Opportunity: IPBES call for contributions on Indigenous and local knowledge The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has launched a call inviting Indigenous and local communities from around the world to support three new biodiversity assessments. Submit your contribution before 31 May 2023.

Opportunité : Appel à notes conceptuelles - De la connaissance à l'action résiliente au climat dans les pays africains Le CDKN a le plaisir de vous informer du lancement d’un appel à notes conceptuelles, dans le cadre de la nouvelle phase de son programme. Cet appel axée sur le thème “Des connaissances à l'action résiliente au climat.

Opportunity: Call for concepts - From knowledge to climate-resilient action in African countries CDKN is pleased to announce a call for concept notes under the programme’s new five-year phase. The ‘knowledge-to-action’ call will provide grants to projects led by African organisations that mobilise Indigenous and local knowledge to support locally-led and inclusive climate-resilient action in Africa.

Adaptation Futures 2023 The call for session proposals, abstracts and posters is now open for Adaptation Futures 2023, to be held in Montreal and virtually in October 2023. AF2023 also seeks to establish one or two regional hubs during the conference as a complement and alternative to attending the conference in person in Montreal.

Opportunity: Open call launched by Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, recently opened its call for ideas for the 2023 cycle. This call focuses on adaptation and gender-responsive climate finance, as well as ideas from Brazil, India, and Southern or East Africa.

A compendium of finance sources and instruments to support climate action in Bangladesh, India and Nepal This compendium provides an overview of the climate finance landscape in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and includes recommendations for accessing, planning, using and monitoring climate finance in the three countries.

Enhancing green bond issuances in developing economies This guide shares lessons from early experience in launching green bond markets in emerging markets and developing economies. The authors investigated countries that have been successful in developing green bond markets at all levels of market readiness, considering capital market development, the enabling policy and regulatory environment, and investor appetite for this new asset class.

Nature-based Solutions for urban climate resilience in South Asia: Case studies from Bangladesh, India and Nepal This compendium provides concrete examples of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) implemented in urban areas in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. 15 detailed case studies have been documented to assist governments at all levels as well as practitioners, NGOs, civil society and academics to plan, implement, replicate and scale NbS.

The benefits of a gender audit of climate action: Lessons from Ethiopia The Government of Ethiopia has benefitted from undertaking a 'gender audit' of its climate-smart development activities. Medhin Fissha, the former Gender and Social Safeguards Officer of Ethiopia's Climate Resilience Green Economy (CRGE) Facility explains how.

Namibia: Parliament as a vehicle for climate action A team from the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, the University of Namibia and Reos Partners were invited to translate climate knowledge into action. Here, they describe how they rose to the challenge - and trained Namibian Parliamentarians on the implications of 1.5 degrees of global warming.

What has CDKN been up to? Three years of weaving knowledge and action on climate change   Since 2018, CDKN's ‘Knowledge Accelerator’ has grown our ‘knowledge-in-action’ services, as well as further cultivating climate leadership, learning and collaboration within and across developing countries. Here are some of the highlights.

Water security in Africa: New approaches needed for capacity building Prof Chris Gordon and Dr Jon Padgham suggest that radically new approaches to building the capacity of water professionals and university students are needed to achieve water security for Africa. Their blog celebrates Africa Water Week, 8-12 February 2021.