Themes: Adaptation and resilience

Themes: Adaptation and resilience

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Water adaptation and rural development in a post-conflict scenario in Colombia

This project, Water adaptation and rural development in a post-conflict scenario in Colombia, will keep local and national decision-makers informed, complement the knowledge embodied in the National Water Study and provide inputs for regional water vulnerability studies led by the Regional Autonomous Corporations (CARs).

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Building climate resilience in the Limpopo basin

Infrastructure development is seen as one of the key investment areas in enhancing water security in Africa.

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4th June 2015
Beating the heat: Are we doing enough? Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reflects on the ongoing heat wave crisis in India and CDKN’s work to improve resilience to extreme heat.
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1st June 2015
On the road to Paris: Spotlight on the legal issues Only six months remain before governments gather this December in Paris to reach a new international climate change agreement. The legal form of the new agreement is of paramount importance and progress on this issue must begin in earnest at United Nations meetings in Bonn, Germany this month, says Illari Aragon of the Legal Response Initiative.
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28th May 2015
Earthquake in Nepal Mihir Bhatt, CDKN’s Senior Country Advisor for India and Director of the All India Disaster Management Institute, reviews what the disaster response to the recent earthquakes in Nepal can tell us about preparing for climate-related disasters.
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27th May 2015
CDKN Annual Reports Read about how our country-level work is making a significant contribution to developing countries and delivering value for money for the UK and Dutch taxpayers who generously support the work we do.
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21st May 2015
Reflections on the 9th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation The 9th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation this year not only saw an increase in participation but also an increase in engagement. CDKN Africa’s Claire Mathieson caught up with Dr Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development to discuss the positive outcomes of CBA9.
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8th May 2015
How to enthrall and how to drive change Claudia Martinez and Pippa Heylings report on CDKN’s Knowledge Lab in Colombia this week. The lab was organised to innovate new ideas for communicating climate change and galvanising public action.
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Piloting climate change adaptation measures in the Metropolitan District of Quito

The project looked to identify, prioritise, develop and implement adaptation measures that help reduce the climate vulnerability of natural and anthropic attributes to the population of the Metropolitan District of Quito

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Subnational climate compatible development: Learning from CDKN’s experience Phase II

Phase II of the Sub-national Learning Programme on climate compatible development presents an excellent opportunity to build on and enhance the learning achieved in the first phase of the CDKN and ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) partnership.

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27th April 2015
Transformative climate agendas Jorge Villanueva of CDKN Latin America reports on the three-day Action Lab, held in Ecuador in March 2015, which brought together representatives from different organisations in order to come up with innovative ways to generate integrated climate agendas in the region.
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Gender Hub: Training on Gender Integrated Planning

This project has trained individuals in charge of planning processes in CDKN projects and organizations, to assist them to understand gender issues and address these in the planning process.