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Projects
304
Resources
610
Stories
1295
Event
10th October 2012
Clean Power Africa Conference, Cape Town The South African electricity system is faced with a trillema: how to generate sufficient electricity to meet the growing demand; how to ensure that people can afford electricity to meet their basic needs and avoid fuel poverty and how the grid can be decarbonised.
Feature
9th October 2012
Holistic approach vital for managing issues of food, wealth and the environment Exploring the growing need for policy makers to be balance trade-offs among food security, poverty, climate change and sustainable development within Vietnam.
Feature
27th September 2012
A new perspective on adaptation prioritisation and costing in the Mekong region Caitlin Peterson, Martin Ross, and Caitlin Corner-Dolloff from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) discuss how a CDKN research project in the Greater Mekong sub-region is finding new ways to connect local priorities, to Government plans and resources.
Resource
26th September 2012
INSIDE STORY: Direct access to the Adaptation Fund: Lessons from accrediting NIEs in Jamaica and Senegal Jamaica and Senegal were among the first countries to accredit National Implementing Entities (NIEs) to give them direct access to the international Adaptation Fund. This case study assesses their experience and lessons for others.
Feature
25th September 2012
Recognising the human element in extreme climate events Steven Price reports from the IPCC SREX meeting in Brazil on why we need to change our mindset about how best to manage “natural” disasters
Feature
23rd September 2012
Moving Renewable Energy Forward in Nicaragua In addition to identifying barriers, the workshop in Nicaragua highlighted past successes in the country in order to gain insight on renewable energy ‘enablers,’ or frameworks, policies and measures that facilitate renewable energy development.
News
22nd September 2012
Worldwatch and INCAE Host Renewable Energy Working Group in Costa Rica Central American governments have been vocal about their support for renewables by setting ambitious targets pertaining to all end user sectors. However, the effective administration and governance of related policies remains a significant barrier.
Feature
21st September 2012
LEDS Asia is shaping up Ari Huhtala, CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes, reports from the first Asia Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Forum in Bangkok
Resource
20th September 2012
INSIDE STORY: Harnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development - Lessons from China From an initial slow start, China grew to dominate the market for carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism. This CDKN 'Inside Story' explores China's lessons from the experience, and how China is likely to apply these lessons to a future domestic scheme.
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Project : Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Koshi River Basin, Nepal

The objective of this research is to assess the impacts of climate change on current and future development in the Koshi River Basin, due to increased variation of extreme climate and hydrological events, and to propose adaptation measures and policy innovations for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptations.

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Project : Disaster and Climate Resilience Across the Eastern Himalayas

The projects aims to provide a regional model for the integration of climate change information into risk reduction and rural development planning at the landscape scale that takes stakeholder perceptions, aspiration, and constraints more fully into account while bringing DRR and CCA processes into closer interaction within institutional and policy spaces.

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Project : Getting climate smart for disasters

This researches the institutional barriers and opportunities in achieving convergence of DRR and CCA in the context of development, poverty and vulnerability reduction.