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315
Resources
615
Stories
1308
News
6th July 2021
Voices For Climate Action: Tunisia call for proposals The Voices for Climate Action programme is seeking applications from Tunisian organisations working in climate change adaptation and advocacy.
Feature
30th June 2021
What has CDKN been up to? Three years of weaving knowledge and action on climate change   Since 2018, CDKN's ‘Knowledge Accelerator’ has grown our ‘knowledge-in-action’ services, as well as further cultivating climate leadership, learning and collaboration within and across developing countries. Here are some of the highlights.
Feature
30th June 2021
Siaya, Kenya: The ‘Covid women’ making a difference This story is the second part of the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN from Siaya, Kenya and highlights women-led initiatives in the county. Rosemary Atieno reports.
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Promoting non-motorised transport in Nairobi, Kenya

CDKN has been working to promote non-motorised transport (NMT) in Nairobi, one of Africa's fastest growing cities, since November 2019.

News
21st June 2021
Voluntary Carbon Markets Global Dialogue seeks to hear from carbon credit suppliers A team from Climate Focus, the Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization (IRID), SouthSouthNorth (SSN), Transforma, and Verra have kicked off a consultation with stakeholders in Latin America, Africa and Asia, on how the voluntary carbon market could work better for them. Discover how to participate in the Global Dialogue here. 
Resource
16th June 2021
Promoting non-motorised transport in Nairobi, Kenya: A study of users, safety and infrastructure This study was commissioned to examine non-motorised transport in Nairobi, its users safety and infrastructure, and recommend ways of improving the NMT experience. 
Resource
16th June 2021
Weaving knowledge and action on climate change, 2018-2021 Since 2018, a second phase of CDKN called the ‘Knowledge Accelerator’ has focused on growing our ‘knowledge-in-action’ services, as well as further cultivating climate leadership, learning and collaboration within and across developing countries. Read some of the highlights from the past three years’ work.
News
14th June 2021
Raising awareness on uncontrolled burning in Ecuador A communications campaign to stamp out irresponsible fires in Ecuador, by the Arcoiris Ecological Foundation, was supported by a seed fund from CDKN and FFLA.
Resource
10th June 2021
Namibia is heating up: what global warming of 2°C means for this climate change hotspot A new animation from a CDKN-funded project in Namibia highlights the impacts of 2°C global warming on the country's vulnerable sectors, including agriculture, health and the economy, and recommends urgent adaptation action.
Feature
3rd June 2021
'One river, all its water' : Bringing climate and gender perspectives to water management in Patagonia It's challenging to communicate scientific information clearly for use in public policy-making. A group of researchers from Argentina took up the task, and sought to introduce climate and gender concerns into management of the Chubut River basin in Patagonia, Argentina. CDKN’s María José Pacha reports.
Resource
31st May 2021
Film: Adapting to climate change in the Oshana Region, Namibia The Oshana Region of Namibia has been hard-hit by climate change, especially droughts, which have drastically disrupted farming practices and livelihoods. This film explores the experiences of community members in adapting to the changing climate.
Feature
25th May 2021
Project insights on communicating about climate change in Latin America It is not easy to communicate the effects of climate change to different audiences. This is further complicated by social, cultural, political and economic challenges. María José Pacha and Gabriela Villamarín of CDKN share lessons learned from five climate change communication projects supported by CDKN in Latin America.