CDKN’s film “For a safer future” gets its Indian premiere
Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reports on the premiere of ‘For a safer future – Insights on climate resilience from India’, a well-received film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district.
The project is the second of a two phase effort that seeks to facilitate and develop a prioritised and costed policy research agenda and a Plan of Action approved by the Ministry of Health in Mozambique.
Feature
1st September 2015
Climate Smart Agriculture: Using the airwaves for greater outreach
Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) write about the use of radio programmes to get the messages from a CDKN supported project on climate-smart agriculture across to those most at risk in Nepal.
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.
Feature
16th July 2015
Research on small and medium scale Irrigation systems in Nepal
Simon Howarth, Team Leader for a new research project in Nepal discusses the climate challenges faced by irrigation in Nepal and CDKN’s work to help the government and farmers overcome these.
News
10th July 2015
Call for proposals: Adaptation Futures 2016
The Adaptation Futures 2016 conference organisers have launched their call for proposals for the conference, which will take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands in May 2016. The deadline for submissions is October 2015.
Feature
3rd July 2015
Food waste a contributor to global emissions
Studies have revealed that food waste is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. CDKN supported journalist Patrick Mayoyo finds out why Kenya is home to both a food wastage and shortage.
Feature
16th June 2015
Scaling-up climate smart agriculture in Nepal
Hammad Raza Khan, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for Nepal discusses the climate challenges faced by agriculture in Nepal and CDKN’s work to help the government and farmers overcome these.
In this project, CDKN supported the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador (MARN) to consolidate relevant institutions and contribute to the implementation of its National Climate Change Plan (NCCP).
