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304
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610
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1295
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Project : Gender and state climate change action plans in India

Climate change affects women first and worst. Women are also a key part of the solution. In India, CDKN has supported policy research on gender and climate change adaptation, to mainstream gender in State-level Action Plans on Climate Change.

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6th March 2012
Scaling the heights to raise awareness of climate compatible development A series of blogs will be reporting from 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, which is raising awareness of climate compatible development in this highly vulnerable region.
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Project : Forecast-based humanitarian decisions: designing tools and processes to link knowledge with action

This project embeds science into humanitarian work, designing participatory games and other innovative tools for smart forecast-based decisions. The goal is to manage climate risks and promote effective responses for development and adaptation in Africa across various sectors, time scales, and spatial scales of decision.

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24th February 2012
Powering Southern Africa - the future of hydro in the Zambezi River Basin CDKN is supporting a study on the impact of climate change and upstream irrigation development on hydropower in the Zambezi River Basin. Most of the northern SADC countries already rely primarily on hydropower, and this will increase in the future. However, many of these countries are also periodically under water stress during drought, while the water demand continues to grow, largely due to major irrigation investments.
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Project : Unblocking legal barriers to renewable energy in Anguilla

CDKN is supporting Anguilla’s efforts to increase its resilience to climate change; achieve energy independence; and to meet its vital energy needs with reliable, affordable and renewable energy resources.

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23rd February 2012
View new ALIN video on biogas cooking in rural Kenya Watch how rural farming communities in Kenya are using waste from their cows and other livestock to produce clean and climate-friendly energy for cooking with locally-manufactured biogas technology.
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22nd February 2012
Gender and climate change - making the connections Georgina Aboud, Gender Covenor for the BRIDGE programme at IDS, discusses the gendered dimensions of climate change and highlights some stories of innovative practice from India and Colombia to create local, sustainable and gender appropriate responses to its impacts. She also introduces a new Cutting Edge Pack from BRIDGE that maps how sensitive responses to climate change can be transformative for both women and men.
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20th February 2012
In conversation with Carl Wesselink, Director of CDKN Africa CDKN in conversation with our Director from SouthSouthNorth, Carl Wesselink, who talks about his work with CDKN and how the context for climate compatible development has changed in Africa in the two years since CDKN was launched in 2009.
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17th February 2012
In conversation with Carl Wesselink, Director of CDKN Africa CDKN in conversation with our Director from SouthSouthNorth, Carl Wesselink, who talks about his work with CDKN in Africa.
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Project : Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative

Following a proposal put forward by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in 2008, the issue of Loss and Damage was included on the agenda of official international climate negotiations. Despite this achievement, the exact definition of Loss and Damage is still being contested and argued over within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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14th February 2012
New ALIN video on harvesting rainwater from rock catchments in Kenya’s dry areas Watch how communities are using rock catchments to harvest rainwater in Kenya's arid and semi-arid areas, in the face of increasing climate and water stress.
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8th February 2012
Kenyans put soil carbon to the test Steve Zwick, managing editor at Ecosystem Marketplace, reports on how ultra-modern farming methods are being used to conserve topsoil and increase production, trapping small amounts of carbon in the earth and plants. The Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project aims to leverage that little bit of carbon to spark an agriculture revolution.