Behind the scenes - preparing for COP20 in Lima
Kinga Lodge of CDKN reports from Lima, Peru, where she was supporting a workshop for negotiators preparing to host this year's United Nations climate conference.
Event
7th April 2014
Equipping Peru for CoP20 and future climate negotiations
A CDKN-funded workshop has brought together a range of stakeholders and eminent Latin American figures to equip climate change negotiators in Peru with the skills and knowledge to navigate international climate change processes and prepare for CoP20 in Lima, December 2014.
Now that the IPCC's Working Group II report is done, it's up to all of us
Maarten van Aalst, Director of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre and a Lead Author of the Working Group II Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5) reports live from the conclusion of governmental negotiations in Yokohama, Japan.
Feature
25th March 2014
Legal Response Initiative trains Kenyan government on climate law
The Legal Response Initiative (LRI) and Environmental Compliance Institute (ECI), supported by CDKN, trained Kenyan government officials on the international climate negotiations, and what a new global agreement could mean for the law in Kenya.
Resource
18th March 2014
POLICY BRIEF: How should the new international disaster framework address gender equality?
The lack of attention to, and misunderstanding of, gender inequality prevents the effective reduction of disaster risks. This policy brief by Dr Virginie Le Masson and Lara Langston highlights the need for specific gender-related measures to be included in the successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action.
News
5th March 2014
CDKN wins Climate Week Award for Legal Response Initiative
Legal Response Initiative, a major initiative funded by CDKN to assist poor and climate-vulnerable countries to make their voices heard in the global climate negotiations, has won a UK Climate Week Award.
News
4th March 2014
Legal Response Initiative (LRI) wins Climate Week Award
A major initiative funded by CDKN to assist poor and climate-vulnerable countries to make their voices heard in the global climate negotiations has won a Climate Week Award.
This project aims to address the current impasse in the global climate negotiations through creation of a dialogue between climate policymakers, negotiators and international political scientists.