Themes: Adaptation and resilience

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Themes: Adaptation and resilience

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Project : Assessing Quito's vulnerability to climate change

Using reliable and verifiable information, this project aims to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems, people and their livelihoods, within the city of Quito, Ecuador, to climate change. The information gathered will underpin an adaptation programme aimed at helping Quito become more resilient.

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26th August 2011
Smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change and conservation agriculture: evidence from Zambia Smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change and conservation agriculture: evidence from Zambia
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1st August 2011
Call for expressions of interest - adaptation interventions and policy options for the climate change induced displaced people of Bangladesh This global call for expressions of interest focuses on the current and predicted trajectory of climate induced migration and its consequences to ensure sustainable development planning and implementation in Bangladesh.
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9th July 2011
Investing in adaptation is good for business Guest author Samantha Putt del Pino and collaborators report how investing in climate adaptation makes good business sense. They consider how developing country governments can engage private investors in building resilience to climate change.
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27th June 2011
CDKN interviews Andrew Steer, Special Envoy for Climate Change at the World Bank CDKN talks to Andrew Steer, Special Envoy for Climate Change at the World Bank, about the need to share knowledge to stay at the cutting edge of climate compatible development.
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23rd June 2011
UN - Companies struggle with climate adaptation planning Companies are finding it difficult to fully incorporate measures of climate risks into their strategy and operations, according to a report by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute.
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Project : Development of an implementation plan for a regional framework for achieving development resilient to climate change

18 CARICOM leaders endorsed the Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change in July

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1st April 2011
Postcard from Dhaka - Community-based adaptation demands to be heard For a number of years, community-based adaptation has focused on a relatively small number of isolated projects. But if CBA it is to make more of a splash, it’s going to have to ‘scale up’. This was the theme of the fifth conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA5) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at the end of March. CDKN's Lindsey Jones reports back.
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Project : Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA): Helping policy-makers understand rural adaptation

The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) has developed the Local Adaptive Capacity framework (LAC), to frame its research. CDKN is funding ACCRA over a 6-month period to July 2011 to help it undertake deeper engagement with country governments and policy-makers.

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Project : Rwanda's new Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy

H.E President Kagame and the Government of Rwanda asked CDKN and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to help it develop a National Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Strategy (NCCLCDS). The strategy, which was developed by the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment (SSEE) at the University of Oxford and completed in August 2011 involved nine months of discussions with stakeholders across ministries, the private sector and civil society.

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3rd December 2010
Postcard from Cancun - Knowledge sharing, capacity building and advocacy for adaptation and climate compatible development A CoP16 side event on Thursday, 2nd December cast light on how knowledge about climate compatible development can be packaged to reach the development practitioners and communities who urgently need it.
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15th November 2010
Policy Brief : Defining climate compatible development Climate compatible development goes one step further by asking policy makers to consider ‘triple win’ strategies that result in low emissions, build resilience and promote development simultaneously.