Drowning in information at COP - what’s the solution?
CDKN's Geoff Barnard discusses the bewilding deluge of climate knowledge at COP20 and the importance of knowledge curators to organise and provide access to this information.
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13th December 2014
Water scarcity is a danger sign – time to innovate, and fast
Freshwater is under acute pressure from climate change in North Africa and the Caribbean, COP20 delegates heard on Wednesday. Experts from countries as diverse as Algeria and Belize urged visionary leadership from politicians to protect natural resources, reports CDKN's Mairi Dupar from Lima, Peru.
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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.
CDKN at COP20, Week two
CDKN staff will be hosting a display stand and organising multiple side events at COP20 in Lima, Peru from 1 – 12 December 2014. Follow updates from our staff on the CDKN live blog.
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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.
CDKN at COP20, Week One
CDKN staff will be hosting a display stand and organising multiple side events at COP20 in Lima, Peru from 1 – 12 December 2014. Follow our live updates here, from CDKN staff in Lima.
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5th December 2014
Raising the ambition
CDKN’s Helen Picot and Nicholas Moss outline that, at Development & Climate Days 2014 (Zero Poverty. Zero Emissions. Within a Generation), participants will hear of how ambition in tackling climate change can help deliver on the soon-to-be-agreed Sustainable Development Goals.
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2nd December 2014
COP20 pulsing with promise
In this blog, Pippa Heylings gives us a taste of the contagious 'Latin Effect' that is palpable for all delegates and participants as they arrive in Lima for COP20 – that lifts us all with a sense of promise.