Information Brief : Financing climate resilience in the water sector
Specialist climate finance is becoming increasingly important in the Caribbean. The water sector is in a prime position to benefit from a number of global climate funds available to support countries in their efforts to increase climate resilience.
Enhancing African capacity on climate and development knowledge
African scientific experts have formed the 'October Group' to boost African contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report process gets underway.
Policy Brief : Hand in hand for urban transformation
This publication describes why local governments have such important roles to play and what relevant parameters they can adjust to move cities forward on a low-carbon and climate-resilient path.
Feature
23rd October 2016
The New Urban Agenda: What's in it for developing cities?
The New Urban Agenda sets out priorities for achieving more sustainable cities and was adopted by governments at Habitat 3 in Quito. CDKN’s Mairi Dupar scrutinises the 24-page Agenda, assesses its relevance for climate action in cities and gives it only partial marks. Contributions by Ari Huhtala and Maria Jose Pacha, CDKN.