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315
Resources
614
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1307
Feature
17th November 2013
Super Typhoon Haiyan Dr Maarten van Aalst, Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, discusses the link between the Super Typhoon and climate change.
Feature
15th November 2013
Devolution or revolution? How do governments create the conditions for cities to take action on climate change? The battle for climate compatible development will be won or lost in cities, argues Alison Cambray, after spending time with 400 leaders of African municipalities at the Local Climate Solutions for Africa Congress in Dar es Salaam.
Feature
14th November 2013
MAPS emerges as an alternative approach for green growth strategising in Africa Anthony Dane reports on recent research that shows potential for MAPS to support green growth strategising in Africa.
Completed
Project
Completed
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.