Inside Story : Understanding the risk of flooding in the city: The case of Barangay Potrero, Metro Manila
Partners for Resilience, who have been working with communities to increase resilience to frequent flooding in Malabon City in Metro Manila, share lessons from their experience in this CDKN 'Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development' . They highlight the particular importance of transboundary issues in managing natural resources in a changing climate.
News
2nd February 2015
Urban agriculture and forestry show promise for climate compatible development
Marielle Dubbeling of the RUAF Foundation highlights how urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry could contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as development. Read her insights from Colombo, Sri Lanka and Rosario, Argentina.
Resource
30th January 2015
Outlook news: Peru Special Edition
The latest edition of CDKN’s Climate and Development Outlook shines the spotlight on Peru, which holds the Presidency of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP), and where CDKN has an established programme to support climate compatible development.
Adapting to flood and fire in Quito, Ecuador
Quito faces great challenges in adapting to climate change. How is the highest capital city in the world faring? After about five years of implementation, the Quito Strategy for Climate Change is starting to pay some dividends, reports Miren Gutierrez of CDKN.
Feature
24th December 2014
Costing of climate impacts helps Uganda prepare for climate finance
Undertaking an economic impact of climate change on key sectors is Uganda's first step in making the case for more climate-resilient investments - domestically and internationally. Mairi Dupar, CDKN's Global Public Affairs Coordinator, reports on progress to date.
The international community has long agreed on the importance of making gender issues a core consideration in international and domestic policy processes. However, in practice, the gender dimension of development, adaptation and mitigation projects has often been ignored or overlooked. When development and climate-related projects do give attention to gender, the discourse tends to focus on two predominant themes.
Feature
13th December 2014
Water scarcity is a danger sign – time to innovate, and fast
Freshwater is under acute pressure from climate change in North Africa and the Caribbean, COP20 delegates heard on Wednesday. Experts from countries as diverse as Algeria and Belize urged visionary leadership from politicians to protect natural resources, reports CDKN's Mairi Dupar from Lima, Peru.
Feature
12th December 2014
Amazon alert
The Amazon region’s environmental problems may seem intractable. However, the Amazon Security coalition presents a new framing of the problems that could capture political attention, delegates hear at COP20 in Lima, Peru.
Clarifying intent: Key principles for preparing INDCs
Ali Cambray, Kiran Sura and Pippa Heylings of CDKN assess some of the key requirements for Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which are to be debated at the UNFCCC's COP20 in Lima next month.