FEATURE: Countries revisit roles of climate finance at UNFCCC Long Term Finance Workshop
CDKN's coverage of climate finance at the UNFCCC meetings continues, with reporting on long term finance. [more...]
Adaptation & resilience
Latest stories
FEATURE: ‘One river, all its water’ – bringing climate and gender perspectives to water management in Patagonia
It's challenging to communicate scientific information clearly for use in public policy-making. A group of researchers from Argentina took up the task, and sought to introduce climate and gender concerns into management of the Chubut River basin in Patagonia, Argentina. CDKN’s María José Pacha reports. [more...]
FEATURE: Project insights on communicating about climate change in Latin America
It is not easy to communicate the effects of climate change to different audiences. This is further complicated by social, cultural, political and economic challenges. María José Pacha and Gabriela Villamarín of CDKN share lessons learned from five climate change communication projects supported by CDKN in Latin America. [more...]
NEWS: Latest version of CDKN’s interactive training game explores climate risk in Latin America
This new edition of CDKN's 'Climate and Society Game' brings the interactive training exercise to Latin America. It uses a colourful cast of characters set in a fictional town of the Andes to explore questions about climate risks and responses. [more...]
CDKN Resources
RESOURCE: Gender in climate action training pack - A resource for practitioners
CDKN has developed a pack of presentations and exercises for facilitators to use in training settings, to help climate and development professionals to integrate gender perspectives into climate projects and programmes. [more]…
ANIMATION: Namibia is heating up - What global warming of 2°C means for this climate change hotspot
A new animation from a CDKN-funded project in Namibia highlights the impacts of 2°C global warming on the country's vulnerable sectors, including agriculture, health and the economy, and recommends urgent adaptation action. [more]…
Resources from our partners
Investing for sustainable climate services: Insights from the African experience
https://www.odi.org/publications/17784-investing-sustainable-climate-services-insights-african-experience
The report ‘Investing for sustainable climate services: Insights from the African experience’ looks at the support provided to strengthen weather and climate information services in several African countries from 2016
Resilience of local communities: Lessons from COVID-19
https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/resource/brief-resilience-of-local-communities-lessons-from-covid-19/
When a crisis hits, community organisations can draw upon six social dimensions of resilience. This brief highlights learnings from how communities in the Global South responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
