In September 2011, the UK government announced the launch of an initiative to support developing countries in international climate talks. This is being managed by CDKN as the Climate Window of the Advocacy Fund. CDKN’s vision is that internation...
Priority Themes
Strengthening resilience through climate-related disaster risk management
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of weather hazards in certain regions, including heat waves, droughts and intense rainfall, leaving some people and their assets more exposed and vulnerable than others. Work is urgently needed to...
Improving developing countries' access to climate finance
Developing countries need an estimated US$100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020 to adapt to the negative effects of climate change and help them shift toward low-carbon development paths. Although this target was agreed by the international c...
Climate compatible development strategies and plans
Developing countries range from large, rapidly-growing economies such as China, India and Brazil to small, very low-emitting economies. For the first of these, embracing climate compatible development means adapting to climate change and improving huma...
Other themes
- Loss and damage
- Knowledge management
- Agriculture and food security
- Low carbon energy
- Poverty and vulnerability
- Water
- Urban areas and climate change
- Governance and climate change
- Green growth
- Climate mitigation
- Climate change impacts
- Climate change adaptation
- Gender and climate change
- Community-based adaptation
- Forestry and REDD
