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324
Resources
625
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1345
News
4th May 2017
Switching on climate finance in Kenya This CDKN production looks at how Kenya is dealing with the challenge of generating more electricity - essential for growth and development - in climate compatible ways, and how the Government is mobilising finance from a range of sources to support this growth.
News
28th April 2017
Beat the Heat CDKN launches a new film that tells the story of how heat action plans are saving lives and reducing ill health in India's cities - and how the promising and practical approaches are being adopted by other Indian cities.
Completed
Project
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Supporting Kenya’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

This project assisted the Government of Kenya in its preparation for submitting its Nationally Intended Contribution.

Resource
26th April 2017
The changing risk of extreme weather: Insights from Raising Risk Awareness Raising Risk Awareness held a three-day learning event, hosted in Nairobi, to bring together 65 members of the Raising Risk Awareness team from across the globe. A series of short films were produced on the takeaway messages of the learning event and the importance of climate science attribution.
Feature
26th April 2017
Hundreds of millions of poor menaced by 'silent killer' Extreme heat is endangering lives and livelihoods in India, and become more frequent as a result of climate change. Technological and financial innovations offer some hope.
Event
24th April 2017
Decision-making for African development - and what it means for climate science Join Dr Chris Jack of the University of Cape Town and the Future Climate for Africa programme on Friday 28 April to consider how climate science can make African decision-making for development more effective - based on his team's experiences in Southern African cities. Register today.
Feature
24th April 2017
An online community for innovative education on climate change An online, open-access Master's curriculum platform aims improve innovation and education around climate change and sustainability in Southern Africa. HEMA’s Botha Kruger and CDKN’s Nkulumo Zinyengere share their thoughts on the process.
Feature
20th April 2017
How can Nepal finance climate action? Dr. Divas B. Basnyat of Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI (divas@ndri,org.np) writes on the challenges and opportunities for accessing climate finance in Nepal. This blog is based on the project “Support for Strengthening Climate Finance Activities in Nepal” funded by CDKN and implemented by NDRI in partnership with Prakiti Resource Center (PRC).
Feature
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.