Cities Footprint Project is voted one of five ‘best urban initiatives worldwide’
The ‘Cities Footprint’ project, designed and co-financed by the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), CDKN, the Agence Française de Développement and Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano has been named one of the world's most promising initiatives for urban sustainability and for best practice in linking local to global agendas.
Feature
26th September 2018
Scaling up mini-grids - How Nigeria learned from Ghana
A team of Nigerian electricity experts has travelled to Ghana to better understand how Ghana is scaling up its low carbon mini-grids programme. Charlie Zajicek caught up with Victor Osu, of Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Authority, to find out more about this LEDS GP-sponsored exchange.
Event
24th September 2018
Policy coherence for sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa
In a 4 October webinar, Future Climate for Africa researchers will share their analysis of policy coherence to achieve sustainable development in the water, energy and food sectors. Findings and recommendations will be illustrated with case studies from Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.
Policy coherence key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Patrick Curran, a policy analyst at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, shares new research on policy coordination across water, energy, food and climate goals in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.
News
31st August 2018
Achieving a resilient future
In a new film released this week, decision-makers from around the world describe how they are creating sustainable jobs and economic growth by embracing low emission development.
News
24th August 2018
Low emission development - What's in it for Africa?
In a new short film from the Africa LEDS Partnership, African climate and development experts present the need for low emission development strategies in the region.
News
23rd August 2018
New tool supports integrated climate planning in cities
C40 Cities has launched a new tool to support planning for climate adaptation and mitigation in cities – and is inviting readers to submit case studies of their city’s actions that successfully integrate both goals.
News
2nd August 2018
Half of climate action plans neglect people in danger
Researchers have pinpointed how key social groups are excluded from climate action plans and need to have their concerns heard, reports Isabelle Gerretsen of the Thomson Reuters Foundation.