Following Africa's first Wikipedia edit-a-thon on climate change, Katharine Vincent of Kulima Integrated Solutions reflects on why she thinks Wikipedia is a powerful tool for research impact. [more...]
Lisa McNamara of CDKN reports on a pioneering event for African researchers to enhance the quality of climate change information on the world’s largest online encyclopedia. [more...]
The IPCC’s latest Special Report stresses food and nutritional security in the context of land and climate change. Here, Prithviraj Gaikwad and Shreya Banerjee of Watershed Organisation Trust describe ‘multi-layer farming’ – a method for increasing food and nutrition security in the face of climate risks. [more...]
CDKN today welcomes the launch of the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C and in particular, its framing of integrated climate adaptation and mitigation action in the context of sustainable development. [more]…
Only six months remain before governments gather this December in Paris to reach a new international climate change agreement. The legal form of the new agreement is of paramount importance and progress on this issue must begin in earnest at United Nations meetings in Bonn, Germany this month, says Illari Aragon of the Legal Response Initiative. [more]…
Mihir Bhatt, CDKN’s Senior Country Advisor for India and Director of the All India Disaster Management Institute, reviews what the disaster response to the recent earthquakes in Nepal can tell us about preparing for climate-related disasters. [more]…
Now that the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has been established, what does it mean for South Asian countries? CDKN's Amy Kirbyshire reports. [more]…
CDKN is seeking a supplier to document evidence and experience of applying index based micro-insurance in South and South East Asia. [more]…
Sam Bickersteth, Mairi Dupar and Dan Hamza-Goodacre of CDKN provide an overview of UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, and the work remaining to be done to achieve ambitious, global action on climate change. [more]…
CDKN is looking for a supplier to explore the drivers for and barriers to the uptake of climate and disaster risk assessments, and how national and international participants can work to strengthen them. It will focus on the Latin American & Caribbean region, where the demand for this work is clearest, and on both - the producers and end users of risk assessments. [more]…
A new website has been launched by the Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative as a valuable resource for policy-makers and practitioners. [more]…
Saleemul Huq writes from COP18 on what Bangladesh has gained from efforts over the last year to understand and advance the loss and damage agenda. [more]…
As the United Nations climate talks get underway this week in Doha, Sam Bickersteth reflects on a subtle, unsettling shift in the global climate change debate. [more]…
