The Senegal country programme works to strengthen the resilience of local communities in integrating gender equality and social inclusion into policies and practices by enhancing and amplifying local knowledge.
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6th December 2024
‘Gender lens’: the approach that low-carbon businesses cannot do without
Gender lens approaches are business models, management and operations that promote the economic empowerment of women. New evidence from CDKN and the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW) programme makes the case that climate-smart businesses innovating in the low-carbon, climate-resilient
space require a gender lens approach to meet their full potential for economic sustainability
and positive climate impact.
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7th November 2024
Advancing equitable ecosystem-based adaptation work: Reflections from COP16
Following a busy COP16, CDKN’s Thematic Leads on Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Finance reflect on what they see as the key outcomes, concerns and next steps for advancing more equitable ecosystem-based adaptation work from local to global levels.
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30th October 2024
Harnessing ecosystem-based adaptation to drive progress towards global targets
Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA), a collaborative network of over 100 organisations dedicated to advancing the awareness and uptake of ecosystem-based approaches in global adaptation and resilience efforts, has launched a pivotal report at COP26 in Cali.
GLOW at New York Climate Week 2024
As part of New York Climate Week, the GLOW programme is hosting an event on women’s economic empowerment for unlocking just transitions. Join us in-person or online on Monday 23rd September at 11-12.30 EDT.
The Namibia programme aims to improve access to climate finance for locally-led adaptation, and amplify the impact of Namibian researchers as they contribute to climate policy and global scientific data that forms the basis for climate action in Africa.
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10th June 2024
Intersecting realities: Four approaches to making locally-led adaptation more inclusive
A recent peer learning session at the Community-Based Adaptation conference (CBA18) in Arusha discussed the question, what does locally-led adaptation look like when intersectionality is intentionally considered part of an intervention? Read the key takeaways from the discussion.
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10th May 2024
Four ecosystem-based adaptation projects with a social and gender perspective begin in Latin America
Four CDKN-supported Knowledge-to-Action (K2A) projects began activities recently, two in Colombia and two in Ecuador. These K2A projects are part of a small grants programme (US$ 50,000 per project) that aim to sustainably protect natural resources in these countries while considering the effects of climate change and promoting ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) and gender and social inclusion.
This project aims to facilitate GESI integration in climate action across the work of various national stakeholders in Ethiopia.
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8th December 2023
Strengthening connections between biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation in science-policy processes
CDKN’s Nadia Sitas and Fatema Rajabali reflect on a recent Africa-focused training provided to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) national focal points. This learning continues to inform how CDKN will support and strengthen biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation to build resilience, protect life and foster sustainable land management which are priorities for countries and global frameworks alike.
