Strengthening connections between biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation in science-policy processes
CDKN’s Nadia Sitas and Fatema Rajabali reflect on a recent Africa-focused training provided to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) national focal points. This learning continues to inform how CDKN will support and strengthen biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation to build resilience, protect life and foster sustainable land management which are priorities for countries and global frameworks alike.
Event
24th March 2017
Seven years of research on climate resilience in the Caribbean
Discover the main results of CDKN's seven years of research into climate compatible development challenges and solutions in the Caribbean region. Register today for our 29th March webinar.
Feature
21st November 2016
How Bangladeshi businesses can profit from climate resilience
This is part two of a blog series about the role of the private sector and financial institutions in building climate resilience for the poor - as debated at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco. Mairi Dupar reports.
Feature
28th December 2011
A dangerous climate for COP-17
As the official delegates to the UN Climate talks came together this week in Durban, violen
Climate finance options for cities
Lisa Junghans, Policy Advisor - Climate Change, Adaptation and Urban Transformation at Germanwatch introduces a recent CDKN-supported publication on financing climate compatible development in cities.
News
19th August 2015
For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India
A new film released by CDKN with the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, ICLEI and TERI tells the story of how local communities and government in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India are preparing for the more frequent and damaging floods caused by climate change.
News
1st October 2018
Cities Footprint Project is voted one of five ‘best urban initiatives worldwide’
The ‘Cities Footprint’ project, designed and co-financed by the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), CDKN, the Agence Française de Développement and Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano has been named one of the world's most promising initiatives for urban sustainability and for best practice in linking local to global agendas.
In many Caribbean countries, national and sectoral level policies are lagging behind the already evident threats to development from climate change despite the strong efforts made at the international and community level to adapt. The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), in collaboration with the World Resource Institute (WRI) and the St. Lucia National Trust (SLNT) is implementing a project in St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago to increase civil society engagement in policy and institutional analysis for climate change adaptation.