CDKN: New Phase Kicks-off with Promises to Advance Gender-Equitable and Socially Inclusive Climate-Resilient Action
The third phase of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) kicked-off in September 2022 with all the partners and donors coming together in Hague, Netherlands for an inception meeting. The new phase will build on the success and learnings from the last 12 years of work to respond to the challenges induced by climate […]
Singra Municipality Launches Voluntary Local Review Report
The Voluntary Local Review (VLR) report prepared for Singra city in Bangladesh was launched on the 28th of June by the Hon’ble Mayor of Singra Md. Zannatul Ferdous in an event held in the municipality. The VLR has been developed by Singra with technical support from ICLEI South Asia under the Climate and Development Knowledge […]
CDKN Policy Brief: Climate Resilience Planning in Nepal
Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Asia has released a policy brief titled ‘Climate Resilience Planning in Mountainous Regions in Nepal’, which has been jointly developed by ICLEI South Asia and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development under CDKN’s Knowledge Accelerator project. The policy brief assesses the challenges in undertaking local climate mitigation and adaptation […]
CDKN Workshop Highlights Importance of Social Inclusion in Climate Resilience Planning
ICLEI South Asia, under the Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) programme, organised a virtual session on ‘Social Inclusion in Climate Resilience Planning’ at the ICLEI World Congress in Malmo, Sweden on the 12th of May 2022. The CDKN programme is supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada and the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
CDKN Asia launches Dhulikhel’s Voluntary Local Review Report
The Voluntary Local Review (VLR) report of Dhulikhel city in Nepal, the first by a city in South Asia, was launched during a hybrid event held in the presence of the city’s Hon’ble Mayor Mr. Ashok Kumar Byanju Shreshta, on the 5th of April 2022. In his speech at the event, Mr Shreshta said, “For […]
Extreme Heat: New Knowledge Products Highlight Need to Build Resilience, Adaptation
The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted that by the end of this century, South Asia will be one of the “hardest-hit” regions by heat stress and “deadly” heat events. This year, the average maximum temperature in Northwest India and in the country as a whole in March, as well as in Northwest and […]
ICLEI SA Organises Multiple Sessions at World Congress
To register for the sessions, click here. Social Inclusion in Climate Resilience Planning The session aims to, through ‘serious fun games’, facilitate practitioners and local governments to deepen their understanding of the need for, barriers to, and strategies for achieving more socially-inclusive climate resilience. In addition, an innovative Gender Training Toolkit has been developed that […]
CDKN Asia Develops New Knowledge Products for Enhancing Climate Resilience
Several publications are being finalised and readied for launch under the Climate and Development Knowledge Network -Knowledge Accelerator(CDKN-KA) program. ICLEI South Asia and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have jointly developed a training manual on “Planning for Climate Resilience” for the benefit of local governments in Nepal. The process followed in the […]
Focus on CDKN, CapaCITIES Initiatives at COP26 Session on Global South Commitment to Climate Action
ICLEI South Asia, supported by partner agencies, conducted a key session on the “Global South Commitment to Climate Action” during the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow in the United Kingdom on the 10th of November 2021. Distinguished speakers representing national governments, development agencies […]
Six Bangladesh Cities Learn Climate Resilience Planning in CDKN Training Sessions
ICLEI South Asia organised an in-person training programme for city corporations and municipalities in Bangladesh on “Planning of Climate Resilient Strategy” on the 14th and 15th of November 2021, under the Climate and Development Knowledge Network- Knowledge Accelerator (CDKN-KA) project. The training was attended by representatives of the city corporations of Narayanganj, Rajshahi, and Gazipur […]