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Resources
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1339
News
23rd August 2012
CDKN Innovation Fund (round 2 - Africa focus) now closed The CDKN Innovation Fund is opening 2nd round application window, supporting innovative thinking and action in designing and developing projects on climate compatible development in the Africa region.
News
23rd August 2012
MAPS-Chile embraces planning for low emissions development The Government of Chile has embarked on a two-year ‘Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios’ (MAPS) project, with CDKN’s support. The project aims to generate options for Chile to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions through a process of research and multi-sectoral involvement.
News
22nd August 2012
Mainstreaming climate change into the transport sector in Colombia CDKN are looking to procure someone with relevant local and international expertise to develop and implement the project “Mainstreaming Climate Change into the Transport Sector in Colombia’, including the participatory development of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Transport Sector.
Completed
Project
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Project : Vulnerability and adaptation guidelines in Cartagena

The objective of this project was to integrate adaptation into climate change in city planning and in the management of key economic sectors.

Feature
15th August 2012
Legal Response Initiative supports Least Developed Countries at UNFCCC meeting in Bangkok Christoph Schwarte from Legal Response Initiative reports on CDKN-funded activities at the UNFCCC meeting in Bangkok
Feature
14th August 2012
The climate and gender game Janot Mendler de Suarez is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Games for a New Climate task force at the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, USA. Janot is collaborating with the Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre, which received CDKN support to develop 'serious games' to raise awareness of climate adaptation strategies. Here, Janot introduces a special ‘climate and gender game’ that builds on this work.
Feature
14th August 2012
Helping African editors tune in to climate change In the second piece of our two-part blog, Mike Davison of WRENmedia highlights how East African journalists are striving to improve reporting on climate change. These ideas were shared by journalists at an 8-day media-training workshop for climate-change reporting held in Nairobi in April 2012, organised by CDKN and conducted by WRENmedia.
Event
9th August 2012
Special Report SREX is presented in Sao Paulo-Brazil The workshop aims to disseminate scientific information on the possible impact of the risks of extreme climate events and other related disasters, as well as the options for managing these impacts, specifically in South and Central America.
Feature
8th August 2012
Networking facility for the project 'Scoping the development of a trans-disciplinary research programme to address climate compatible development needs in the SADC region' This is a ‘networking facility’ which has been established for the call for proposals for the project 'Scoping the development of a trans-disciplinary research programme to address climate compatible development needs in the SADC region'. This is a space which will enable potential consortium members to request support from potential partners or offer support to potential partners.
Feature
6th August 2012
How to put ‘learning’ at the heart of policy implementation Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP) and Hagler Bailly Pakistan (HBP) discuss how a CDKN project in Pakistan is using a process of stakeholder engagement and ‘learning’ to turn the National Climate Change Policy into action.
Resource
3rd August 2012
Inside Story : Mainstreaming climate resilience into government - the Philippines Climate Change Act The Inside Story from CDKN describes how the Philippines is seeking to build climate resilience at the local level.
Feature
2nd August 2012
New South Africa study - Access to electricity for all has minimal impacts on the climate Access to modern energy underpins the achievement of virtually every aspect of development from health and education to facilitating the creation of wealth creating productive enterprises.