February 2010 to May 2021
CDKN supports decision-makers in designing and delivering climate compatible development. We do this by combining research, advisory services and knowledge management to support locally owned and managed policy processes. We work in partnership with decision-makers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors nationally, regionally and globally. We hold strongly to the ideals of human development and environmental sustainability.
We are led by South Africa-based SouthSouthNorth (SSN) and managed by an alliance of organisations comprising SSN, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (Ecuador), ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability-South Asia (India) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
We strive to deliver the highest quality technical advice, forge uniquely effective partnerships, and drive the latest and best thinking on climate compatible development. Our ODI-based team advises on climate knowledge sharing and policy engagement strategies and manages the website www.cdkn.org
Within the broad scope of climate compatible development, we support developing countries across these four strategic themes:
- Climate compatible development strategies and plans
- Improving developing countries’ access to climate finance
- Strengthening resilience through climate-related disaster risk management
- Supporting climate negotiators from the least developed and most vulnerable countries
Outputs
Aligning energy development and climate objectives in Nationally Determined Contributions
Research reports and studies | January 2018 | Andrew Scott, Leah Worrall and Sejal Patel
This paper looks at how Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana and Peru are aligning their energy policies with their Nationally Determined Contributions.
Downloads Budgeting for NDC action: initial lessons from four climate-vulnerable countries
Working and discussion papers | September 2017 | Neil Bird
This working paper examines whether climate change-related expenditures are starting to appear in national budgets for early NDC implementation.
Downloads Enhancing climate change development programmes in Uganda
Working and discussion papers | June 2017 | Elizabeth Carabine, Shuaib Lwasa, Ambrose Buyinza and Benon Nabaasa
Investment in the livestock sector can leverage development, employment opportunities and other socioeconomic benefits for both Karamoja and Uganda.
Downloads Strengthening disaster risk management in India: a review of five state disaster management plans
Research reports and studies | July 2016 | Aditya Bahadur, Emma Lovell and Florence Pichon.
This research analyses in detail the state disaster management plans (SDMPs) from five very different states: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Odisha and Uttarakhand.
Downloads 10 things to know: gender equality and achieving climate goals
Research reports and studies | May 2016 | Sebastian Kratzer and Virginie Le Masson
The Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) paper explains why the secret to effective climate action after the 2015 Paris Summit is to have leading roles for women.
Downloads Mainstreaming climate compatible development
Books or book chapters | December 2015 | Simon Maxwell, Ari Huhtala, Mairi Dupar
This book brings together lessons Climate and Development Knowledge Network's (CDKN) first five years of work and invites you to share your experience.
Downloads How tackling climate change will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Public event | 14 May 2015 15:00 - 16:30 GMT+01 (BST)
Hosted by CDKN, economists from Metroeconomica and HR Wallingford launch the findings of their recent research on how tackling climate change will help achieve the Sustainable...
The impact of climate change on the achievement of the post-2015 sustainable development goals
Research reports and studies | May 2015 | Alberto Ansuategi, Valerie Houlden, Anil Markandya, Laura Onofri, Helen Picot, Georgia-Marina Tsarouchi and Nigel Walmsley
This report considers impacts on development over the next 15 years, under two scenarios for the 2015 climate change agreement: a high-ambition agreement and a low-ambition agreement. It looks at associated policies and levels of investment in mitigation and adaptation...
Download Harnessing private enterprise for climate compatible development
Public event | 30 April 2015 13:00 - 14:30 GMT+01 (BST)
A conversation between leaders in the world of impact investment in renewable energy and telecommunications in Africa and UK. They explore the role that business and finance can play in low carbon development and poverty reduction; and the...
Watch WEBINAR: Guide to preparing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for Least Developed Countries
Webinar | 23 April 2015 14:00 - 15:00 GMT+01 (BST)
A CDKN and Ricardo AEA hosted webinar on how Least Developed Countries can best prepare for Intended Nationally Determned Contributions in the lead up the COP 21 in Paris.
