Raising risk awareness - Collaborating to understand extreme weather
How can a group of scientists, vulnerability experts and knowledge brokers work together to help improve decision-making around extreme weather events? Some 40 such participants gathered to find out. Toby Morris reports on the Raising Risk Awareness expert roundtable in Nairobi.
The New Urban Agenda: What's in it for developing cities?
The New Urban Agenda sets out priorities for achieving more sustainable cities and was adopted by governments at Habitat 3 in Quito. CDKN’s Mairi Dupar scrutinises the 24-page Agenda, assesses its relevance for climate action in cities and gives it only partial marks. Contributions by Ari Huhtala and Maria Jose Pacha, CDKN.
Event
15th September 2016
Twitter chat on climate risk management and international development
Join CDKN together with Climatelinks, World Wildlife Fund and Future Climate for Africa for a 'twitter chat' about climate risk management in international development. Register now for the event on 26 September.