Watch the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) live online
The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit summit titled ‘Protecting the Global Commons: 20 years post Rio’ is a landmark event in the run-up to the Rio+20 Conference to be held in June later this year.
Over two years, CDKN supported the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) to improve the quality and quantity of climate change coverage in the developing country media, enhance the capacity of journalists to cover the issues and ensure developing country voices are heard in global debates.
A key objective of the CDKN KM and Communications Strategy is to improve availability of reliable and accessible clim
Event
16th December 2011
CoP17 side event - Giant strides or fairy footsteps?
Simon Maxwell, Executive Chair of CDKN, talks at a CoP-17 round table about how it is possible to make progress on green growth without a strong global deal.
Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change - what hope for Ethiopia’s water sector?
Naomi Oates, Research Assistant at CDKN, reports how developing countries such as Ethiopia will need to respond quickly if they are to cope with predicted future climate impacts. The question is: how should they respond, and what does adaptation to climate change look like in practice?
Making climate compatible development happen
From COP17 in Durban, Sam Bickersteth, CDKN Chief Executive, reflects on how action by governments from the 'top down' and action by diverse stakeholders from the 'bottom up' are driving climate compatible development.
New low-carbon coalitions lead action on climate change in the absence of global deal
A number of developing countries, such as Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru and a regional alliance of fifteen Caribbean countries, announced or showcased economy-wide transformations and ambitious plans for climate compatible development, at CoP17 in Durban this year.
