Regions

Regions

Worldwide:

Projects
318
Resources
619
Stories
1338
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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.
Feature
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.
Feature
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.
Feature
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
Resource
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.
Feature
17th February 2013
Harnessing ‘pedal power’ to promote sustainable urban tourism in Chiang Mai The challenge for many countries is how to foster tourism while avoiding negative environmental effects, including increased GHG emissions. A new policy brief examines the potential for non-motorised transport in Chiang Mai, one of Thailand’s tourism ‘hotspots’.
News
15th February 2013
Guiding the world towards a green global economy A collaboration between the UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum aims to show policy-makers how to make “green growth” a reality at local, regional and global levels.
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Project : Reframing Rio

The Reframing Rio project aims to increase global public engagement and trigger new global debates around sustainable development in the lead-up to, and beyond, the Rio +20 meeting in June 2012.

News
14th February 2013
CDKN publishes new brochure on work in Asia CDKN is launching a new brochure that is specific to work underway in the Asia region. This is an excellent new resource to find out exactly where and how CDKN is making a difference in the region.