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Feature
13th November 2015
Adaptation action key to Kenya’s INDC As the international climate negotiations at COP 21 fast approach, Stephen King'uyu, Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan coordinator, looks back at Kenya’s pledge and how adaptation actions will complement the country’s development programme.
Feature
13th November 2015
Learning by doing - testing models for rural electrification in India and Uganda Juliane Nier and Susannah Fitzherbert-Brockholes of CDKN report on how businesses in India and Uganda are learning from each other about the scale-up of decentralised renewable energy technologies.
Feature
13th November 2015
Climate compatible development in cities : Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean Maria Jose Pacha, Knowledge and Networks Coordinator for CDKN in Latin America and the Caribbean, shares lessons learned that were developed in a knowledge-exchange event in Quito in July 2015. Ten projects implementing climate compatible development in cities in Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Belize and Jamaica presented their work and reflected on their achievements and challenges.
Feature
11th November 2015
Understanding India's emissions pledge India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) has a headline pledge to reduce emissions intensity 33-35% by 2030. Radhika Khosla and Navroz K. Dubash of the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi explain what this means in context.
Feature
5th November 2015
Synergies: A way to respond to the complexity of climate change Paula Ellinger da Fonseca, Regional Climate Change Manager at Fundación Avina, joins the Low Emission Development Strategies Latin America and Caribbean (LEDS LAC) annual event and is inspired to hear of the many possible synergies between climate adaptation and mitigation actions.
Feature
4th November 2015
How the private sector can help Nepal's hydropower sector adapt to climate change CDKN’s partners report on a workshop on private sector engagement in Nepal’s hydroelectricity sector organised by the Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) and Practical Action Consulting (PAC) under the CKDN supported project ‘Acting on Adaptation in the Hydroelectricity Sector’.
Feature
30th October 2015
Why greater private sector engagement is necessary in Nepal’s hydro-electricity sector? Prof. Dr. Govind Nepal, member of the apex planning body of the Government of Nepal, the National Planning Commission (NPC), answers some pressing questions on the importance of close linkages between the private sector and policy makers in adaptation to climate change at a mini-workshop organised as part of the CDKN supported ‘Adaptation to Climate Change in Hydro-electricity Sector in Nepal’ project.
News
28th October 2015
Uganda pledges towards a global climate agreement in Paris As the climate negotiations in Paris quickly approach, Alain Lafontaine, President of Baastel looks at Uganda’s INDC and the impact this may have on the country’s future.
News
28th October 2015
GBP20 million research programme to deepen understanding of Africa’s changing climate The Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme, funded by the UK government, will put GBP20 million (USD30 million) behind leading-edge research to better understand Africa’s changing climate and the use of climate change information in decision-making across the continent.
Feature
26th October 2015
‘Climate Smart Villages’ in Punjab, India provide lessons on climate smart agriculture Surendra Gautam and Keshab Thapa from Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Nepal report on their field experiences learning about Climate Smart Villages in Punjab province, India.
Event
23rd October 2015
The water, energy and food nexus in Amazonia and Indonesia: Managing resource trade-offs across sectors and scales Did you miss the CDKN and Global Canopy Programme webinar on the water-energy-food nexus? Catch the recording here and find out how the 'nexus' of natural resource trade-offs affects different interest groups and governance in Amazonia and Indonesia.
News
23rd October 2015
Extreme weather found to affect 60% of small businesses in Kigali, Rwanda There is little knowledge on how small businesses are coping with the impacts of climate change and extreme weather. adelphi and the Institute for Policy Analysis and Research have conducted a survey on how small businesses in Kigali, Rwanda are being affected by recurrent flooding in the region. This snapshot by Christian Kind and Dr. Aime Tsinda highlights the work so far.