Guiding the world towards a green global economy
A collaboration between the UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum aims to show policy-makers how to make “green growth” a reality at local, regional and global levels.
Rwanda, Emerging in a Changing Climate
The film co-produced by CDKN and the Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP) documents the steps Rwanda has taken to simultaneously develop its economy and address the challenges of climate change.
News
22nd August 2012
Mainstreaming climate change into the transport sector in Colombia
CDKN are looking to procure someone with relevant local and international expertise to develop and implement the project “Mainstreaming Climate Change into the Transport Sector in Colombia’, including the participatory development of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Transport Sector.
New resource pack shows why gender approaches are important for climate compatible development
Agnes Otzelberger introduces the Gender and Climate Change 'Key Issues Guide' by the Institute of Development Studies, which was created with CDKN support. She says gender and social inequality need to be addressed in creating climate compatible development solutions. The Guide provides insights on how to do this.
Feature
4th September 2015
How to help people find the right climate information - at the right time
Tim Woods of Green Ink reports on a gathering of the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group to road-test the forthcoming ‘Manifesto’ on climate knowledge. Read the highlights of the event and get a preview of the themes of the Manifesto - which will be launched on 17 September.
This project aimed to create a base line for the identification of resilient attitudes of families who have been displaced by severe weather events in Manatí, Atlántico, Colombia.
Over the last decade a new term has entered the lexicon of policy makers and the media: climate change refugees or climate change induced forced displacement. The First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR1) in 1990 noted that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human displacement and migration.
The challenge of how to promote growth and poverty alleviation while avoiding irreversible and costly environmental d
Resource
16th October 2021
Finance for Resilience
CDKN's podcast series, Finance for resilience: Unlocking climate action, focuses on emerging themes within the climate finance field, and highlights innovative solutions from practitioners and experts.
Resource
3rd January 2012
Are we integrating climate adaptation practices in disaster risk reduction?
A review of global experience by Mott Macdonald, sponsored by CDKN, looks at how climate change adaptation is being integrated into disaster risk reduction - and how such principles could strengthen post-flood reconstruction in Pakistan.
