Regions

Regions

Worldwide:

Projects
317
Resources
615
Stories
1321
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Project : Supporting government of Bangladesh to Implement National Determined Contributions

Bangladesh put forth its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to United Nations Framework Convention o

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27th June 2016
INSIDE STORY: Future Proofing of an Indian City - Lessons from Madurai Future proofing is an innovative approach to strengthen the 'blue-green infrastructure' of cities to cope with urbanisation and climate change. A new ‘Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development’ from the DHAN Foundation explores how they engaged broad swathes of the community in Madurai, India, to begin future proofing the city.
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24th June 2016
INSIDE STORY: Renewable energy solutions for Punjab’s industrial sector - Evaluating the NAMA approach in Sialkot City, Pakistan Sialkot, Pakistan is a large manufacturing hub, in need of more energy supplies. CDKN and partners looked at the option of developing a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) to provide renewable energy to the city's industries. Michelle Bosquet and Juan Pablo Osornio explore how businesses and government got involved - and broader lessons from the experience.
Feature
24th June 2016
The A-B-C-D of rural electrification A systematised approach to a CDKN-supported project has seen the promising demonstration of an off-grid, rural power service model in Uganda. Dr Alastair Livesey, Managing Director of Africa Power, explains how the CDKN pilot project provided power services to a wide range of customers based on its A-B-C-D Rural Electrification model.
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24th June 2016
GUIDE: The politics of climate change at the city level - Insights from a comparative study of Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Mexico City This Guide summarises the findings of a CDKN-supported research project by the Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN, Environment and Natural Resources Foundation), Argentina, into the politics of climate-related decision-making in three Latin American mega-cities: Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Mexico City.
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23rd June 2016
INSIDE STORY: Climate-smart agriculture - Learning from three agro-ecological regions of Nepal Nepal’s agriculture sector, which accounts for around three-quarters of employment and one-quarter of the country’s gross domestic product, is strongly affected by current climate variability, uncertainty and extremes. The CDKN project 'Scaling-up of climate-smart agriculture in Nepal’ seeks to increase the resilience of farming communities in varying agro-ecosystems, by promoting climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices. This 'Inside Story' assesses challenges, strategies and key enabling factors for scaling out this approach.
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23rd June 2016
INSIDE STORY: Supporting the subnational development of renewable energy - Lessons from West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia West Nusa Tenggara is a major tourism destination in Indonesia because of its rich seascapes and landscapes as well as its unique culture, but it faces severe energy shortages. This 'Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development' tracks issues that arose with regard to decentralised renewable energy planning in West Nusa Tenggara. It provides insights on how Indonesia and other countries could develop subnational and national energy policies and strategies in the future.
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23rd June 2016
INSIDE STORY: Treading low-carbon pathways toward sustainability: The experience of Bogor City This new Inside Story looks at the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies project, which offers Bogor City an opportunity to integrate low-carbon strategies not just in the transport sector but in its local development plans, supporting the city’s vision of adopting sustainability to transform Bogor into a more liveable city.
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20th June 2016
ESSENTIAL: Trouble in paradise - New initiative transforms tourism in Belize and its threat to the environment Climate change is impacting on tourism and fisheries and the livelihoods of those depend on these sectors. Better communication and inclusive policy-making can help to safeguard jobs and protect the environment.
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17th June 2016
INSIDE STORY: 'Watershared' - Adaptation, mitigation, watershed protection and economic development in Latin America This new Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development by Nigel Asquith of Natura Bolivia describes how reciprocal watershed agreements – otherwise known as 'Watershared agreements' – are simple, grassroots versions of incentive-based conservation that help upper watershed forest and land managers to sustainably manage their forest and water resources to benefit both themselves and downstream water users, contributing to climate compatible development.
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Project
Completed
Project : Exploring the potential for fuel subsidy reforms in Bangladesh

For an oil importing country with state controlled fuel prices, Bangladesh requires significant fuel subsidies to bri

Feature
17th June 2016
Making the business case for private sector investment in climate compatible development Jennifer Steeves and Virginie Fayolle of Acclimatise, explain private sector and its potential to engage in climate compatible development in Bangladesh.