Find out more What next for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction? Perspectives from South Asia
Comment | 20 April 2015 | Amy Kirbyshire
A month after governments agreed a new global disasters deal, the priority issues for South Asia are clear: set national targets; invest in resilient infrastructure; tackle disaster risk together with climate change adaptation; and strive for self-reliance.
Read and comment Targeting Zero Zero: achieving zero extreme poverty on the path to zero net emissions
Working and discussion papers | March 2015 | Ilmi Granoff, Jason Eis, Chris Hoy, Charlene Watson, Amina Khan and Natasha Grist
Ahead of the Development & Climate Days conference at COP20 in Lima, a new discussion paper argues that we won't be able to realise either the zero poverty or zero emissions agendas unless we unite efforts towards achieving them.
Downloads Gauging the Climate before Sendai
Public event | 3 March 2015 12:00 - 13:30 GMT+00
To galvanise momentum ahead of Sendai, this event will identify constructive ways forward to be considered by governments, civil society groups and businesses.
Watch Promoting the use of climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from the Future Climate For Africa scoping phase
Research reports and studies | February 2015 | Lindsey Jones, Elizabeth Carabine, Jean-Pierre Roux and Thomas Tanner
FCFA is a 5-year international research programme jointly funded by the UK’s Department for International Development and Natural Environment Research Council. The programme supports research and capacity-building activities that foster better understanding of climate...
Download Time to join up 2015's 'big three' landmark agreements
Comment | 9 December 2014 | Mairi Dupar
This weekend in Lima, international leaders called for a surge in public support for tackling climate change and poverty, in order to galvanise governmental ambition for three landmark agreements in 2015 on sustainable development, climate change and disaster reduction.
Read and comment The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What's in it for Latin America?
Resource | December 2014 | Elizabeth Carabine, Alberto Lemma and Mairi Dupar
What’s in it for Latin America? presents key findings from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for Latin America. It extracts Latin America-specific data, trends and analysis directly from AR5, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all...
Download Insights from the frontlines of disaster risk: key recommendations from experts in South Asia
Working and discussion papers | November 2014 | Aditya Bahadur, Amy Kirbyshire, Kashmala Kakakhel, Mihir Bhat
Key recommendations from experts on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in South Asia on issues that subsequent drafts of the post-2015 framework for DRR must contain.
Download The future framework for disaster risk reduction: A guide for decision makers – second edition
Research reports and studies | November 2014 | Jan Kellett, Tom Mitchell, Emma Lovell, Virginie le Masson, Katie Peters, Emily Wilkinson, Amy Kirbyshire, Aditya Bahadur, Elizabeth Carabine and Virginia Murray (Public Health England)
This guide to the future framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) is intended for decision-makers, particularly those in government responsible for contributing to the new agreement.
Downloads The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What's in it for Small Island Developing States
Research reports and studies | September 2014 | Elizabeth Carabine, Mairi Dupar
In this guide, CDKN summarises the consequences of climate change for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. CDKN aims to help decision-makers in developing countries...
Download Ambitious and coherent? Reviewing the pre-zero draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Working and discussion papers | September 2014 | Tom Mitchell, Emma Lovell, Virginie Le Masson, Amy Kirbyshire, Kashmala Kakakhel, Thomas Tanner, Katie Peters, Emily Wilkinson, Lindsey Jones, Julie Calkins, Aditya Bahadur, Elizabeth Carabine
After 18 months of consultations across six continents, we have the first glimpse of the new post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Released on the 8th August 2014 by the Thai and Finnish co-chairs of the Bureau overseeing the process, this pre-zero...
