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304
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610
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1295
News
1st March 2013
Africa’s climate change networks debate how to mobilise knowledge for climate action At a meeting of Africa’s climate change knowledge brokers, delegates sought answers to three big questions in the quest to make their networks function effectively. Lisa McNamara of CDKN Africa reports
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Project : Building the climate resilience of the coffee value chain in Uganda through stakeholder dialogues

This project will provide an innovative platform for dialogue on climate risk management among actors along the Ugandan coffee value chain, from production to export. The overall goal is to support the mainstreaming of climate risks into agriculture value chains in Uganda to promote the sustainable and equitable growth.

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Project : Using climate finance to upscale the Ethiopian National Biogas Programme – a biogas NAMA

This project developed a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for the Ethiopian Biogas sector that explores options to upscale the National Biogas Programme through access to international climate finance.

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Project : Energy, Ecodevelopment and Resilience in Africa (EERA)

The Energy, Ecodevelopment and Resilience in Africa (EERA) project will develop national energy strategies in Benin, Mali and Togo that take into account the impacts of climate change while meeting other development goals.

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Project : LDC Policy Paper Series

Climate change is one of the most complex issues addressed by humanity.

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Project : Quisqueya Dialogue

This project will create a capacity building hub on the island of Hispaniola to increase capacity in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Resource
23rd February 2013
Inside Story : Embedding climate change resilience in coastal city planning: Early lessons from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia This brief summarises the process that led to the creation of 'Guidelines for Adaptation to Climate Change in Cartagena de Indias', and highlights how they lay the foundation for a full municipal adaptation plan.
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21st February 2013
Economic assessment of the impacts of climate change in Uganda CDKN invites interested organisations to respond to an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to assess the economic impacts of climate change for Uganda with a focus on climate-sensitive sectors of the economy.
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20th February 2013
Institutional readiness for mainstreaming climate change in El Salvador CDKN is engaged in a programme of work to support institutional readiness for mainstreaming climate change in El Salvador.
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19th February 2013
Arming Asia’s think tanks to take on climate change Could a new generation of think tanks be more effective than existing Asian institutions at tackling the challenges of climate change? Hina Lotia and Geoff Barnard joined the debate in India
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18th February 2013
WORKING PAPER: Drivers and challenges for climate compatible development This working paper considers some of the various drivers behind countries’ climate compatible development strategies and their incentives for engaging on this agenda. It also looks some of the challenges and disincentives to promoting climate compatible development reforms and considers some of the options for overcoming these.
News
18th February 2013
CDKN Asia Director speaks at Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) CDKN Asia Director Ali Tauqeer Sheikh detailed the main challenges in relation to climate change, including absence of carbon budgets, lack of knowledge about the physical impact of climate change and its economic costs, and the need for climate compatible development.