Plenty of fish in the tank and seeds in the water for Uganda’s city farmers In Uganda, urban dwellers are transforming small spaces into fish farms and vegetable gardens using ADMIRE aquaponic kits. Initiated by Sample Uganda, the ADMIRE projects are providing affordable, eco-friendly food sources and inspiring sustainable entrepreneurship in urban areas. This story is part of a series celebrating the locally-led solutions supported by the UNDP implemented - Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator programme.

West African home owners soon to offer ‘Nubian vault’ climate credits Nubian Vaults, made of mud, stones and water, offer affordable, eco-friendly housing in West Africa. French organisation, Association la Voûte Nubienne (AVN), has built over 7,000 Nubian Vaults and aims to certify carbon credits, incentivising more sustainable housing and positively impacting both the climate and livelihoods in the Sahel. This story is part of a series celebrating the locally-led solutions supported by the UNDP implemented - Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator programme.

CleantechHUB helps Colombia’s climate entrepreneurs attract funds In Colombia, green business accelerator, CleantechHUB, is providing a platform for entrepreneurs to develop and present their sustainable business ideas, to raise capital and create green jobs. This story is part of a series celebrating the locally-led solutions supported by the UNDP implemented - Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator programme.

Kenyan inventor’s eco-friendly product feeds dairy goat economy In Kisumu County, Kenya, innovator Joe Ouko develops eco-friendly goat feed, boosting the dairy goat economy. Ouko's locally-led initiative showcases the integration of traditional wisdom and modern science in climate-resilient agriculture. This story is part of a series celebrating the locally-led solutions supported by the UNDP implemented - Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator programme.

Honduran diver brigades restore coral reefs damaged by hurricanes Emergency teams swiftly repair hurricane-damaged coral reefs across Central America, using insurance-backed methods to ensure rapid recovery and resilience. This story is part of a series celebrating the locally-led solutions supported by the UNDP implemented - Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator programme.

Opportunity: Apply to be CDKN’s Gender and Social Inclusion Lead CDKN is looking for a Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Lead to provide expertise and thought leadership on the complex interrelationships among gender, race, social exclusion and systematic inequalities, climate impacts, vulnerability and risk, and climate-resilient development policies and actions. The position will be hired through SouthSouthNorth (SSN).

#Art4Resilience: Announcing the 2023 Knowledge-into-Use award winners The Resilience Evidence Coalition, a network consisting of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), CDKN and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), has announced the second round of the Knowledge-into-Use awards. The awards celebrate creativity, embrace innovation and showcase the latest resilience evidence.

Locally-Led Adaptation: From risk to resilience, a story from Ghana's Upper West Region In Ghana's Upper West Region, communities face multiple climate risks but demonstrate resilience through locally-led adaptation strategies. CDKN Ghana's engagements in districts like Lawra, Nandom and Jirapa highlight innovative approaches such as dry season gardening and community-led initiatives. Despite challenges, these communities showcase the power of local leadership, resourcefulness and inclusive communication in building resilience.

CDKN reacts to the COP28 outcomes CDKN's CEO, Dr Shehnaaz Moosa, reacts to COP28 outcomes, pointing out the absence of a strong call to action on climate change. While there is acknowledgment of the danger posed by the diminishing carbon budget, the Global Stocktake lacks a robust commitment to address climate crises, despite explicit references to fossil fuels. Dr Moosa underscores the need for numeric targets and expresses concern over fragmented text and insufficient progress, emphasising the urgency for stronger actions and decisions.

Governments agree constellation of adaptation targets to guide local to global action CDKN's Mairi Dupar shares her hopes about the new framework for the global goal on adaptation, agreed at COP28 in Dubai this morning. Once intended to be a 'guiding star' for adaptation, it's evolved into more of a 'constellation', which has the potential to galvanise the action and investment the world urgently needs.

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.

Empowering climate action: Insights from the CDKN programme in Ghana The third phase of the CDKN programme was launched in Ghana in October, marking a significant step in implementing innovative climate action in line with existing climate-related national policies, strategies and plans. Some of these include the National Adaptation Plan, the Updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the National Youth Climate Action Plan (NYCAP).