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9th April 2015
More free resources for communicating climate change CDKN presents new resources as part of its ‘media toolkit’ to encourage discussion of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report and What's in it for Africa, South Asia, Latin America and Small Island Developing States.
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7th April 2015
REPORT: Addressing vulnerability to the health risks of extreme heat in urbanising Ahmedabad, India Extreme heat events are having a significant impact in India, where summer temperatures are
Feature
7th April 2015
Introducing renewable energy franchising for rural electrification in India Rakesh Khanna and Priyali Bhardwaj of TARA explore how a 'Climate and Development Business Network' initiative backed by CDKN, TARA and cKinetics is introducing new technologies to improve energy access in rural India - in a climate-friendly way.
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5th April 2015
The Zambezi: Competing claims and climate change Climate change is increasing the competition for freshwater resources in the Zambezi River Basin, as CDKN's Miren Gutierrez reports.
Feature
3rd April 2015
Adapting to climate change in the hydroelectricity sector in Nepal Dr Divas B. Basnyat from the Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) discusses Nepal’s dependence on hydroelectricity and the work being done by CDKN and its partners to help the Government overcome climate change challenges faced by this sector.
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2nd April 2015
Gender-sensitive Disaster Risk Reduction Mihir Bhatt, CDKN''s Senior Advisor for India and Virginie Le Masson, CDKN's Gender Advisor, reflect on the possibilities for more gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction programmes offered by the Sendai Framework for DRR.
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1st April 2015
Argentina's urban agriculture and forestry in pictures A report from RUAF and CDKN assesses how urban agriculture and forestry is integrated into climate plans in Rosario, Argentina and the below images take us through the journey of Rosario's new climate change adaptation plans.
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1st April 2015
Sri Lanka's urban agriculture and forestry in pictures A new report from the RUAF Foundation and CDKN looks at the way in which urban agriculture and forestry has been integrated into climate change action plans in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. The below images take us through the journey of Western Province's adaptation plans.
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31st March 2015
Report : Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans For cities to be sustainable, they need to simultaneously mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions and ensure adequate access to basic urban services such as water, food and energy to their growing populations. A new report from CDKN and RUAF Foundation looks at the cases of Sri Lanka and Argentina where urban adaptation plans have achieved numerous benefits.
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31st March 2015
IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report Findings shared in Nepal CDKN, with their partners in Nepal disseminated the findings of IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report in Kathmandu, with a specific focus on implications for Nepal. Pawan K Neupane and Dr Bimala Devkota from NCCKMC-NAST write about the event and its success.
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31st March 2015
Bangladesh's Contribution to the Climate Change Solution (INDCs) Kashmala Kakakhel, CDKN's Country Programme Manager for Bangladesh reflects on Bangladesh's leading role as an LDC in preparing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
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30th March 2015
Projects across Asia hope to unite disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation efforts Five CDKN-funded projects across South Asia aim to integrate disaster risk reduction measures with efforts to adapt to climate change.