The IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
Suzanne Carter, CDKN Country Engagement Coordinator, highlights why we need to start seriously considering the risk of extreme heat in African cities, following the release of the IPCC’s Special Report on 1.5°C.
News
12th April 2018
PwC hands over CDKN leadership to Africa-based SouthSouthNorth
Sam Bickersteth steps down this week after more than seven years as Chief Executive of CDKN, and as PwC hands leadership of the Alliance to South African-based NGO, SouthSouthNorth. He reflects on the Alliance's achievements and legacy.
Feature
12th December 2014
Amazon alert
The Amazon region’s environmental problems may seem intractable. However, the Amazon Security coalition presents a new framing of the problems that could capture political attention, delegates hear at COP20 in Lima, Peru.
Feature
6th September 2013
Migration and climate change
Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, recently spoke at the RGS/IBG Annual Conference on the issue of migration and climate change.
Join CDKN at Resilient Cities 2014
Join CDKN and ICLEI for their joint side event at 'Resilient Cities 2014: Making Climate Compatible Development Pay For Local Communities'
G7 places climate change high on the agenda
Positive commitments at the G7 summit in Germany could provide a timely boost to the slow-moving UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn, report CDKN’s Sam Unsworth and Chris Webb.
Feature
16th May 2016
the Green Climate Fund and city leaders
Lisa Junghans of Germanwatch is a team member of the CDKN supported project ‘Finding the Finance: climate compatible development in Asian cities’. In this blog she discusses the opportunities for cities under the GCF, and how achieving a paradigm shift needs bundled power from all sides.
This project is working with Urban Local Bodies to address the two major challenges facing Indian cities, urban air pollution and heat stress, through the development of planning toolkits.