Themes: Policy and practice

Themes: Policy and practice

Feature
8th May 2015
How to enthrall and how to drive change Claudia Martinez and Pippa Heylings report on CDKN’s Knowledge Lab in Colombia this week. The lab was organised to innovate new ideas for communicating climate change and galvanising public action.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Communicating climate change issues in Africa

Mass media plays a critical role in shaping public opinion, and is indispensable in reaching out to the public. This CDKN project aims to support African journalists in covering climate change related stories and the position of the African Group of Negotiators.

News
6th May 2015
Harnessing private enterprise for climate compatible development Watch our lively debate on the role of new business and investment sectors emerging in South America and Africa to support climate compatible development.
Completed
Project
Completed
Subnational climate compatible development: Learning from CDKN’s experience Phase II

Phase II of the Sub-national Learning Programme on climate compatible development presents an excellent opportunity to build on and enhance the learning achieved in the first phase of the CDKN and ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) partnership.

Resource
28th April 2015
REPORT: The water-energy-food nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean In our hyper-connected world, water, energy and food are increasingly interdependent. A new report, commissioned by CDKN, looks at how climate change will affect the use of scarce natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean and highlights opportunities to achieve water, energy and food security.
News
28th April 2015
INDC process kicks off in Kenya Kenya has initiated the process to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC. Emelia Holdaway of Ricardo-AEA reports.
Feature
27th April 2015
Transformative climate agendas Jorge Villanueva of CDKN Latin America reports on the three-day Action Lab, held in Ecuador in March 2015, which brought together representatives from different organisations in order to come up with innovative ways to generate integrated climate agendas in the region.
News
23rd April 2015
New research to assess green growth potential of Ethiopia’s industries In Ethiopia, great progress has been made to mainstream climate considerations into the agricultural and energy sector, but more can be done to integrate climate in the fast growing industrial sector. A new CDKN research project aims to support industrial-sector green growth strategies at a crucial time in Ethiopia’s development.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Towards a sustainable development-based Indian INDC

The INDC provides an opportunity for examining and enhancing such approaches toward a climate compatible development transition in India.

Event
15th April 2015
'How to prepare your Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)' for Least Developed Countries A new publication from CDKN and Ricardo-AEA provides practical guidance to Least Developed Countries on how to prepare their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) for the UNFCCC. This recorded webinar explores how to use this practical template.
Feature
15th April 2015
India’s 2015 Union Budget CDKN’s Senior Country Advisor for India, Mihir Bhatt, assesses the degree to which India’s 20
News
15th April 2015
Briefing series launched to communicate climate change to the Kenyan private sector CDKN Africa’s Claire Mathieson and Maggie Kamau report on a Nairobi event launching a briefing note series aimed at the Kenyan private sector to help business manage climate change risks and capitalise on opportunities.