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Regions

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Projects
304
Resources
610
Stories
1295
Feature
23rd April 2013
Overcoming Institutional Instability in Cartagena de Indias There are elements in Cartagena that indicate that climate change, its challenges, and its opportunities are not at the mercy of the power of a new mayor.
Resource
23rd April 2013
REPORT: Climate resilience and disaster risk management CDKN, in collaboration with partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America, is pleased to announce a new publication on Climate resilience and disaster risk management. It presents recent results from CDKN-supported projects to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning.
Feature
23rd April 2013
Creating a roadmap for renewable energy A project in Central America aims to build on the region’s foundations as a global leader in renewable energy, help it reduce its growing reliance on fossil fuels and improve its sustainability. CDKN’s Carolyn Fry interviews Adam Dolezal of the Worldwatch Institute about findings from the project’s first phase.
News
23rd April 2013
Governments present the building blocks to mainstreaming CBA CDKN supports a group of Government officials to set the stage for day one of the International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA)
Event
19th April 2013
Join the experts on community-based adaptation live online The seventh International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) kicks off in Bangladesh on Monday 22nd April. Join CDKN and partners as a ‘Virtual Internet Participants’ (VIP)
Feature
19th April 2013
Climate change and transport sector in Colombia (I) Climate change will affect transportation primarily through increases in several types of weather and climate extremes such as very hot days; intense precipitation events; intense hurricanes; drought; and rising sea levels, coupled with storm surges and land subsidence.
Feature
18th April 2013
Ahmedabad, India launches heat wave preparation and warning system A coalition of organisations has teamed up with the Ahmedabad city government in Gujarat, India, to launch a heat health action plan, with the support of CDKN. Meredith Connolly of NRDC reports.
Feature
15th April 2013
How can Pakistan best leverage climate finance? As part of a CDKN project supporting the Government of Pakistan, John Ward and Philip Gradwell from Vivid Economics, outline the key considerations and options for the country’s future climate finance architecture.
Feature
12th April 2013
Climate compatible development in Colombia - Interview with Claudia Martínez Ex vice minister of environment and Country Engagement Leader of CDKN in Colombia, was recently interviewed by El Tiempo newspaper. She explains the importance of climate change adaptation and its relation with climate compatible development
Feature
12th April 2013
How to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies (2013) The brief suggests that the policies generated should have quality in the design, be implemented effectively, and guarantee institutional strengthening, greater awareness through social communication, and political and social support, for achieving its goals.
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Project
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Project : AMCOW Capacity Building – Building capacity for climate resilient decision-making in water investments

This project aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of planning departments in ministries and local governments in eight African countries by integrating water security and climate resilience into water-related development planning.

Feature
12th April 2013
CDKN East Africa Climate Finance Workshop – Executive Summary Here we present the Executive Summary of a CDKN workshop on climate finance in East Africa at the Friendship Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over 25-26 March 2013.