The Water-Energy-Food nexus: Insights from Amazonia
Helen Bellfield and David Sabogal of the Global Canopy Programme look at how human needs for water, food and energy create a nexus of demands on natural resources in Amazonia and they draw lessons from the CDKN-backed Amazonia Security Agenda project.
Feature
20th July 2016
Resilient housing: A flourishing sector
CDKN's Miren Gutierrez asks: what does climate-resilient housing look like? She also explores the potential for the housing sector to increase the resilience of its products.
Resource
18th July 2016
Policy Brief : Learning from an African capacity development programme
A new Learning Brief reviews how the Water, Climate and Development Programme for Africa (WACDEP) managed to build capacity for climate-resilient development, with CDKN's support, and considers how such programmes could be improved in the future.
Seeking capacity development results
How can capacity development best be organised to generate good results? Klas Sandström of Niras looks at a CDKN-supported water project where over 130 professionals increased their capacity in climate resilient planning and a Pan-Africa network in climate adaptation work was established.
A tale of three cities: Heat Action Plans across India
Anjali Jaiswal and Jessica Korsh of the Natural Resources Defence Council describe how Heat Action Plans they have devised with local governments, supported by CDKN, are being rolled out across the country as temperatures peak.