Themes: Adaptation and resilience

Themes: Adaptation and resilience

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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.

Completed
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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.
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11th February 2012
Identifying opportunities for climate-smart agriculture investments in Africa Identifying opportunities for climate-smart agriculture investments in Africa
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4th February 2012
Adaptation in Goromonzi district, Munyawiri ward Zimbabwe Adaptation in Goromonzi district, Munyawiri ward Zimbabwe
Feature
3rd February 2012
The Challenge of a Low Carbon Economy Guest blogger Sunita Narian, Director of the Center for Science and Environment, writes about the initiatives taken by the government of India to meet the challenges of a low carbon economy.
Resource
3rd February 2012
Adapting tea farming to changing rainfall in South Africa A podcast from IPS on climate challenges and adaptation efforts in the South Africa tea industry.