Themes: Climate change mitigation

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Themes: Climate change mitigation

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23rd March 2012
No ‘cookie cutters’ - we’ll do LEDS our own way CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports from the LEDS Global Partnership meeting where members are celebrating the diversity of low emissions development approaches.
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22nd March 2012
Credible knowledge base is at the heart of low emissions development CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports from this week's meeting of developing country decision-makers, donor programmes and technical institutions at the LEDS Global Partnership.
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12th March 2012
Accelerating the global transition to clean energy Emily Miller reports on the work of the newly created Clean Energy Solutions Center, which is working with policy-makers in South Africa and Indonesia to turn clean energy visions into action.
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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.

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Completed
Project : Unblocking legal barriers to renewable energy in Anguilla

CDKN is supporting Anguilla’s efforts to increase its resilience to climate change; achieve energy independence; and to meet its vital energy needs with reliable, affordable and renewable energy resources.

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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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14th February 2012
Low-Carbon Africa: Leapfrogging to a Green Future Low-Carbon Africa: Leapfrogging to a Green Future
Feature
8th February 2012
Kenyans put soil carbon to the test Steve Zwick, managing editor at Ecosystem Marketplace, reports on how ultra-modern farming methods are being used to conserve topsoil and increase production, trapping small amounts of carbon in the earth and plants. The Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project aims to leverage that little bit of carbon to spark an agriculture revolution.
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3rd February 2012
Green tourism in South Africa Listen to a podcast from IPS discussing how ecotourism bring benefits not only in terms of reducing impact on the environment but also raising awareness among local people about the need to mitigate climate change.
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18th January 2012
Agriculture and climate change in India B.Venkateswarlu, Director of India's Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, writes about the measures needed to make Indian agriculture more climate-resilient.
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Project
Completed
Project : Building the future with climate change and development professionals: CDKN capacity building

This project supports climate and development-related research by 14 MSc students from across the globe.

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Completed
Project : Achieving triple wins - Identifying climate smart investment strategies for the coastal zone

This project supports national coastal planners and policy-makers in selecting appropriate adaptation and mitigation priorities for the coastal zone, by helping to identify co-benefits and trade-offs.