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Project : A 'Public Private People Partnership' for climate compatible development in Maputo (4PCCD)

4PCCD is a project examining the potential of partnerships between public, private and civil society actors to bridge the gap between rhetoric and action in climate change policy.

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Project : Strengthening climate resilience and water security in Africa

CDKN is supporting the work of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) and the Global Water Partnership (GWP) to develop a framework to help develop investment and financing strategies to promote water security for climate resilient development in Africa.

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Project : Offsetting carbon for Zambia’s smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers in developing countries face major barriers to carbon financing: additionality and permanence. This project researched the value of a carbon offset programme that enables Zambian smallholders to plant nitrogen-fixing agroforestry species, as well as improving cost effectiveness through innovative contract design.

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20th March 2012
On the frontline of climate change - cocoa, coffee and culture in Colombia At the Planet Under Pressure conference, Claudia Martinez, Colombia Country Leader for CDKN, will brief the media on the threats from increased flooding and sea level rise to Colombia's coffee, cocoa and sugar industries and the world-famous cultural heritage of the city of Cartagena.
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Project : Rwanda - National Climate and Environment Fund (FONERWA)

The Government of Rwanda is developing a national climate change and environment fund to ensure sustainable financing is accessible to support environmental sustainability, resilience to climate change and green growth.

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16th March 2012
Leading researchers and government officials analyse poverty and climate change links in Peru CDKN and Group Analysis for Development (GRADE), with the support of IIED, are organizing the seminar "Analysis of the relationship between climate change and policies to reduce poverty", to take place in Peru on 22 March.
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12th March 2012
Accelerating the global transition to clean energy Emily Miller reports on the work of the newly created Clean Energy Solutions Center, which is working with policy-makers in South Africa and Indonesia to turn clean energy visions into action.
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Project : Resilient Cities Action Lab: Creating partnerships for climate risk preparedness in Latin America

This CDKN Innovation Fund project aims to identify mechanisms for strengthening resilience, highlighting opportunities where the private sector, including the insurance sector, and civil society networks can help build the capacity of government agencies to respond to climate-related risks.

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Project :Forest Finance Lab: an innovative public/private finance mechanism for the South West Amazon

This CDKN Innovation Fund project aims to create a finance framework and cashflow template for innovative financing mechanisms to reduce emissions from deforestation, and fund the transition to sustainable ecosystem management and a low carbon economy.

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Project : Monitoring impacts of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry on climate change adaptation and mitigation

A multi-partner alliance project to investigate the benefits of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry.

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9th March 2012
Preparing for disasters to come In this blog, Zafar Iqbal Qadir, Chairman of the Government of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority describes the national, regional and local measure being put in place to mitigate against future disaster risks.
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Project : Integrating sustainable urban drainage, resource-based sanitation, biogas and food security

This project, funded by the CDKN Innovation Fund, aims to create a thought-provoking platform to explore and support cross-sectoral climate compatible development strategies and plans for Vientiane, Lao PDR.