The potential of climate change adaptation for agricultural enterprises There is tremendous economic growth potential for agricultural enterprises in East Africa, bu

Keta, Ghana: Agribusiness offers women and youth greater food security during pandemic In Keta, a rural community of Ghana, a semi-pro basketball player is promoting agribusiness among women and youth to enhance food security during the  pandemic. Misper Apawu reports. This is the twenty-eighth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.

Cape Town, South Africa: Urban farming on the rise to boost people’s food security In Cape Town, South Africa, civil society organisations are stepping up their efforts to ensure food security by supporting small-scale farming during COVID-19. Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar reports. This is the twenty-seventh in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.

Ethiopia NDC Highlights newsletter: November 2020 This third NDC Highlights newsletter features articles on the agricultural sector’s contributions towards the success of Ethiopia’s NDC.

Kathmandu, Nepal: The plight of construction workers during the global pandemic In Kathmandu, Nepal, construction workers are particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fall-out. An individual construction manager is supporting his fellow workers with food and accommodation to make up for insufficient government support. Krishna Bahadur Khadka and Rubina Adhikari report.

New CDKN podcast on building climate resilience through microfinance CDKN has launched a new podcast series which looks at innovative, effective, accessible, and convenient ways of delivering emerging themes within climate finance

Citizen-led groups support inclusive adaptation to climate change Dorothy Tembo-Nhlema, Chair of the Weather Chasers Group in Malawi, sees how the group has developed into an energetic, dynamic force for environmental protection in the country and is part of a larger civil society movement for positive change.

Nature for recovery and resilience Alex McNamara, Water Lead of National Business Initiative (NBI), South Africa says that valui

Applying nature-based solutions system-wide offers great potential for adaptation Professor Sosten Chiotha shares his vision of holistic, sustainable adaptation to climate change - based on years of experience in his native Malawi. This is one of a series of blogs highlighting potential for 'accelerated adaptation in Africa' in the run-up to the Climate Adaptation Summit, January 2021.

Korogocho, Kenya: The power of art during crisis In Korogocho, an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya, a community- based organisation is mobilising a group of artists and creating graffiti to build awareness regarding COVID-19. Daniel Onyango reports.

Building smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate change for food security in a future climate in Ghana Prof. Philip Antwi-Agyei, Associate Professor in Environmental Science at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, gives a first-hand account of how climate change is undermining food security in northern Ghana – and what to do about it.

Guwahati, India: How informal settlers are building resilience in the face of compounding shocks In Guwahati, India, residents of informal settlements are making collecting efforts and spreading awareness to tackle the impacts of COVID-19 and monsoon floods. Syeda Mehzebin Rahman and Minakhi Tamuli report.