compatible Development: Pathway or Pipedream?” That was the question posed by Simon Maxwell, CDKN's Executive Chair, in the Centre for Policy Dialogue's (CPD) Annual Lecture in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Watch the lecture and view the slides here.
News
20th January 2016
Cartagena: Thriving in the face of climate change A CDKN-commissioned film highlights how Cartagena’s communities, public and private leaders understand the challenge of developing Cartagena to deal with the current and future impacts of climate change. See Cartagena from a bird's eye, and ground-level view as never before.
News
17th January 2016
Prestigious media prize for CDKN-supported journalist Arison Tamfu of Cameroon is awarded the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for his reporting on the potential of renewable energy technologies in Africa. For the past year, he has been working with CDKN to cover important climate change issues in the region.
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15th January 2016
The politics of integrated planning for water, energy and food in Kenya Making decisions over water, energy and food issues in a changing climate can open opportunities for integrated thinking – and raise tensions among different interest groups. How does it work in Kenya? Barbara Schreiner of Pegasys presents initial results from her team's research.
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8th January 2016
Climate finance options for cities Lisa Junghans, Policy Advisor - Climate Change, Adaptation and Urban Transformation at Germanwatch introduces a recent CDKN-supported publication on financing climate compatible development in cities.
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30th December 2015
From teachers to energy executives - IPCC toolkit captures imaginations In 2014-15, CDKN created a communications toolkit to help people share the findings of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report widely in developing countries. Here, Anna Hickman reviews how communicators and educators used the toolkit in the past year.