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10th October 2016
'Planning for NDC implementation The Paris Agreement enters into force on 4 November 2016, and now all eyes turn to implementing the national climate commitments: the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Responding to this challenge, CDKN and Ricardo Energy & Environment have developed a ‘Quick-Start Guide’ to support planning for NDC implementation.
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Project : Knowledge generated from research in the Caribbean

The objective of this project is to develop strategic knowledge and communication materials and reflect the results of a number of different CDKN-supported research programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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5th October 2016
Where climate change and three canals meet in Gurgaon, India Researchers Vishal Narain and Aditya Kumar Singh describe how residents of Gurgaon, India struggle to access and manage water in a changing climate.
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5th October 2016
Uganda Action Lab - developing climate smart value chains in the dairy and livestock sectors What would climate smart dairy and livestock value chains look like in Uganda? A recent action lab looked at ideas to enhance climate change outcomes for the east African country.
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30th September 2016
Study sets the bar for scientific capacity-building initiatives in Africa A research team led by Leigh Cobban and Mark New of the African Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI), University of Cape Town (UCT) has released a Future Climate for Africa brief: Barriers and opportunities for scientific capacity development on climate change in Africa.
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29th September 2016
Climate change - A new market for Bangladeshi businesses Private banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh requested CDKN’s support to build their capacity and understanding of climate finance mechanisms. Will Bugler and Yousuf Mahid say Bangladesh could lead the world by showing how to engage the private sector effectively and ensure that businesses are squarely involved in the country’s adaptation process.
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26th September 2016
Conflict around water infrastructure in Bangladesh’s changing climate Jannatul Naima Moon shares the findings of an action research project on “Climate Policy, Conflicts and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia: Towards Resilient and Water Secure Communities” which is co-funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in collaboration with Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.
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22nd September 2016
Action lab tackles Uganda's climate and migration challenges CDKN and the Netherlands Embassy co-hosted an Action Lab in Kampala that brought together development practitioners from government, donors, research organisations and implementation partners to identify research questions and other actions that could help Uganda tackle climate change. Suzanne Carter and Juliane Nier of CDKN share the key messages on climate-related migration.
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21st September 2016
Reporting for results-based REDD+ action A new initiative will build the capability of developing country governments globally to monitor and report on greenhouse gas emissions from forestry, so that they can ultimately speed up efforts to halt deforestation.
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20th September 2016
Policy brief: Disaster Risks to Infrastructure in El Salvador e
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19th September 2016
Countries put a price tag on implementing their national climate commitments In the third set of video interviews from CDKN’s South-South Learning Exchange on bankable project development, two international experts – CDKN’s Ari Huhtala and the UNFCCC’s Miki Higashi – talk about the finance and project development opportunities presented by the Paris climate agreement, while Veronica Villena of Peru’s Ministry of Environment provides insight on the realities of climate policy development and financing at the national level.
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Project : Catalysing small and medium sized enterprises energy efficiency in Peru

This project will develop a channel for investment by increasing the capacity of key actors to catalyse the energy efficiency of SMEs in Peru.