Themes: Adaptation and resilience

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Themes: Adaptation and resilience

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3rd April 2012
Reflections on the 2012 Adaptation Forum from Vietnam Le Hoang Anh, from the Office of Climate Change Adaptation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam reflects on her experience at the Asia Adaptation Forum, 12-13 March 2012.
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3rd April 2012
Postcard from the 2012 Asia Adaptation Forum Ali T Sheikh, CDKN Asia Director, reports from this year’s Asia Adaptation Forum in Bangkok 12-13 March 2012 and reflects on how we can make sure the knowledge sharing and learning extends beyond the conference venue.
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1st April 2012
Energy aid and climate compatible development strategies Jos Bruggink is professor emeritus of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the VU University Amsterdam and former head of the unit Policy Studies of the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). In this blog, based on his recent research, he challenges the ‘triple-win’ approach to merging adaptation, mitigation and development in climate compatible development approaches.
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20th March 2012
On the frontline of climate change - cocoa, coffee and culture in Colombia At the Planet Under Pressure conference, Claudia Martinez, Colombia Country Leader for CDKN, will brief the media on the threats from increased flooding and sea level rise to Colombia's coffee, cocoa and sugar industries and the world-famous cultural heritage of the city of Cartagena.
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16th March 2012
Leading researchers and government officials analyse poverty and climate change links in Peru CDKN and Group Analysis for Development (GRADE), with the support of IIED, are organizing the seminar "Analysis of the relationship between climate change and policies to reduce poverty", to take place in Peru on 22 March.
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Completed
Project :Forest Finance Lab: an innovative public/private finance mechanism for the South West Amazon

This CDKN Innovation Fund project aims to create a finance framework and cashflow template for innovative financing mechanisms to reduce emissions from deforestation, and fund the transition to sustainable ecosystem management and a low carbon economy.

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Completed
Project : Monitoring impacts of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry on climate change adaptation and mitigation

A multi-partner alliance project to investigate the benefits of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry.

Completed
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Completed
Project : Gender and state climate change action plans in India

Climate change affects women first and worst. Women are also a key part of the solution. In India, CDKN has supported policy research on gender and climate change adaptation, to mainstream gender in State-level Action Plans on Climate Change.

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27th February 2012
Changing climate, changing disasters - pathways to integration What if climate change adaptation (CCA), disaster risk management (DRM) and development had a Rosetta stone that enabled them to integrate their thinking and actions? Patricia Curmi blogs about a new tool from the Strengthening Climate Resilience Forum.
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24th February 2012
Powering Southern Africa - the future of hydro in the Zambezi River Basin CDKN is supporting a study on the impact of climate change and upstream irrigation development on hydropower in the Zambezi River Basin. Most of the northern SADC countries already rely primarily on hydropower, and this will increase in the future. However, many of these countries are also periodically under water stress during drought, while the water demand continues to grow, largely due to major irrigation investments.
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20th February 2012
In conversation with Carl Wesselink, Director of CDKN Africa CDKN in conversation with our Director from SouthSouthNorth, Carl Wesselink, who talks about his work with CDKN and how the context for climate compatible development has changed in Africa in the two years since CDKN was launched in 2009.
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17th February 2012
OUTLOOK: Edition two, February 2012 The latest 'Climate and Development Outlook' newsletter showcases results from CDKN projects around the world in the last quarter.