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608
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17th April 2017
Indonesia’s climate-smart motors Syed Abbas Hussain describes the importance of energy efficiency in Indonesia’s economy and describes how CDKN-supported initiatives have laid the groundwork for cost savings and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.
News
10th April 2017
NDC implementation in Kenya CDKN is supporting the Government of Kenya to help accelerate progress on planning for NDC implementation, making use of the Quick-Start Guide. ClimateCare’s Tom Owino, who is leading the project team in delivering this work, explains the process.
Resource
3rd April 2017
REPORT: The role of climate change and La Niña in the ongoing Somalia drought: A rapid analysis Somalia is currently facing a quickly deteriorating food security situation. This analysis looks at the potential role of climate change, as well as the role of the recent La Niña, in the occurrence of the drought.
Resource
3rd April 2017
Making informed decisions to prepare for extreme weather events: India case studies This infographic by the Raising Risk Awareness initiative sets out why attributing extreme weather events is critical and how the process works. It features examples of the Chennai and Phalodi case studies in India.
Feature
31st March 2017
A franchise for climate-smart electrification in India Syed Abbas Hussain and Aditi Paul present emerging results from an initiative to boost energy access, save rural consumers money, and advance India’s climate compatible development goals.
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Completed
Water Resilience and Climate Resilience in the Horn of Africa Reference

This CDKN project explores potential opportunities in designing a comprehensive, regional water security and climate resilience programme for IGAD.

Feature
31st March 2017
Climate change and gender: Are we risking perverse gender outcomes? Gavin Quibell and Lene Lundsgaard argue that delivering more climate-resilient infrastructure must be accompanied by the protection and enhancement of women's existing roles and autonomy in society.
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Completed
Enhancing Direct Access to Adaptation Funding in Kenya

This project is designed to enhance Kenya’s prospects to access international sources of finance, by offering technical support to the Government of Kenya to develop an investment-grade adaptation project pipeline and proposals, a country-driven approach with a long-term programmatic view.

Resource
27th March 2017
Making informed decisions to prepare for extreme weather events Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) brings together scientists, vulnerability experts and knowledge brokers to assess the role of climate change in extreme weather events. This presentation explains the process behind attribution science and provides information on the RRA initiative.
Resource
27th March 2017
What’s behind the record rainfall in Chennai, India? This presentation explores the record rainfall in Chennai on 1 December 2015. A scientific team, as part of the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, assessed whether and to what extent the record rainfall that affected Chennai could, in part, be linked to climate change.
Resource
27th March 2017
Kenya's drought analysis In February 2017, Kenya’s President declared a national emergency due to the extreme effects of the 2016/2017 drought. Here, we share a presentation from the Kenya Meteorological Department, which provides an analysis of Kenya's drought.
Feature
27th March 2017
Caribbean communities on the front lines of climate change adaptation Newly-released analysis from CDKN has identified a series of approaches to help community-level organisations to increase climate resilience. The analysis focusses on the Caribbean, but has widely applicable lessons for community-based adaptation in other parts of the world.