Participatory climate education: CDKN Ghana's inclusive climate games These games utilise interactive, play-based learning to enhance climate literacy and inspire action, particularly among young people, women, and groups facing marginalisation. Designed to make learning more accessible, they provide an engaging and accessible way to share knowledge.

Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) training manual for Ethiopian practitioners   This Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) training manual is a key resource for the Ministry of Planning and Development of Ethiopia and its partner institutions. It provides guidance to GESI experts (and facilitators) on how to plan, prepare for, and conduct training on GESI integration in the design and implementation of development and climate change projects. 

Technical briefs: Building water resilience in Kenya These five technical briefs outline the key findings and recommendations derived from a comprehensive functionality and governance study that assessed public good climate investments in water infrastructure implemented through the County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) mechanism across five counties in Kenya.

Empowering Himalayan communities with solar micro-grids in Ladakh This case study examines the role that solar micro-grids have played in empowering remote communities in Ladakh, a region high in the Indian Himalayas. These systems have provided an alternative in areas that have long struggled with limited power due to harsh terrain and sparse populations, which have made extending the national grid unfeasible. Prior to this, many households relied on polluting and inefficient fossil fuels like kerosene, diesel, and firewood, sources that posed health risks and contributed to climate change.

Voices of resilience: Amplifying women's voices through songs for locally-led action and inclusion in Northern Ghana This video from CDKN's Ghana programme highlights the power and impact of creative tools for knowledge brokering. To be truly effective, knowledge brokering must respond to the context in which it is being carried out. This means considering the diverse ways in which meaning is created and shared.

'All hands on deck' knowledge brokering card game This set of reflection cards was developed to facilitate more dynamic, playful meetings that focus on serious issues. The cards have multiple uses, from being a tool to surface challenges, solutions or priorities - at an individual or organisational level - to being a game that can be played to share deeper reflections or conversations about what matters in our work.

Enabling the success of locally-led water investments in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid counties The County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) mechanism in Kenya enabled the implementation of 114 locally-led water investments to strengthen communities’ resilience to climate change. This policy brief looks at the factors and recommendations that enhance the sustainability of locally-led investments across their lifespans.

‘Gender lens’: the approach that low-carbon businesses cannot do without Gender lens approaches are business models, management and operations that promote the economic empowerment of women. New evidence from the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW) programme makes the case that climate-smart businesses require a gender lens approach to meet their full potential for economic sustainability and positive climate impact.

Harnessing ecosystem-based adaptation to drive progress towards global targets Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA), a collaborative network of over 100 organisations dedicated to advancing the awareness and uptake of ecosystem-based approaches in global adaptation and resilience efforts, has launched a pivotal report at COP26 in Cali, Colombia.

Empowering women in just transitions: Insights from the GLOW programme This report, available in English, French and Spanish, summarises learning from the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW) programme on common challenges and promising solutions for advancing women’s empowerment in low-carbon transitions.

Climate Justice: Youth perspectives from the global South In October, the Justice in a Changing Climate project announced the recipients of eleven climate justice awards of $2,000 each to implement climate justice projects of their choosing in their communities. This video shares some of the diverse perspectives of youth on climate justice.

Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice This report is the second edition of the Global Center on Adaptation’s Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice produced in partnership with CDKN. GCA and CDKN collaborated with community leaders to showcase their brilliant work in building local adaptation solutions across many challenging contexts.