Themes: Policy and practice

Themes: Policy and practice

Resource
19th June 2017
REPORT: Bridging Costa Rica's green growth gap Costa Rica is regarded by many as an economic and environmental success story with an admirable record of ‘green growth’. This report explores the performance of Costa Rica seen as an economic and environmental model, looking at concrete results, first in the economy and then in the environment.
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12th June 2017
Working paper: Making governance work for water-energy-food nexus approaches This working paper explores governance of the water-energy-food nexus - drawing on CDKN's experience in Kenya, Indonesia and the Amazon Basin to understand the links between sectors, recognise these in decision-making and promote integrated policy-making.
Resource
8th June 2017
POLICY BRIEF: Climate-smart agriculture in Nepal Adaptation to climate change in the agricultural sector is a major challenge for Nepal. This briefing synthesises research, field testing and policy work supported by CDKN to explore the options for more climate-smart agriculture in the country.
Feature
7th June 2017
Making climate compatible development happen Fiona Nunan draws out key lessons from her edited book 'Making Climate Compatible Development Happen', published with Routledge and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.
Feature
31st May 2017
Countries are making progress on climate plans - but call for international boost In Bonn, Germany this month, governments met to negotiate the detail of how they will carry out the soaring ambitions of the Paris climate change agreement. Mairi Dupar of CDKN was heartened by many inspiring stories of ambitious climate action from cities and countries, but says that the global negotiations process and finance flows must match this local ambition, to create a 'virtuous circle'.
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Strengthening climate change communication towards COP20 - bringing together science, policy and journalism

The project offered a regional training workshop to journalists alongside other activities, including a regional webinar and a journalism fund to promote articles and/or investigation about climate change and development issues, linked to the importance of COP20.

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Effects of booms-and-bust and climate disturbances on livelihoods and resilience of Small Amazon Delta Cities

This research call focuses on climate resilience in urban contexts, and specifically on small and medium cities in Latin America that are experiencing rapid growth.

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Strengthening journalists' networks for NDC implementation in Latin America

The purpose of the project was to build and increase capacities and knowledge of Latin American journalists in order

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Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in the transport sector in Colombia: Vulnerability assessment of the national primary road network

This project aimed to provide the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Environment of Colombia with a vulnerability and risk analysis of the national level primary road system.

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Strengthening of the capacity of 'Invest in Cartagena'

The aims of this project were to:

Event
7th May 2017
Advancing the Paris Agreement from local to national level - UNFCCC official side event CDKN and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability look forward to discussing the delivery of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with you from 3:00 - 4:30pm local time today at the UNFCCC meetings in Bonn.
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3rd May 2017
Planning for NDC implementation - Quick start guide and reference manual CDKN and Ricardo Energy and Environment have developed a quick start guide and reference manual to support Less Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States plan for implementing their national climate commitments - the NDCs - in English and French.