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This fact sheet describes the mission, strategic themes, and operational achievements of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), an alliance of six organisations dedicated to helping developing countries implement climate compatible development.

This fact sheet describes the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), an alliance of six organizations providing research, advisory services, and knowledge sharing to help developing countries implement climate-compatible development. The CDKN focuses on four strategic themes: climate-compatible development strategies, improving access to climate finance, strengthening climate resilience through disaster risk management, and supporting climate negotiators from Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

This briefing examines the political economy of Climate Compatible Development (CCD) in Kenya, analyzing how political interests, institutional frameworks, and donor influence shape the transition to low-carbon energy. It highlights the tension between national goals for industrial growth and energy security versus the needs of the rural poor and climate mitigation targets.

This report provides a vulnerability assessment of sea level rise (SLR) and coastal flood risk in Bangladesh, utilizing high-resolution elevation data and population maps to project land and population exposure by 2100 under two carbon emission scenarios (RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5).

This document provides a set of clarification questions and answers regarding a tender for the development of a new website for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).

This fact sheet from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) outlines approaches to building local resilience and influencing national climate policy through community-based research in the Caribbean, specifically focusing on Saint Lucia and Jamaica.

This fact sheet outlines approaches for enhancing local community resilience to climate change, focusing on vulnerability assessments, adaptive capacity, and the importance of multi-scale collaborative networks, with specific examples from the Caribbean.

This document is a fragment of a research report featuring a graph that compares reference and policy scenarios for India's emissions intensity from 2000 to 2030-32, based on a synthesis of modelling studies.

This fact sheet describes climate data tools and research funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to support decision-makers in the Caribbean. It highlights the CARIWIG data portal, which provides historical data and future projections, and the CCORAL tool for integrating climate change into policy and practice.

This fact sheet describes climate data tools and research funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) for the Caribbean region, specifically focusing on the CARIWIG data portal and the CCORAL tool for policy integration.

This policy brief argues that small-scale Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are critical for Indonesia to meet its growing electricity demand and renewable energy targets. While the government has implemented feed-in-tariffs (FIT) to create a business case for these projects, significant barriers remain in finance, permitting, and grid operation. The document recommends a policy package providing technical and financial support to IPPs, banks, and government authorities to reduce risks and lower project costs.

This briefing summarizes a study requested by the Government of Nepal to estimate the economic costs of climate change across three key sectors: agriculture, hydroelectricity, and water-induced disasters. It employs an iterative risk-management approach to analyze current adaptation deficits and project future costs through the mid-century and beyond, emphasizing the high level of uncertainty in climate modeling and the need for scaled-up investment in resilience.

Plan 4C is a strategic framework for Cartagena, Colombia, aiming for climate compatible development by 2040. It addresses risks such as a projected 60 cm sea level rise and flooding that could affect 27.5% of the population and 86% of the city's historic heritage. The plan proposes 5 strategies and 36 projects across three main axes: economic adaptation (ports, industry, tourism), citizen adaptation (neighborhoods), and ecological restoration. The total estimated cost for city-wide adaptation is COL$1.5 trillion, with implementation supported by the proposed Cartagena Climate Action Center and a dedicated District Climate Change Fund.

This fact sheet outlines greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options for the residential, commercial, and agriculture (RCA) sectors in Pakistan. It identifies 12 potential options to improve energy efficiency, with a focus on replacing inefficient appliances and irrigation systems to reduce a projected rise in emissions from 29 MtCO2e in 2012 to 61 MtCO2e by 2030.

This factsheet outlines greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options for Pakistan's agriculture sector, which contributed nearly 42 per cent of national GHG emissions in 2012. It identifies twelve potential mitigation options and details five high-priority, cost-effective measures—improving irrigation, reducing methane from rice, implementing agroforestry, improving manure management, and limiting crop burning—that could collectively reduce emissions by 11.83 MtCO2e by 2030.

This fact sheet analyzes GHG emission projections for Pakistan's energy sector and proposes eight priority mitigation measures—including solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and grid efficiency improvements—to reduce emissions by 2030.

This factsheet outlines greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options for Pakistan's forestry sector, identifying five high-priority, cost-effective measures to reverse deforestation and increase carbon sequestration. It projects that forestry sector emissions will rise from approximately 10 MtCO2e in 2012 to 15 MtCO2e by 2030 under a business-as-usual scenario, while highlighting the potential for significant reductions through community management, conifer forest preservation, agroforestry, commercial plantations, and reforestation of degraded land.

This fact sheet outlines greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options for the industrial sector in Pakistan, focusing on energy efficiency improvements across key sub-sectors to reduce projected emissions by 2030.

This fact sheet outlines greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategies for Pakistan's transport sector, which contributed approximately 11% of the country's emissions in 2012. It projects a significant rise in emissions by 2030 and evaluates several high-priority mitigation options, including efficiency norms for vehicles, shifting traffic from road to rail, implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, and improving car maintenance.

This factsheet summarizes greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options for the waste sector in Pakistan, focusing on composting and landfill gas utilization to reduce emissions projected to double by 2030.