Download Ambitious and coherent? Reviewing the pre-zero draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Comment | 4 September 2014 | Tom Mitchell, Emma Lovell, Virginie Le Masson, Amy Kirbyshire, Kashmala Kakakhel, Thomas Tanner, Katie Peters, Emily Wilkinson, Lindsey Jones, Julie Caulkins, Aditya Bahadur
After 18 months of consultations across six continents, we have the first glimpse of the new post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Released on the 8th August 2014 by the Thai and Finnish co-chairs of the Bureau overseeing the process, this pre-zero...
Read and comment The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Africa?
Briefing papers | July 2014 | Elizabeth Carabine and Alberto Lemma (ODI), with Mairi Dupar and Lindsey Jones (ODI), Yacob Mulugetta (University of Surrey), Nicola Ranger (DFID) and Maarten van Aalst (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre).
Distilling the 5,000+ pages of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on climate change into a more accessible format, CDKN and ODI have recently released a summary report highlighting the key findings of the IPCC for Africa.
Downloads The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report: What's in it for South Asia?
Briefing papers | July 2014 | Elizabeth Carabine and Alberto Lemma (ODI), with Mairi Dupar and Lindsey Jones (ODI), Yacob Mulugetta (University of Surrey), Nicola Ranger (DFID) and Maarten van Aalst (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Distilling the 5,000+ pages of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on climate change into a more accessible format, CDKN and ODI have recently released a summary report highlighting the key findings of the IPCC for South Asia.
Downloads The political economy of climate compatible development
Public event | 4 July 2014 09:00 - 12:00 GMT+01 (BST)
This event will present the findings from case studies in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique on the...
Watch Private sector action in adaptation
Comment | 25 June 2014 | Ari Huhtala
The private sector is very heterogeneous, ranging from gigantic multinationals to mini-hydro operators or small farmers in developing countries. All reports mapping climate finance flows assign almost all private sector flows to mitigation but these figures do not...
Read and comment What does it take to mainstream disaster risk in key sectors?
Working and discussion papers | April 2014 | Aditya Bahadur, Amy Kirbyshire, Dina Khan and Mihir Bhatt
This CDKN guide by Amy Kirbyshire and Aditya Bahadur of the Overseas Development Institute, together with Dina Khan of LEAD and Mihir Bhatt of the All India Disaster Management Institute, draws on the experience of CDKN’s programmes on climate-related disaster risk...
Downloads Close to home: subnational strategies for climate compatible development
Research reports and studies | April 2014 | Barbara Anton, Ali Cambray, Mairi Dupar and Astrid Westerlind-Wigstroem with Elizabeth Gogoi
This working paper draws on rich insights from the work of partner organisations that CDKN has supported to promote climate compatible development at the subnational level across Africa, Asia and Latin America. This paper is intended to provide an introduction to the...
Downloads How to scale out community-based adaptation to climate change
Research reports and studies | April 2014 | Elizabeth Gogoi, Mairi Dupar, Lindsey Jones, Claudia Martinez and Lisa McNamara
This Working Paper explains the initial thinking from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) on how to increase the scale and impact of community-based adaptation (CBA). It draws upon CDKN’s experience and learning, and that of our partners, from a...
Downloads What does it take to mainstream disaster risk management in key sectors?
Research reports and studies | March 2014 | Aditya Bahadur; Amy Kirbyshire; Dina Khan; Mihir Bhatt
Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and negatively impacting development progress across the world. Mainstreaming disaster risk management within the policies and programmes of different sectors ensures that the effects of disasters are minimised. This...
Downloads Disaster risk reduction – can public and private come together?
Public event | 11 March 2014 10:00 - 11:00 GMT+00
Experts explore the role of the private sector in reducing disaster risk. What does it mean for the new action plan HFA2?
Watch Can beans and dice change lives? The potential of serious, fun games
Comment | 19 November 2013 | Mairi Dupar
'Games are normally associated with frivolity and entertainment; but these games trade on group dynamics for a very serious purpose. They are designed to bolster people’s awareness of their climate risk and how they could manage those risks better.'
