Regions

Regions

Worldwide:

Projects
318
Resources
622
Stories
1339
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16th October 2017
Addressing policy challenges from Chennai’s 2015 extreme rainfall event This policy brief identifies the key causes of Chennai's 2015 extreme rainfall and gives recommendations for building urban resilience in the area.
Resource
16th October 2017
Climate attribution science: A useful tool to plan for extreme heat events This policy brief identifies how climate attribution science can help to mitigate future extreme heat events and address the needs of those most affected.
Feature
10th October 2017
Communicating effectively, creating impact and getting funded… easy, right? In this blog Josh Ogada looks at the outcomes of a one-day training for Early Career Researchers in Cape Town on 8 September 2017.
Resource
7th October 2017
ESSENTIAL: Building on local knowledge for climate compatible development Partners in the CDKN–ICLEI Subnational Learning Programme have explored a variety of approaches to identifying and leveraging local knowledge, combined with scientific data for informed decision-making and planning at local government level.
News
4th October 2017
Ethiopia receives $50 million "direct access" support from GCF CDKN's Tesfaye Hailu reports on the approval of a project to provide a sustainable water supply, which will benefit one million climate-vulnerable Ethiopians.
Resource
19th September 2017
Working paper: Working across scales - Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia A new report by John Colvin and Christina McDonagh for CDKN explores the value of stimulating climate compatible development initiatives at multiple levels of governance - drawing on seven years of work by CDKN in India, Indonesia, Nepal and Pakistan.
Feature
30th August 2017
A 'Quick Start' approach to implementing NDCs – Insights from Zambia Zambia is one of the three pilot countries in Africa to undertake a readiness assessment of NDC implementation using the CDKN and Ricardo Quick-Start Guide. ADI's Cathrine Mutambirwa reflects on the process and outcomes of the project.
Feature
24th August 2017
Reflections on PlanCC and the future of climate compatible development in Peru Mireya Villacis reflects on CDKN's long involvement in supporting Peru to develop and articulate national climate plans - and figure out how to achieve them, and she surveys the future prospects for climate compatible development in the country.
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14th August 2017
Mainstreaming climate compatible development: Insights from CDKN's first seven years This flagship book draws from CDKN's experience of supporting climate-compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and provides practical recommendations on how to achieve low-carbon, climate-resilient development in low income and emerging economies.
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14th August 2017
Rapidly growing Chennai submerged by rare extreme rainfall event This factsheet, from the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, examines the impacts of the 1 December 2015 flood in Chennai, that killed over 470 people and brought the city to a standstill.
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14th August 2017
REPORT: Extreme drought in Ethiopia stretches drought management systems This factsheet, from the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, examines the impact of the 2015-16 drought on Ethiopia's drought management systems. The drought was an extremely rare event that only happens approximately once every few hundred years in north-eastern and central Ethiopia.
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8th August 2017
The 2016/2017 drought in Kenya This policy brief concludes that, from the climate science perspective, results show the 2016-17 drought in Kenya is less severe than the 2010-11 drought in Lamu, while in Marsabit they are comparable. It provides recommendations for decision-makers to link disaster risk management strategies with climate science.