Themes: Agriculture and food security

Themes: Agriculture and food security

Feature
10th September 2012
Amazonia’s security dilemma – Why climate security matters CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis Research Area and the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), are currently working on a project called “Amazonia – The Security Agenda (Responding to Imminent Threats)”
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Completed
Project : Climate change: addressing heat-health vulnerability in rapidly urbanising regions of Western India

This research develops an innovative set of strategies, including an early heat-health warning system, to be implemented by local government officials in the city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, India.

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Completed
Project : Inside stories on climate compatible development

CDKN helps developing countries to design and deliver climate compatible development. When decision makers in government, business and civil society speak to us about their aims and needs, they often ask about ‘best practice’ in other countries or, indeed, mistakes to avoid.

Completed
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Completed
Project : Agriculture, Vulnerability and Adaptation (AVA) - A methodology for measuring the vulnerability of the agriculture sector

Colombia’s agricultural sector is particularly vulnerable to climate changes forecast for the coming decades. The nation therefore needs to shape strategies that can enhance the the sector’s resilience to climate change.

Feature
14th August 2012
The climate and gender game Janot Mendler de Suarez is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Games for a New Climate task force at the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, USA. Janot is collaborating with the Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre, which received CDKN support to develop 'serious games' to raise awareness of climate adaptation strategies. Here, Janot introduces a special ‘climate and gender game’ that builds on this work.
Completed
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Completed
Project : Risk and vulnerability mapping for the Zambezi River Basin

The Zambezi River Basin is the continent’s most important shared river basin due to the large number of riparian states and the extent of availability and dependence on water for development. Read more about this project which maps the central and lower regions of the Basin which are highly vulnerable to climate change.

News
19th July 2012
CDKN's 'Inside stories on climate compatible development' CDKN's ‘Inside stories on climate compatible development’ explore developing countries' practical experiences in designing and delivering climate-smart policies. The series captures insights from countries as diverse as Grenada and Tanzania, Mexico and China - and many more in between.
Feature
11th July 2012
A vision for vulnerability assessment in the Rio Alto Cauca Andrew Jarvis from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) describes how a new methodology is being used in Colombia to help understand what vulnerability to climate change really means.
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Completed
Project : Assessing the economic impacts of climate change in Nepal

CDKN is supporting the Government of Nepal (GoN) to calculate the economic cost of climate change in Nepal and identify a climate compatible development pathway to address the combined risks of climate change over time.

Feature
22nd June 2012
How can a mobile phone app help Indian farmers adapt to climate change? Mobile communications are growing, and nowhere more so than in the developing world. Reframing Rio, an ambitious media education project, is following five young digital entrepreneurs as they investigate how a mobile phone app could provide a vital tool for communities struggling with the impacts of climate change.
Resource
20th June 2012
OUTLOOK: Edition three, June 2012 CDKN's Climate and Development Outlook newsletter brings you news of selected results from our worldwide programme in the last quarter, including disaster risk reduction and cross-agency initiatives on low emissions development.
Resource
17th June 2012
Guidelines for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Agricultural Sector Guidelines for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Agricultural Sector