Read and comment You know your adaptation programme’s going well when…
Comment | 19 November 2013 | Mairi Dupar
'An old saying goes ‘imitation is the highest form of flattery’. That’s certainly the view from the arid West African country of Niger, where Safi Solange Bako is running a programme to promote climate-friendly agriculture. The programme is yielding so many pay-...
Read and comment Music offers a breakthrough for communicating on climate change
Comment | 19 November 2013 | Mairi Dupar
'Music dominated the day’s discussions in several ways. First, participants shared experience on grassroots communications strategies that have changed communities’ behaviours and have led to new decisions on climate compatible development and disaster risk...
Read and comment Supporting climate negotiations: examining the evidence
Research reports and studies | November 2013 | Louise Shaxson, Simon Maxwell, Dan Hamza-Goodacre, Chris Dodwell, Arani Mylvaganam, Kiran Sua
'The poorest and most vulnerable countries often have the most to lose from climate change, but the least resources to fully represent their interests at international climate change negotiations. This paper reviews the existing evidence base and a range of case...
Download Mary Robinson on how tackling climate change can have positive outcomes for justice, gender and economic development
Comment | 8 November 2013 | Mairi Dupar and Miren Gutierrez
'The world cannot have climate justice without first realising the injustice of climate change, and the steps needed to address the crisis. As weather shocks, such as droughts causing mass starvation or unexpected floods leading to the destruction of crops and...
Read and comment Our land is complaining
Comment | 30 October 2013 | Ari Huhtala
Africa’s farmers and fishers are ready for action
Read and comment Strike first, before the next climate disaster
Comment | 11 July 2013 | Mairi Dupar
'Disaster galvanises action. Floods, cyclones, droughts, jolt leaders into planning for future extreme weather events in a way that scientists’ projections about climate change – which might seem too hypothetical – often fail to do. What we need is the same flurry...
Read and comment Seeing is believing
Comment | 9 July 2013 | Ari Huhtala
'My ten days’ observation of the fragile wilderness between latitudes N79° and N80° certainly strengthened my sense of the urgency that all discussions about development and green growth must carry. Climate change is here, now, and we need to do all we can to...
Read and comment Progress for Climate Negotiations - in the UNFCCC and beyond
Comment | 24 June 2013 | Mairi Dupar and Kiran Sura
Recent global climate talks in Bonn, Germany made few headlines except for the impasse around implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Yet, even in the face of these doldrums, many negotiators took an optimistic long-term view – and...
Read and comment Climate and Development Outlook: special edition on negotiations support
Newsletters | May 2013 | Mairi Dupar and Dan Hamza-Goodacre
CDKN’s latest edition of Climate and Development Outlook (May 2013) turns the spotlight on the global climate negotiations, as nations gather in Bonn for meetings of the UNFCCC.
Download CKDN debate highlights the need for a new economic narrative
Articles and blogs | May 2013 | Mairi Dupar
Mairi Dupar reports from a debate held by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) highlighting compelling economic narratives are needed to drive action on climate compatible development – and that policies must be...
Downloads Could climate justice be the rallying cry the world needs?
Comment | 8 May 2013 | Mairi Dupar
'History is littered with examples of how public and political opinion reached ‘tipping points’ on defining moral issues of their day, from slavery, to women’s rights, to decolonisation, to human rights, ushering in milestone agreements and dragging implementation...
Read and comment Drivers and challenges for climate compatible development
Public event | 8 May 2013 13:00 - 14:30 GMT+01 (BST)
What puts climate change on the agenda in developing countries? You are warmly invited to attend a public event by Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Climate and Development...
Climate finance challenges and responses
Briefing papers | February 2013 | Ari Huhtala, Neil Bird, Ciline Herweijer
This paper summarises the thinking on climate finance among Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Alliance members and suggests areas for prioritisation and action by the international community.
