Themes: Water

Themes: Water

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Carbon and water footprints in the cities of Guayaquil, Fortaleza and Santa Cruz de la Sierra

CDKN supported the implementation of the 'Footprint of Cities' project, through measuring carbon and water footprints as indicators for urban management.

Feature
27th March 2016
After Paris - “Going from intended to implemented, that is the question” says Margaret Kamau, Kenya Kenya aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 relative to Business As Usual. Margaret Kamau, CDKN's Country Engagement and Project Manager talks to Miren Gutiérrez about what this target means for her country.
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Project: Amazonia Security Agenda - Phase II

This project brought a water-energy-food (WEF) ‘nexus approach’ to analyse trade-offs across sectors and scales of governance; working closely with the national governments of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

Resource
1st February 2016
Climate change and water resources planning, development and management in Zimbabwe Climate change and water resources planning, development and management in Zimbabwe
Resource
27th January 2016
Water supply and demand scenarios for the Zambezi river basin Water supply and demand scenarios for the Zambezi river basin
News
3rd December 2015
CDKN launches new e-book 'Mainstreaming climate compatible development' CDKN has launched a new e-book presenting insights from five years of designing and delivering climate compatible development across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. We invite your comments and suggestions.
Event
23rd October 2015
The water, energy and food nexus in Amazonia and Indonesia: Managing resource trade-offs across sectors and scales Did you miss the CDKN and Global Canopy Programme webinar on the water-energy-food nexus? Catch the recording here and find out how the 'nexus' of natural resource trade-offs affects different interest groups and governance in Amazonia and Indonesia.
Resource
5th October 2015
Inside story: Assessing carbon and water footprints in Andean cities The capital cities of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru are vulnerable to climate change, partly due to their dependence on water from retreating Andean glaciers. This comparative Inside Story by Miguel Rodríguez Tejerina of Servicios Ambientales highlights the challenges, enabling factors, lessons learned and implications for climate compatible development - as illustrated by a project to assess the cities’ carbon and water footprints.
Resource
24th August 2015
Climate finance and water security: Zambia case study Climate finance and water security: Zambia case study
Feature
19th July 2015
The water security challenge in peri-urban South Asia In this guest blog, Dik Roth of Wageningen University reports on water security challenges in peri-urban South Asia in a changing climate.
Feature
26th June 2015
Indigenous 'Life Plans' and carbon finance In the early 1990s, environmentalists started experimenting with carbon finance to support conservation just as indigenous people of the Amazon began developing "Life Plans" to revive and support their traditions. A quarter century on, these two parallel initiatives have evolved in ways that are surprisingly complementary – so much so they're starting to converge, and in surprising ways. Christopher Pollon, Ann Espuelas and Steve Zwick report.
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Project : Mobilising efforts to reduce deforestation for water, energy and food security in Indonesia

This project examines how Indonesia can transition away from its current 'business as usual' development model and achieve its water, energy and food security goals without further deforestation. In doing so, it identifies opportunities and challenges for the necessary coordinated development strategies that recognise and account for the true value of natural resources, their ecosystem services, and the inherent resource trade-offs between sectors.