Themes: Climate change mitigation

Themes: Climate change mitigation

Feature
7th June 2017
Making climate compatible development happen Fiona Nunan draws out key lessons from her edited book 'Making Climate Compatible Development Happen', published with Routledge and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.
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Climate-proofing water investment in the Caribbean

The purpose of this project was to mainstream climate compatible development into core decision making and implementa

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Colombia green bond market development

The purpose of this project was to support and prepare the Climate Finance Committee of the National Climate Change System to take a leadership role in the development of a green bonds market in Colombia and to prepare the ground for the issuance of demonstration green bonds in the country, and through this achieve the key first steps in implementing Colombia's national climate finance strategy.

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Promoting regional dialogue around the adaptation-based-mitigation approach in El Salvador

The project’s long term goal and ambition is to strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity of the region’s communities in addition to enhancing their livelihoods and development opportunities by promoting Mitigation based adaptation (MbA) as a new framework for action.

Feature
7th May 2017
What makes a LEDS leader? Reflections from the Global NDC Conference 2017 Mairi Dupar reports from the Global NDC Conference 2017 in Berlin, 2-6 May. and reflects on the some of the human qualities shared by the 'climate champions' who are now delivering Nationally Determined Contributions in their countries.
News
4th May 2017
Switching on climate finance in Kenya This CDKN production looks at how Kenya is dealing with the challenge of generating more electricity - essential for growth and development - in climate compatible ways, and how the Government is mobilising finance from a range of sources to support this growth.
Resource
3rd May 2017
Planning for NDC implementation - Quick start guide and reference manual CDKN and Ricardo Energy and Environment have developed a quick start guide and reference manual to support Less Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States plan for implementing their national climate commitments - the NDCs - in English and French.
Feature
17th April 2017
Indonesia’s climate-smart motors Syed Abbas Hussain describes the importance of energy efficiency in Indonesia’s economy and describes how CDKN-supported initiatives have laid the groundwork for cost savings and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.
Feature
4th April 2017
Sustainable energy for all News stories about innovative renewable energy technologies appear daily and the promise of low-cost renewable energy for people living in marginalised communities seems almost inevitable. But how well is the world actually doing in making energy systems sustainable and accessible to all? Andrew Scott, Senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, reports.
Resource
10th March 2017
Outlook : Pakistan Special Edition Pakistan is in the midst of high economic growth and major industrial expansion, but it is also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This special outlook newsletter rounds up CDKN's programme to help set Pakistan on a more climate compatible footing.
Resource
20th February 2017
OUTLOOK: Indonesia Special Edition Indonesia is experiencing an economic transformation - but at an environmental cost. The government recognises that greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation don't have to accompany economic growth, and CDKN has played a part in facilitating debates about a more 'climate compatible development'.
News
10th February 2017
Plan CC: Tackling climate change in Peru The Government of Peru has been leading a national process to map the sources of the country's greenhouse gas emissions and identify climate mitigation options that also tackle poverty. This new CDKN film documents the achievements of 'Plan CC' and may inspire other countries to pursue climate and development objectives simultaneously.