Download Climate and Development Outlook: special edition on low emissions development
Newsletters | January 2013 | Mairi Dupar and Elizabeth Colebourn
This Climate and Development Outlook takes a special focus on low emissions development (LEDS) initiatives in developing countries and their nascent results
Download Doha talks highlight loss and damage – and leave much work ahead
Comment | 13 December 2012 | Sam Bickersteth, Mairi Dupar and Dan Hamza-Goodacre
'It is the moment for leaders to forge ahead and capture the wins of low carbon, climate resilient growth at home, and pull the difficult international process along with them.'
Read and comment Women to inject new energy into climate and development policies
Articles and blogs | December 2012 | Mairi Dupar
Reporting back from CoP18 climate change conference in Doha, Mairi Dupar explores the role of women in address climate change.
Downloads National adaptation plan guidelines launched for Least Developed Countries
Articles and blogs | December 2012 | Mairi Dupar
Mairi Dupar provides an update from the Doha cllimate change conference on the launch of the Least Developed Countries National Adaptation Plan guidelines.
Downloads Putting climate change on Qatar’s agenda
Articles and blogs | December 2012 | Mairi Dupar
Mairi Dupar reports back from a stimulating debate at the Doha climate change conference about the role of the media in promoting climate-smart development.
Downloads Planning for climate compatible development: insights from Kenya, Pakistan and Peru
Articles and blogs | November 2012 | Mairi Dupar
Mairi Dupar explores what the governments of Kenya, Pakistan and Peru have in common in terms of their climate change action plans.
Downloads Women and climate change – time to change for good
Briefing papers | November 2012 | Mairi Dupar, Andrew Norton and Philip Lewis
This publication outlines some of the
initial steps the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is taking to ensure that development is both climate compatible and fair to women and men.
Downloads How to build consensus in climate change negotiations
Briefing papers | November 2012 | Kristy Buckley, Dan Hamza-Goodacre, Simon Maxwell
This policy brief provides an overview of an event where leading thinkers presented their ideas for increasing the collective global ambition for climate action.
Downloads CDKN and partners: consulting and collaborating
Public event | 19 November 2012 16:00 - 18:00 GMT+00
CDKN and Partners, Consulting and Collaborating will provide an exciting opportunity for us to engage with you around CDKN’...
The need for climate-smart disaster risk reduction
Comment | 6 November 2012 | Knud Falk, Hina Lotia and Amy Kirbyshire
'Positively, there is considerable appetite for improving and integrating local level disaster risk management and climate change adaptation among stakeholders in Asia. However, despite widespread agreement on what needs to be done to achieve this, the how is a...
Read and comment The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban: saving the climate?
Research reports and studies | October 2012 | Louise van Schaik
This ODI Working Paper examines the behaviour of the EU in international climate talks and explores how the EU could act as a positive force for creating consensus around collective action in the future.
Download We are causing our crazy weather – so now what?
Comment | 19 September 2012 | Tom Mitchell
'Undoubtedly the attribution sciences and the way society digests and uses the information are in their infancy but there are clear implications for how we tackle climate change.'
Read and comment Improved integrated risk management could help address risks posed by slow-onset processes
Articles and blogs | September 2012 | Katie Harris
At the 2010 United Nations climate talks, the Parties to the UNFCCC recognised the need to strengthen efforts to understand and reduce loss and damage associated with extreme weather and slow-onset events, caused by climate change. Parties requested the Secretariat...
Downloads Carbon markets and the green economy: learning from the past to shape the Rio agenda
Comment | 17 June 2012 | Prachi Seth
'In my opinion, this new proposal of merging carbon markets within a broader green economy will leave the poor more vulnerable to market risks, unless there is a strong regulatory and consistent governance framework in place.'
Read and comment On carbon markets: the 'valley of creation'
Comment | 31 May 2012 | Ari Huhtala
'Carbon prices are at an all-time low and do not currently stimulate trade that would make a difference. Hundreds of carbon traders are flocking to look for new employment opportunities, hopefully not for good if the business picks up again in the coming years....
Read and comment What makes web users tick?
