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Regions

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Projects
302
Resources
608
Stories
1281
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20th March 2015
"There can be no resilient cities without resilient people" February saw the first Resilient Cities congress taking place in Bangkok.
Resource
18th March 2015
Inside Story : Building resilience to climate change locally - The case of Valenzuela City, Metro Manila Valenzuela City is one of the 16 cities that make up ‘Metro Manila’. The confluence of these rivers makes Valenzuela vulnerable to flooding during high tides and also to regular flash floods. Ecosystem-based disaster risk management and climate adaptation approaches are proving successful in helping communities to cope.
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Project : Future Climate For Africa: The political economy of long-lived decisions in Africa

The study of the Political Economy of long-lived decisions in Africa will provide a focused analysis that will allow the Future Climate For Africa programme to leverage the research impact of the RPCs through advisory support.

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Project : Future Climate For Africa Applied Research Fund: Economics, political economy and behavioural science study

This project will analyse the types of development decisions that should be actively accounting for future (10 years +) climate in decisions taken today.

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Future Climate For Africa: Applied research fund Scientific Capacity Development (SCD) study

This study will answer a central question for Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) in its inception phase: What Scientific Capacity Development (SCD) options wok best in specific African contexts?

Feature
16th March 2015
An urban Africa By 2050, Africa’s urban dwellers are projected to have increased from 400 million to 1.2 billion and the majority of this growth is expected to occur in informal settlements. CDKN's Charlotte Scott looks at the numbers and what they mean for urban development in Africa.
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16th March 2015
What does IPPC’s Fifth Assessment Report mean for Punjab, Pakistan? Environmental journalist Rina Saeed Khan writes about the launch of the IPCC’s AR5 at the sub national level in Pakistan and the importance of its findings for climate compatible development in Punjab.
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16th March 2015
Report : Plan 4C: A competitive and climate compatible Cartagena This new report, Plan 4C: A Competitive and Climate Compatible Cartagena, outlines the strategies and plans for the World Heritage City, Cartagena, Colombia, to become a leader in climate compatible development.
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12th March 2015
Going smart in Nepalese farming Climate change in Nepal poses great dilemmas affecting agriculture that need answers for this small, extremely diverse and landlocked country’s future development. This is the second article on Nepal’s climate-smart agriculture prospects by CDKN’s Miren Gutierrez.
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12th March 2015
Vibrant Gujarat - Evaluating Ahmedabad's Heat Action Plan Nehmat Kaur from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) writes about the project and ongoing efforts to deepen and expanding heat health action in India.
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Project : Planning for climate compatible development with green growth in eastern Antioquia

This project sought to develop the first plan of climate change and green growth in Colombia, focusing on Eastern Antioquia.

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9th March 2015
How do we measure adaptation? How do we effectively measure and enhance adaptation? Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, looks at possible alternative answers, all of which will be further discussed at the 9th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation.