How can CDKN help?

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) aims to help decision-makers in developing countries design and deliver climate compatible development. We do this by providing demand-led research and technical assistance, and channelling the best available knowledge on climate change and development to support policy processes at the country level.

CDKN Highlights

VIDEO: Conversations on Green Growth in Asia

Watch a new video from CDKN and the Asia LEDS Partnership in which Asian countries share their innovative approaches to low emissions development.
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CDKN Asia | on: 12pm, April 11th, 2013

FEATURE: Aid to Trade and opportunities for climate compatible development

CDKN and the Aldersgate Group recently hosted an event to explore the role of business partnerships to deliver climate compatible development and to look at whether a shift from aid to trade could be an effective means to meet both climate and poverty reduction needs.
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by: CDKN Global | on: 9am, April 10th, 2013

FEATURE: Identifying the best routes to climate compatible development

In the first of two pieces reporting on CDKN’s workshop on Climate Compatible Development (CCD) in Ethiopia, Mónica Andrade, Regional Coordinator of CDKN LAC, outlines delegates’ views on the drivers of, and barriers to, successful CCD implementation
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by: CDKN Global | on: 8am, April 08th, 2013

EVENT: First Climate Justice Dialogue takes place in Chile

On 3 and 4 April, the first Climate Justice Dialogue will be hosted in Santiago de Chile. Supported by CDKN, the Dialogue aims to mobilise political willingness to build an equitable and ambitious climate agreement by 2015
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by: CDKN Global | on: 11am, April 03rd, 2013

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FEATURE: Incorporating resilience into the post-2015 development goals

As the UN launches its first report on the Post-2015 MDG consultations, CDKN’s Amy Kirbyshire reflects on what the 5th Africa Drought Adaptation Forum taught us about how resilience can be measured and incorporated into the Post-2015 development framework.
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by: CDKN Global | on: 8am, April 01st, 2013

INSIDE STORY: Index-Based Mortality Livestock Insurance in Mongolia

This Inside Story explains how The Government of Mongolia’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Project is helping Mongolian herders cope with the harsh and unpredictable weather resulting from climate change.
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by: CDKN Global | on: 10am, March 30th, 2013