Comment | 26 May 2012 | Mairi Dupar
'Online knowledge brokers have the habit of making assumptions about what their audience wants, and how web users behave when they arrive at an online portal. At the second annual meeting of the Climate Knowledge Brokers, participants were eager to reach out and...
Read and comment Extreme event learning through serious fun
Comment | 24 May 2012 | Mairi Dupar
'The game...awakened our appetites for appropriate knowledge and decision-making tools. The game showed the power of these methods to raise awareness, and how such climate games could be usefully embedded in a larger programme of engagement, training and technical...
Read and comment Changing context for climate knowledge brokers
Comment | 20 May 2012 | Mairi Dupar
'If you run a climate and development website, what should you be thinking about in the next year? What do your users actually want? These are the hot questions under debate at the Climate Knowledge Brokers’ workshop this weekend in Bonn, Germany.'
Read and comment Postcard from Delhi: the lessons of the IPCC SREX report for South Asia
Articles and blogs | May 2012 | Elizabeth Colebourn and Amy Kirbyshire
CDKN’s Elizabeth Colebourn and Amy Kirbyshire report from the New Delhi, India outreach event for the IPCC’s ‘Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation’ (SREX), 2-3 May 2012.
Downloads Postcard from Delhi: the lessons of the IPCC SREX report for South Asia
Comment | 8 May 2012 | Elizabeth Colebourn and Amy Kirbyshire
CDKN’s Elizabeth Colebourn and Amy Kirbyshire report from the New Delhi, India outreach event for the IPCC’s ‘Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation’ (SREX), 2-3 May 2012.
Read and comment Climate change litigation: a rising tide?
Articles and blogs | May 2012 | Mairi Dupar
CDKN’s Mairi Dupar reports back from a roundtable exploring climate change litigation, policy and mobilisation in which participants debated the role of the courts in climate change.
Downloads Getting to grips with the water-energy-food ‘nexus’
Comment | 13 April 2012 | Mairi Dupar and Naomi Oates
'The ‘nexus’ has become a popular buzz word to describe the complex linkages among water, energy and food security – sectors that have traditionally remained fairly separate. Talk of the water-energy-food nexus was a hot topic at the Planet Under Pressure...
Read and comment Postcard from Planet Under Pressure: A difficult business – climate change mitigation and adaptation in food supply chains
Comment | 9 April 2012 | Naomi Oates
'Attending the ‘Climate change mitigation and adaptation in food supply chains’ session at Planet Under Pressure, I was struck by the difficult balancing act that policy-makers much achieve, if they are to ensure sufficient global food supplies and adapt...
Read and comment Industrial energy efficiency: scoring a hat trick
Comment | 23 March 2012 | Nicola Cantore
'Energy efficiency provides a triple win in providing environmental improvements, economic profits and social dividends.'
Read and comment No ‘cookie cutters’: we’ll do LEDS our own way
Comment | 23 March 2012 | Mairi Dupar
'Just as international environmental commitments must undergo formal ratification by national parliaments to become law, so too must international norms and guidelines.'
Read and comment Where does the Green Climate Fund stand now?
Comment | 12 January 2012 | Simon Maxwell
The Green Climate Fund documentation talks explicitly of funding mitigation and adaptation... However, we have argued consistently in CDKN that a mitigation/adaptation framework is incomplete and misleading, given the scale of change in the global economy that will...
Read and comment Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change: what hope for Ethiopia’s water sector?
Comment | 15 December 2011 | Naomi Oates
'Mainstreaming has become a popular approach to national-level adaptation, where climate change concerns are integrated with development policy and planning processes. Despite being fairly simple in theory, this is not easy in practice.'
Read and comment Nations on course for a multilateral legal framework on climate mitigation
Comment | 13 December 2011 | Tim Ash-Vie and Mairi Dupar
'It is now quite possible that the economics of responding to climate change will outstrip the politics...Might what is now an orderly march out of obsolete technologies, soon become a stampede out of obsolete technologies, long before a legal-political deal takes...
