Themes: Green growth

Themes: Green growth

Feature
20th April 2015
Escaping the fuel subsidy trap in Indonesia Dina Khan, Country Programme Manager, CDKN Asia, takes an in-depth look at President Joko Widodo's attempts at overhauling Indonesia’s politically sensitive fuel subsidy programme. Will he have better luck than his predecessors?
Completed
Project
Completed
Supporting the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) process in Pakistan

Under this project, CDKN supported the Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan (GoP) in building its capacity to plan and develop its INDC for submission to the UNFCCC.

Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Renewable energy solutions for Punjab’s industrial sector: Evaluating the NAMA approach in Sialkot City

The project aims to enhance understanding of the public and private sectors in Punjab, Pakistan regarding the potential role of renewable energy based solutions and NAMA as a policy tool in meeting industrial energy needs.

Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Planning for climate compatible development with green growth in eastern Antioquia

This project sought to develop the first plan of climate change and green growth in Colombia, focusing on Eastern Antioquia.

Feature
27th February 2015
Geraldine paints her vision of Cartagena in 2040 - in a changing climate Claudia Martinez, CDKN's Country Engagement Leader for Colombia, speaks with 15-year-old Cartagena resident Geraldine Padilla about her vision of the city in 25 years’ time. Geraldine was part of a city-wide painting contest to celebrate Plan4C, the climate change adaptation plan supported by CDKN.
Feature
11th February 2015
Fiscal policies support climate compatible development Fiscal policies play an important role in guiding investment decisions towards low emission and climate resilient options, report Sam Bickersteth and Ari Huhtala from the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Annual Conference.
News
2nd February 2015
Urban agriculture and forestry show promise for climate compatible development Marielle Dubbeling of the RUAF Foundation highlights how urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry could contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as development. Read her insights from Colombo, Sri Lanka and Rosario, Argentina.
News
29th January 2015
Academics, governments and practitioners call for 'green fiscal reform' More than 200 academics, policy makers and experts will meet in Venice, Italy, this week to debate a large emerging body of research on green fiscal policy. Learn more about innovative thinking in this area.
News
28th January 2015
Rwanda chooses environment and prosperity Development need not be at the expense of the environment, says President Paul Kagame of Rwanda during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Watch the full discussion here.
Feature
8th December 2014
Lima event inspires cross-generational action for zero poverty, zero emissions Participants from all generations participated in a unique and highly ambitious set of debates in Lima, Peru this weekend on 'zero poverty, zero emissions'.
Feature
21st November 2014
Clarifying intent: Key principles for preparing INDCs Ali Cambray, Kiran Sura and Pippa Heylings of CDKN assess some of the key requirements for Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which are to be debated at the UNFCCC's COP20 in Lima next month.
Event
9th November 2014
Outreach for the IPCC's AR5 at the LEDS Asia Forum, November 2014 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) invite you to the Launch of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report at the start of the LEDS Asia Forum on 10 November 2014 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia