Extreme weather found to affect 60% of small businesses in Kigali, Rwanda
There is little knowledge on how small businesses are coping with the impacts of climate change and extreme weather. adelphi and the Institute for Policy Analysis and Research have conducted a survey on how small businesses in Kigali, Rwanda are being affected by recurrent flooding in the region. This snapshot by Christian Kind and Dr. Aime Tsinda highlights the work so far.
Feature
21st October 2015
Creating knowledge together to face climate change
Maria Jose Pacha, CDKN’s Knowledge and Networks Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, reflects on how we all need to exchange experiences and learn from others to advance effective strategies to address climate change.
Feature
9th October 2015
Opportunities and challenges for private sector investment in adaptation
There are multiple measures that a developing country can use to support private sector investment in adaptation. Charlotte Ellis of Adam Smith International and John Ward of Vivid Economics explore various areas where countries can take action to stimulate investment and argue that national climate funds are particularly well positioned to support private sector activity in adaptation.
Colombia’s national climate pledge: Towards the Paris Summit
Claudia Martinez is CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Colombia and also advises the national government on green growth. Here, she reports on the scope and significance of Colombia's national climate pledge in the run-up to the critical United Nations Summit in Paris in December.
News
14th September 2015
Gorakhpur film in high demand at India launch
“For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India” – the new film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district – received a rousing reception at its launch in India last week.
Climate Smart Agriculture: Using the airwaves for greater outreach
Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) write about the use of radio programmes to get the messages from a CDKN supported project on climate-smart agriculture across to those most at risk in Nepal.
Feature
28th August 2015
Quito: A local government at work to achieve climate compatible urban development
Alice Reil, ICLEI European Secretariat, reports from a learning exchange organised by CDKN and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability in Quito, Ecuador in late July. The gathering kicked off a new learning endeavour among the organisations and their partners to understand the success factors for delivering and scaling up climate compatible development from the local level.