Read and comment Green growth: implications for development planning
Toolkits | July 2011 | Lit Ping Low
Contributing to an expanding debate on economics and climate change, CDKN has launched a Guide to green growth. Aimed primarily at national planners and policy advisors in developing countries, this Guide focuses on the role of economic tools in planning for green...
Download Defining climate compatible development
Comment | 24 June 2011 | Mairi Dupar
Are 'adaptation' and 'mitigation' helpful as a policy framework, when policy makers come to grapple with the impact of climate change on people’s lives and livelihoods? Mairi Dupar explores 'climate compatible development' as an approach.
Read and comment What the women said: conversations with LDC women negotiators in Bonn
Comment | 21 June 2011 | Tristan Stubbs and Jessica Sinclair Taylor
'Female negotiators see a strong need for further capacity building and training to allow their full participation in the discussions, and to ensure that the UNFCCC process makes full use of women’s contributions.'
Read and comment Seeking a cure for Portal Proliferation Syndrome
Comment | 7 June 2011 | Geoff Barnard
Geoff Barnard investigates Portal Proliferation Syndrome (PPS) in the climate and development arena, and reports on how CDKN is convening knowledge players to combat it.
Read and comment Postcard from Frankfurt 2: CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop round-up
Comment | 7 June 2011 | Tristan Stubbs
'Though meetings that discuss other aspects of climate change happen all the time, this was the first international forum on climate change knowledge management that many of the participants had attended... Though it won’t be easy, by building on the relationships...
Read and comment CDKN in conversation with… Dr Atiq Rahman, Executive Director Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Films and videos | May 2011
Tristan Stubbs of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) in conversation with Dr. Atiq Rahman Executive Director of The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) a think tank, research and implementation organisation focusing on climate change and...
Find out more CDKN in conversation with… Dr Atiq Rahman, Executive Director Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Films and videos | May 2011 | Tristan Stubbs
Tristan Stubbs of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) in conversation with Dr. Atiq Rahman Executive Director of The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) a think tank, research and implementation organisation focusing on climate change and...
Downloads In conversation with Pierre Dembele, Malifolke Centre
Comment | 10 May 2011 | Tristan Stubbs
'Work in Mali demonstrates how renewable energy can support multiple development objectives: providing more affordable energy services to communities, encouraging local business development and income generation, managing national energy demand and reducing...
Read and comment CDKN in conversation with… Umoro Godana, Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme (PISP)
Films and videos | May 2011
Nomadic pastoralists of the arid and semi-arid lands of northern Kenya have been adapting for millennia to the region’s hot and dry conditions, moving in search of water and pasture. But a changing climate presents new challenges to pastoralists, as drought events...
Find out more CDKN in conversation with… Umoro Godana, Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme (PISP)
Films and videos | May 2011 | Tristan Stubbs
Nomadic pastoralists of the arid and semi-arid lands of northern Kenya have been adapting for millennia to the region’s hot and dry conditions, moving in search of water and pasture. But a changing climate presents new challenges to pastoralists, as drought events...
Downloads CDKN in conversation… with Indi McLymont-Lafayette, PANOS Caribbean
Films and videos | December 2010 | Tristan Stubbs
Tristan Stubbs of CDKN speaks with Indi McLymont-Lafayette, Regional Director, of Community, Media & Environment at PANOS Caribbean. Indi discusses the impacts of climate change in Jamaica and the role of Panos to communicate development issues and the knowledge...
Downloads CDKN in conversation… with Indi McLymont-Lafayette, PANOS Caribbean
Films and videos | December 2010
Tristan Stubbs of CDKN speaks with Indi McLymont-Lafayette, Regional Director, of Community, Media & Environment at PANOS Caribbean. Indi discusses the impacts of climate change in Jamaica and the role of Panos to communicate development issues and the knowledge...
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