Regions

Regions

Worldwide:

Projects
295
Resources
595
Stories
1196
Feature
20th September 2021
Iseke, Tanzania: Young people boost economic opportunity in midst of Covid-19 pandemic In Iseke village, Ikungi district, Tanzania, a group of young female entrepreneurs is making liquid soap as a means of income and safeguarding their community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jerry Danny, Charles Mnyororo, Emmanuel Hamis and Emmanuel Msumba report.
Resource
17th September 2021
Ethiopia NDC Highlights newsletter - August 2021 This issue of Ethiopia's NDC Highlights newsletter focuses on the country's NAMA COMPOST project and what to expect from COP26.
Feature
11th September 2021
Kampala, Uganda: Resilience in the face of Covid-19 – A single mother’s story In Kampala, Uganda, Sandra Coote follows a single mother’s journey in search of income and wellbeing for her family during the country’s second wave of Covid-19 - to see what it tells us about personal savings and governmental support for households.
Feature
6th September 2021
Mainstreaming gender and climate change into Ethiopian development CDKN's long partnership with the Government of Ethiopia has yielded rich learning on the ways to integrate two completely cross-cutting aspects of development - gender and climate change - into government policy and its implementation. Robi Redda, Arsema Andargatchew and Lucia Scodanibbio report.
Feature
29th August 2021
Plastic waste management in Hyderabad, India - From a linear to a circular economy Anuradha Adhikari of ICLEI South Asia describes how the pilot installation of ‘reverse vending machines’ for plastic in a South Indian city is providing multiple environmental and community benefits.
Feature
26th August 2021
Maddu, Uganda: A story of service above self In Maddu, in Gomba district, Uganda, two women are extending education services during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure a bright future for the children. Allen Lunkuse reports in this continuation of the 'Voices from the Frontline' series of stories from CDKN and ICCCAD.
News
19th August 2021
Peruvian academics provide knowledge for climate action Peruvian researchers have organised to communicate their findings to diverse audiences - about the impacts of climate change on Peru, and the potential of adaptation and mitigation solutions. CDKN's Sandra Isola reports.
Event
17th August 2021
Asia LEDS Partnership Forum 2021 - register today The theme of this year’s Asia LEDS Partnership Forum is ‘Advancing NDCs and strengthening long term strategies’ and registration is open now for the event that runs virtually from 23 August through 9 September 2021.
Feature
3rd August 2021
Namibia: Parliament as a vehicle for climate action A team from the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, the University of Namibia and Reos Partners were invited to translate climate knowledge into action. Here, they describe how they rose to the challenge - and trained Namibian Parliamentarians on the implications of 1.5 degrees of global warming.
Resource
29th July 2021
Finance for Resilience podcast: The Green Climate Fund - what it is and why it matters in Southern Africa The third episode of the Finance for Resilience podcast unpacks some basics about the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and explores the challenges and successes of becoming accredited to receive GCF funds and implementing GCF projects in the region.
Feature
25th July 2021
What will our post-pandemic environment be like? Tikender Singh Panwar, former Deputy Mayor of Shimla, in India's Himachal Pradesh state, reflects on sobering lessons from the pandemic about the weaknesses of India's cities, but also on how they can build back better and more sustainably from it.
Feature
19th July 2021
How child-centred urban design and management is good for everyone’s wellbeing City-dwellers in India have suffered from the Covid-19 as they deal with other multiple shocks and stresses. This takes a toll on families’ resilience - not least, that of young children. Avantika Arjuna of ICLEI South Asia describes how the lives of young children in cities have changed in the past year – and what could change for the better.