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302
Resources
608
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1281
Feature
3rd August 2015
Land use change and forestry – challenges and opportunities for developing countries Christina Elvers of CDKN's Negotiations Support team assesses current issues around land use, forest protection and REDD+ in the international climate talks - and what these mean for tropical forest countries.
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Project : Supporting Ethiopia's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

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

Completed
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Completed
Project : Identifying energy efficiency measures for companies in Peru

This project is establishing a group of business leaders in Peru to pilot energy and financial savings, while simultaneously building capacities in the local market of experts.

Feature
29th July 2015
Brighton Kaoma on Zambia's climate compatible future Brighton Kaoma, winner of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award, speaks to CDKN’s Anna Hickman about the challenges and opportunities facing Zambia, and how young people are key instruments of change in addressing the social and environmental impacts of climate change.
Feature
27th July 2015
Sustaining African businesses in a changing climate Stanley Ijeoma of Schrodinger Limited - Abuja says the time is right for African businesses to manage for climate risk - and report on it.
Feature
23rd July 2015
After accreditation for international climate funds…what next? Charlotte Finlay, CDKN’s Head of Country Support reports from day 1 of the CDKN South-South learning exchange on “mobilising resources for climate compatible development,” which takes place in Kigali, Rwanda this week. The key message so far is that after countries get accredited to receive international climate funds, they face even greater challenges in developing ‘bankable projects’ for investment.
Feature
22nd July 2015
Applying for accreditation - lessons from Jamaica In this video interview, Claire Bernard of the Planning Institute of Jamaica highlights the lessons learnt from the Adaptation Fund’s accreditation process.
Resource
22nd July 2015
WORKING PAPER:  Climate compatible development in the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ - Lessons from Rwanda In the last decade, Rwanda has emerged as a leader in Africa for its efforts to integrate climate resilience and green growth into development planning and finance. A new working paper by CDKN charts some of the steps the Government of Rwanda has taken to become a leader in this area.
Feature
19th July 2015
The water security challenge in peri-urban South Asia In this guest blog, Dik Roth of Wageningen University reports on water security challenges in peri-urban South Asia in a changing climate.
Feature
16th July 2015
Research on small and medium scale Irrigation systems in Nepal Simon Howarth, Team Leader for a new research project in Nepal discusses the climate challenges faced by irrigation in Nepal and CDKN’s work to help the government and farmers overcome these.
News
13th July 2015
African countries will prioritise agriculture for COP21 Kofi Adu Domfeh reports on the importance of agriculture as the meeting point between development, climate change adaptation and mitigation - and explores how agriculture will figure among African governments' contributions to the United Nations climate talks this year.
Feature
10th July 2015
The role of non-state actors will grow after the Paris climate conference Monica Araya gives her insights into the growing role of non-state actors in the Latin America and Caribbean region and the importance of emblematic actions that inspire broader change.