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304
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610
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1295
Feature
16th April 2012
Climate resilience in Asian cities Franziska Schwarz of CDKN reports on a special session on resilience-building in Asian cities at the recent Planet Under Pressure conference.
News
16th April 2012
Looking ahead to the 6th Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) Conference Ali T. Sheikh, CDKN Asia Director, discusses why the upcoming 6th Community Based Adaptation (CBA) Conference in Vietnam, 16-20th April 2012, is important for turning CBA from a ‘niche’ to the norm.
Feature
12th April 2012
Mountain countries stand united on climate change Ram Chandra Khanal, CDKN Country Coordinator in Nepal reports from the International Conference of Mountain Countries held in Kathmandu, 5-6 April 2012, where Mountain Governments stressed the need for more attention on the special interests of mountains within the UNFCCC.
Feature
12th April 2012
Watershed period for climate finance – Innovative leadership required Richard Calland and Nancy Dubosse who lead the new Climate Finance Hub Initiative, discuss what they term the 'political economy of climate finance' and raise important questions which will need to be addressed for effective climate finance governance.
Feature
10th April 2012
Colombia - your favourite coffee could be under threat Read Claudia Martinez, CDKN's Colombia Country Engagement Leader, talk about the challenges and opportunities of producing the world famous Colombian coffee. This article originally appeared in industry magazine, The Grocer.
Feature
9th April 2012
Sights and Sounds of Climate Change on the Great Himalayan Trail A four month trek along the Great Himalaya Trail in Nepal, led by the world record holding mountaineer Apa Sherpa and in partnership with the Government of Nepal, is raising awareness of climate compatible development in this highly vulnerable region. A local journalist, Saroj Dhakal, reports in the first of a series of blogs for CDKN on the experiences and the findings of the team so far.
Feature
4th April 2012
Climate resilient cities - key lessons from Vietnam On the occasion of the launch of the full IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events, Sinh Bach Tan and Toan Vu Canh report on their experiences in supporting capacity building for urban climate resilience in Vietnam.
News
4th April 2012
IPCC releases full report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) Read about the public release and CDKN's involvement in presenting the report to policy-makers worldwide.
Feature
3rd April 2012
Postcard from the 2012 Asia Adaptation Forum Ali T Sheikh, CDKN Asia Director, reports from this year’s Asia Adaptation Forum in Bangkok 12-13 March 2012 and reflects on how we can make sure the knowledge sharing and learning extends beyond the conference venue.
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Project : Envisioning the mainstreaming of climate change mitigation and adaptation in Lake Victoria Local Authorities development planning

An Innovation Fund project designed to use participatory processes to involve local stakeholders in mainstreaming climate adaptation into Local Authority planning.

Event
28th March 2012
Expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage CDKN's Kashmala Kakakhel outlines the significance of this week's UNFCCC expert meeting on loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Completed
Project : Building climate resilience through risk communication in Ghana’s growing coastal cities

This research project aims to promote the use of climate change risk factors as common indicators for integrating climate compatible development and policy processes in Ghana.