Regions

Regions

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Projects
317
Resources
615
Stories
1325
Feature
1st February 2022
Economic recovery from Covid-19: Prospects for sub-Saharan Africa Governments seek to return to pre-Covid levels of economic activity, and there is much discussion on how to build back ‘greener’. Lauren Hermanus looks at what is happening to achieve a green Covid recovery, and what is missing from current plans.
Feature
26th January 2022
Climate change, gender and youth: Putting linked topics on Latin American agendas CDKN and the ClikHub delivered training on 'communicating climate change' to diverse Latin American groups, then provided seed funding for their own communications campaigns. María José Pacha, Gabriela Villamarín and Franco Moreno report on the results.
Resource
20th January 2022
Finance for Resilience: What are green bonds and how to encourage their growth in developing markets The fourth episode of the Finance for Resilience podcast unpacks the topic of green bonds and how to encourage their growth in developing markets.
Resource
14th January 2022
Streets for People: Promoting non-motorised transport in Nairobi Nairobi is one of Africa’s fastest growing cities, with a population of over four million inhabitants. A new film from CDKN explores the challenges, achievements and areas of improvement to enhance the NMT experience in Kenya's major cities.
Feature
12th January 2022
Heat-health advisories in rural India: Learning during the pandemic era Premsagar Tasgaonkar, Komal Modhave and Yogesh Shinde from the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), India describe how they have established a system to warn farmers in rural areas when heat levels are forecast to rise to dangerous levels.
News
11th January 2022
Ecosystem-based adaptation: A promising solution to flood risk in African cities Urban floods are becoming more common as a result of increasing urbanisation, poor urban planning and climate change. A new report by PlanAdapt explores how the cities of Cape Town, Durban, Mombasa and Nairobi are rising to the challenge, and how their work can inspire others.
Resource
4th January 2022
Ethiopia NDC Highlights newsletter - December 2021 This issue of Ethiopia's NDC Highlights newsletter focuses on the outcomes of COP26 and whether the country's expectations were met.
Feature
28th December 2021
Ensuring that climate solutions empower women: Latin America perspective Measures to transition to a low-carbon, green economy are not automatically fair and inclusive if they do not actively include a gender equality approach - as highlighted in an event entitled 'Climate governance with a gender focus' in Santiago, Chile.
News
22nd December 2021
Young people from Cartagena de Indias at the forefront of climate change action We take a look at ongoing initiatives involving young people from different communities in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia to promote cultural and environmental education, aiming to tackle the climate change threats posed to their city.
News
21st December 2021
Request for proposals: Help develop a website for the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World programme CDKN is seeking a website developer to build a website for the GLOW programme. Qualified website developers are invited to apply by Friday 28 January 2022, 10:00 SAST.
Completed
Project
Completed
Heat action in cities in Bangladesh and Nepal

This project supported the cities Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Nepalgunj in Nepal to improve urban heat resilience before the next heat season.

News
14th December 2021
New research supports a gender-equal recovery through low-carbon innovation A new IDRC-supported research programme aims to help ensure that low- and middle-income countries' economic responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are inclusive and sustainable. CDKN will be the knowledge partner for the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World programme.