After Paris: Perspective from Ram Chandra Khanal, Nepal
“How are the most affected people going to benefit from this deal?” asks Ram Chandra Khanal, CDKN’s Nepal Strategy Advisor, of the Paris climate deal. Here, Miren Gutierrez interviews Mr Khanal on the implications of COP21.
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10th March 2016
Development experts recognise rising importance of climate change
At PwC’s annual International Development Conference in London, development experts agreed that the Paris climate conference was a game changer – making it more likely that climate measures will be integrated in development plans. Heather Lynch reports.
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10th March 2016
Training primed Ethiopian climate negotiators for COP21
In the run up to the Paris climate conference (COP21), the Government of Ethiopia invited CDKN and Ricardo Energy & Environment to provide advanced training to their negotiators. How do you train people to be skilled climate negotiators? And how did this training work out? Katherine Cooke reports.
COP21 Paris - Now What?
CDKN's Senior Country Advisor for India, Mihir Bhatt discusses India’s future direction in light of the Paris Agreement and the four main areas that the country can focus on.
CDKN live commentary from COP21, Paris (week two)
On this live blog, CDKN delegates to COP21 will be sharing their commentary on the numerous side events in which we are involved (see our event programme here) - as well as updating you on the positions of the most climate-vulnerable countries, whose negotiating groups we are offering technical support.
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11th December 2015
COP21- Inside the 'Climate Generations' space
CDKN's Helen Picot spent some days in the civil society space at COP21, designated as the 'Climate Generations' area or otherwise known as the 'Green Zone' (in contrast to the 'Blue Zone' where only negotiators and observers with an official pass could enter). She reports on the big discussions taking place there.