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Project : African Group of Negotiators (AGN) Support Unit

The AGN Support Unit was established to provide the Group with strategic and policy guidance on the multilateral climate change process, technical and legal assistance on key negotiating issues, and coordination and administrative support.

News
6th November 2013
New framework will help strengthen climate resilience and food security in Central America The IISD, funded by CDKN, recently released a conceptual framework for assessing, planning and monitoring climate resilience and food security at the community, regional and national levels
Feature
5th November 2013
Decision-makers need local case studies, simple language, and interaction in training materials Karen Sutherland gives an update on the African Ministers' Council on Water's Capacity Building Programme.
Event
4th November 2013
Registration opens for the Development and Mitigation Forum The University of Cape Town is hosting a forum to articulate a developing country perspective on development and climate change governance, form both local planning and international negotiations perspectives.
Feature
1st November 2013
How to increase investment in renewable energy in developing countries Jean-Pierre Roux (SouthSouthNorth) discusses scaling up private investment in renewable energy in developing countries.
News
30th October 2013
Our land is complaining Discussions about climate change among developed world practitioners can seem far removed from the reality being felt on the ground by Africans, as CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes Ari Huhtala finds out in Ethiopia
Feature
23rd October 2013
The Dominican Republic presents the Quisqueya Platform at the Cartagena Dialogue in Santo Domingo Jose Garibaldi, Director of Energeia reports on a new initiative to support integrated adaptation and mitigation efforts by developing countries, launched last week in the Dominican Republic
News
22nd October 2013
Figueres calls for finance pledges, and progress in tackling climate losses at Warsaw conference CDKN’s Mairi Dupar reports the key points of a landmark address by Christiana Figueres in London, which looked forward to next month’s global climate negotiations in Poland.
News
18th October 2013
Climate change and exposure to ‘natural’ disasters threaten to derail global anti-poverty efforts A new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK Met Office and Risk Management Solutions shows how disasters and climate change could undermine the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.
Feature
14th October 2013
Building university leadership for climate compatible development in Southern Africa A new CDKN-supported project is mapping the current state of climate compatible development research, teaching and learning within Southern Africa. The study will provide the basis for building a regional scientific knowledge network between Southern African universities to benefit the region’s response to climate change.
Feature
14th October 2013
Asia’s people believe climate is changing Tan Copsey of BBC Media in Action describes how his organisation’s huge public opinion survey, Climate Asia, has revealed much about Asians’ perceptions of climate change.
Feature
13th October 2013
Learning lessons from Manatí’s resilient women A project in Colombia is investigating how women were affected by devastating floods in 2010 and 2011. The hope is to pass on knowledge about how they reacted and coped, to help other communities prepare for similar disasters.