Themes: Knowledge management

Themes: Knowledge management

Feature
5th November 2013
Decision-makers need local case studies, simple language, and interaction in training materials Karen Sutherland gives an update on the African Ministers' Council on Water's Capacity Building Programme.
News
23rd October 2013
Introducing the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group An introduction to the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group, aiming to improve access to climate information by coordinating and orchestrating the efforts of climate knowledge brokers.
Feature
14th October 2013
Building university leadership for climate compatible development in Southern Africa A new CDKN-supported project is mapping the current state of climate compatible development research, teaching and learning within Southern Africa. The study will provide the basis for building a regional scientific knowledge network between Southern African universities to benefit the region’s response to climate change.
Feature
14th October 2013
Asia’s people believe climate is changing Tan Copsey of BBC Media in Action describes how his organisation’s huge public opinion survey, Climate Asia, has revealed much about Asians’ perceptions of climate change.
Feature
9th October 2013
A changing climate - implications for business Joanna Benn of the European Climate Foundation presents the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in bite-sized chunks for business leaders and policy-makers.
Feature
8th October 2013
Supporting collaboration between climate knowledge brokers CDKN has played a vital role in creating and developing the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group, a community of practice for organisations working to enable developing countries to access reliable information and data, share lessons and experience on how to tackle climate change.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Outreach on the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) has been commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to communicate the findings of IPCC AR5 to decision-makers in developing countries.

Feature
27th September 2013
IPCC’s planetary health check calls for serious action CDKN Chief Executive, Sam Bickersteth explains what the IPCC's AR5 tells us about the impacts of climate change and how developing countries are already working towards climate compatible development
Feature
27th September 2013
Reforming the IPCC Following today's publication of the first installment of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report, Dr. Tom Mitchell a former co-ordinating lead author of the IPCC SREX asks ask whether the IPCC and its assessment reports are still fit-for-purpose.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Development and Adaptation Days

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Development & Adaptation Days, re-energising the original purpose of bringing together policy makers, practitioners, and researchers for intensely participatory learning, incisive dialogue and innovative approaches to networking.

News
3rd September 2013
Renowned investigative journalists highlight the necessity of multi-disciplinary approach for environmental journalism More than 140 participants from different Latin America countries, among journalists, practitione
Feature
23rd August 2013
'Knowledge navigator' helps to signpost climate and development information Fatema Rajabali introduces the Knowledge Navigator, a CDKN-sponsored tool that features on our refreshed website, from this week.