Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP) and Hagler Bailly Pakistan (HBP) discuss in a new online article how a CDKN project in Pakistan is using a process of stakeholder engagement and ‘learning’ to turn the National Climate Change Policy to action. Looking at problems and opportunities...

In 2006, when Asian Development Bank (ADB) decided to launch a multi-million dollar rural water project in eastern and north central regions of Sri Lanka, there was one overriding requirement–women had to be placed in key positions. As a result, experts say, the $263 million...

Elizabeth Colebourn, CDKN Asia Project Manager, reports from a CDKN-supported retreat for influential editors from South Asia on the opportunities and challenges of reporting on climate change. CDKN has recognized that the media has the potential to play an important role in the policy-making process...

Prachi Seth from the Overseas Development Institute examines what is meant by the term ‘green economy’, and what lessons we can learn from past experiences to ensure market mechanisms work to support the most vulnerable.  

A four-month trek along the Great Himalaya Trail in Nepal, led by the world record holding mountaineer Apa Sherpa and in partnership with the Government of Nepal, is raising awareness of climate compatible development in this highly vulnerable region. A local journalist, Saroj Dhakal, has...

CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes, Ari Huhtala, attended the Carbon Expo in Cologne from May 30 to 31. His first blog from the Expo reported on a dynamic mood and strong calls for more ambitious targets to encourage low carbon investment. Here, he discusses...

At a time when glacier melting is a burning issue in Pakistan, experts have highlighted the emerging climate-change challenges, and steps that can be taken to reduce threats of floods in Northern Pakistan. To mitigate the risks caused by sudden discharge of a huge volume...

During the last three years, the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform (AKP) has worked towards building bridges between existing knowledge on adaptation to climate change and the governments, agencies and communities that need this knowledge to inform their attempts to adapt to the impacts...

Mountains, despite being a source of rich biodiversity that provides organic food, forest products and natural medicines, are all at risk from a diverse set of climate change impact. The future of mountains and mountain people got a long needed boost at the UN Conference...

The paper elaborates on the negative impacts of climate change on health, including heat, radiation-related illnesses, water, vector-borne diseases, under-nutrition, respiratory and cardiac problems.