Charting a course toward climate compatible development - Seven years of CDKN (2010-2017)

The document reflects on seven years of CDKN's work to integrate climate action with poverty reduction, highlighting its influence on policies in 33 countries and its support for the Paris Agreement. It identifies critical gaps in current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the need for diversified climate finance beyond the Green Climate Fund, and the slow pace of sustainable transport and smart city adoption in developing nations compared to the rapid energy transition to renewables.

• CDKN has influenced policies and practices in 33 countries between 2010 and 2017, with more significant changes occurring in 13 of those nations.
• Current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement targets, leaving a gap of 14 GtCO²e to reach the 2°C limit of 42Gt by 2030, requiring an annual decarbonisation rate of 6.5% until 2100.
• While official climate finance for developing countries was estimated at $42bn last year and is projected to reach $67bn by 2020, it is significantly smaller than other sources like green bonds, which were expected to reach $120-200bn in 2017.
• The energy transition is progressing with 24% of global power now coming from renewable energy, but other sectors in developing countries lag behind; for example, electric vehicle technologies are largely absent except in India and China.
• Agriculture and land use present significant risks and opportunities, with 500 million people dependent on forests and a warning that 70% of emissions could come from agriculture and associated land use by 2050 if not addressed.

APA

Bickersteth, S. (2017). Charting a course toward climate compatible development - Seven years of CDKN (2010-2017). Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/story/feature-charting-a-course-toward-climate-compatible-development-seven-years-of-cdkn-2010-2017

Chicago

Bickersteth, Sam. Charting a course toward climate compatible development - Seven years of CDKN (2010-2017). Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2017. https://cdkn.org/story/feature-charting-a-course-toward-climate-compatible-development-seven-years-of-cdkn-2010-2017.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bickersteth2017charting, author = {Bickersteth, Sam}, title = {{Charting a course toward climate compatible development - Seven years of CDKN (2010-2017)}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2017}, month = jul, url = {https://cdkn.org/story/feature-charting-a-course-toward-climate-compatible-development-seven-years-of-cdkn-2010-2017}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }