A new look at La Paz
Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, finds promise in the 'green shoots' of city-level climate action in Bolivia, which could catalyse broader moves toward sustainability.
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18th December 2014
What’s next in climate change? INDCs!
We’re going to hear a lot more in coming months about INDCs, Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, says CDKN's Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell. INDCs are the country pledges that will form the basis of negotiation in the run-up to the UNFCCC's twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in 2015.
The international community has long agreed on the importance of making gender issues a core consideration in international and domestic policy processes. However, in practice, the gender dimension of development, adaptation and mitigation projects has often been ignored or overlooked. When development and climate-related projects do give attention to gender, the discourse tends to focus on two predominant themes.
Peru’s high rate of economic growth has led to a substantial increase in total energy consumption, which is expected to continue to rise in the future. In the short term, this could lead to potential deficits in electricity supply as generation capacity struggles to keep pace with demand. This poses a danger to economic growth and business competitiveness if shortages lead to operational disruptions or additional costs to guarantee energy supply.
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12th December 2014
Amazon alert
The Amazon region’s environmental problems may seem intractable. However, the Amazon Security coalition presents a new framing of the problems that could capture political attention, delegates hear at COP20 in Lima, Peru.
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10th December 2014
Mapping a low-carbon future
Leaders of the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programmes in Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil talk about what really happens when stakeholders get around the table to propose mitigation options.
