Remembering Professor Saleemul Huq OBE (1952-2023) Professor Saleemul Huq was a dear friend, mentor and fellow advocate to many of us at CDKN. We are deeply saddened by his passing and extend our sincerest condolences to his family, friends, the ICCCAD team and the many people around the world whose lives he touched in countless ways. 

CDKN at COP27 Join CDKN at COP27 from 6-18 November where we will be launching a new phase and participating at a number of events virtually and in-person. You can also find us at a physical exhibition stand and at the COP Resilience Hub.

How can grants effectively support locally-led adaptation: Three key insights from Africa Climate Week Guy Rudolph and Esperanza Karaho from CDKN share their insights from a breakfast discussion held on the sidelines of Africa Climate Week in Nairobi. The gathering involved both grant-makers and grant recipients and focused on answering the question: ‘How can we design our funding programmes to best support locally-led adaptation?’

Climate change risk - A weightier concern than investment risks: How changing risk perceptions can unlock climate action in Africa Phatsimo Rahman, from SouthSouthNorth, shares her insights on various events relating to climate finance and just transitions held during Africa Climate Week 2023. This blog forms part of a series from the Africa Regional Resilience Hub in the lead up to COP28. Along with other regions in the global South, the Regional Hubs work to amplify regional voices to global decision-making spaces, with a particular focus on communities and underrepresented and lesser heard voices.

Reflections on SOCAP and the private sector world of impact investment Karen Hildahl from FFLA-CDKN Latin America shares her learnings from impact investment private sector perspectives relevant to locally-led adaptation, gender equality and social inclusion and Water Funds in Latin America.

Lessons for the GST: Learning from local adaptation pioneers to enhance transformational climate action A headline finding of the first-ever UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST) is that countries need to support “systems transformations” that mainstream climate resilient development to step up our response to the climate crisis. But how can UN member states at COP28 respond to this call without a tangible sense of what this looks like in practice?

What micro-grants teach us about funding locally-led research The Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) micro-grants programme offers a potentially powerful model for devolved financing that supports community-led action research for adaptation. This blog forms part of a series from the Africa Regional Resilience Hub in the lead up to COP28. Along with other regions in the global South, the Regional Hubs work to amplify regional voices to global decision-making spaces, with a particular focus on communities and underrepresented and lesser heard voices.

Study finds Locally Led Adaptation efforts hampered by lack of national and global support A new report, Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice 2023 released today by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and CDKN finds that global and national systems are not changing fast enough in response to the needs of local communities racing to adapt to climate change to secure their survival.

The power of culture, arts and heritage in shaping climate resilience in Africa Salma Sabour, Networking Coordinator for a National Geographic project, shares how culture - blending arts, heritage and indigenous wisdom - can empower individuals for just and climate-resilient futures in Africa. This blog forms part of a series from the Africa Regional Resilience Hub in the lead up to COP28. Along with other regions in the global South, the Regional Hubs work to amplify regional voices to global decision-making spaces, with a particular focus on communities and underrepresented and lesser heard voices.

Climate finance: The elusive accessibility and the need for transformative change Marginalised voices need amplification, and streamlined, flexible approaches are needed to foster and promote transformative change in climate finance. This blog forms part of a series from the Africa Regional Resilience Hub in the lead up to COP28. Along with other regions in the global South, the Regional Hubs work to amplify regional voices to global decision-making spaces, with a particular focus on communities and underrepresented and lesser heard voices.

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.