Themes: Adaptation and resilience

Themes: Adaptation and resilience

Event
19th April 2013
Join the experts on community-based adaptation live online The seventh International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) kicks off in Bangladesh on Monday 22nd April. Join CDKN and partners as a ‘Virtual Internet Participants’ (VIP)
Resource
19th April 2013
Infrastructure and climate change: impacts and adaptations for the Zambezi River Valley Infrastructure and climate change: impacts and adaptations for the Zambezi River Valley
Feature
19th April 2013
Climate change and transport sector in Colombia (I) Climate change will affect transportation primarily through increases in several types of weather and climate extremes such as very hot days; intense precipitation events; intense hurricanes; drought; and rising sea levels, coupled with storm surges and land subsidence.
Feature
12th April 2013
Climate compatible development in Colombia - Interview with Claudia Martínez Ex vice minister of environment and Country Engagement Leader of CDKN in Colombia, was recently interviewed by El Tiempo newspaper. She explains the importance of climate change adaptation and its relation with climate compatible development
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : AMCOW Capacity Building – Building capacity for climate resilient decision-making in water investments

This project aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of planning departments in ministries and local governments in eight African countries by integrating water security and climate resilience into water-related development planning.

Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) - Phase 2

ACCRA is implementing national level advocacy and capacity building strategies in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique.

Feature
8th April 2013
Identifying the best routes to climate compatible development In the first of two pieces reporting on CDKN’s workshop on Climate Compatible Development (CCD) in Ethiopia, Mónica Andrade, Regional Coordinator of CDKN LAC, outlines delegates’ views on the drivers of, and barriers to, successful CCD implementation
News
30th March 2013
Index-Based Mortality Livestock Insurance in Mongolia This Inside Story explains how The Government of Mongolia’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Project is helping Mongolian herders cope with the harsh and unpredictable weather resulting from climate change.
Resource
25th March 2013
Inside Story : Building resilience to climate change through indigenous knowledge - the case of Bolivia The increasing incidence of extreme weather events and disasters calls for new partnerships between indigenous people and the scientific community – an area where Bolivia could lead the way
Feature
13th March 2013
Building evidence of climate change induced migration in Bangladesh Dr Siddiqui reports on the process of conducting research on climate change induced migration in Bangladesh and the Unit’s policy advocacy to address large-scale CC-induced migration.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Ecosystems-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas: Making the case for a framework for smart decision-making criteria

Ecosystem-based adaptation is listed in the Durban Adaptation Charter as a priority action for local and sub-national governments. This project brings together urban practitioners, policy makers and the scientific community/leading thinkers to draft a “framework” for smart decision-making criteria around Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and ecosystems management for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).

Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Building the climate resilience of the coffee value chain in Uganda through stakeholder dialogues

This project will provide an innovative platform for dialogue on climate risk management among actors along the Ugandan coffee value chain, from production to export. The overall goal is to support the mainstreaming of climate risks into agriculture value chains in Uganda to promote the sustainable and equitable growth.