This project will further advance outreach and capacity building efforts by developing guidance materials that will allow climate model data to be used across disciplines and decision-making contexts.

Ecosystem-based adaptation is listed in the Durban Adaptation Charter as a priority action for local and sub-national governments. This project brings together urban practitioners, policy makers and the scientific community/leading thinkers to draft a “framework” for smart decision-making criteria around Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and ecosystems management for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).

CDKN is working on a range of initiatives to share learning from our programme to date. One of these is an initiative to capture and synthesise lessons learned from our work at the sub-national level in developing countries.

Provision of shelter following disasters is one of the largest recurrent cost for governments and relief organizations, and the failure of shelters to protect people from hazards is a significant risk. Improving shelter design is therefore central to reducing hydro-meteorological disaster risk and supports adaptation to climate change.

The project aims to develop an Action Plan for Cartagena de Indias to adapt to climate change. This includes an analysis of vulnerabilities and guidelines for adaptation for island territories, with the goal of strengthening competitiveness and sectorial development in the city and in the surrounding islands.

The Amazon Security Agenda project was led by the Global Canopy Programme and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, with funding from CDKN.