Resilient Cities Concludes with a Firm No to Unsustainable Development
ICLEI South Asia participated in the 10th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability in Bonn, Germany. The event was held from the 26th to 28th of June. ICLEI GexCom member Kinlay Dorjee, Mayor, Thimphu Municipality, Bhutan also represented South Asia at the Congress. ICLEI South Asia […]
Europe Tour Inspires Climate-Smart Vision in Urban-LEDS II Cities
A study tour of Europe was organised under the project “Urban-LEDS II – Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies” from 17th to 24th June 2019. Participants from 18 countries visited three leading European cities that are part of the Urban LEDS network. They got an opportunity to explore first-hand […]
BLOG: Gender Equity in Climate Finance – Why Does it Matter?
Women, who form the majority of the world’s 3.4 billion poorest people[1], are often disproportionally affected by the impacts of climate change because of discriminating societal norms and unfit policies. It is well known and accepted that women and men also contribute to climate change responses in different ways. The Cancun Agreement (2010) acknowledges gender […]
CDKN Guide Offers Practical Advice on Communicating Climate Change
This week, CDKN launches Communicating climate change: A practitioner’s guide, the revised 2019 edition. The guide is full of tips for communicating climate change effectively, drawn from CDKN’s experience in South Asia and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It is by practitioners and for practitioners. If you have ever tried […]
CDKN Workshop Puts Focus on 2020 Themes
SouthSouthNorth (SSN) hosted a three-day workshop at its office in Cape Town, South Africa, from May 14 to 16, 2019, as part of a team-building and planning event held under the aegis of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). The participants included CDKN’s Country Engagement Leads from Nepal, India and Bangladesh, besides Kenya, Ethiopia, […]
CDKN Launches in Nepal, Conducts Action Labs in Asia
ICLEI South Asia, the Asia Regional Coordinator for Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) programme, organised Action Labs in India, Nepal and Bangladesh in the month of April 2019. The purpose of the Action Labs was to have close engagement with in-country actors at national, regional and city level actors as well as identify Knowledge […]
CDKN Facilitates Discussion on How to Enhance Effective Communication of Climate Knowledge to Meet Sub-national Needs
ICLEI South Asia, with the support of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) organised a panel session on the effective communication tools and pathways that can be adopted to meet climate knowledge needs. The session was held on Day 3 of the 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019 in New Delhi. During the panel […]
Peer Exchange on Finance and Investable Climate Action Planning
On behalf of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities Resource Team, ICLEI organized the session Peer Change on Finance and Investable Climate Action Planning as part of the Resilient Cities Asia Pacific 2019. The session was supported by the Resource Team comprised by World Resource Institute, C40 and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. The […]
CDKN at COP24: The Start of a 'Big Conversation' on Communicating Climate Change
At COP24 in Katowice, Poland in December, the CDKN team shared top tips on communicating for climate action – and helped push the boundaries on audience engagement. “How do I communicate better with colleagues in my organisation about climate change and opportunities for climate action?” “How about communicating with other stakeholder groups, and with the […]
CDKN Invites Stakeholders for New Phase Launch in India and Bangladesh
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) launched its new phase in Bangladesh and India on the 19th and 20th of November respectively. ICLEI South Asia is one of the four supporting partners in this programme along with non-profit organisations SouthSouthNorth, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, and the Overseas Development Institute. In the new phase, CDKN will […]