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Watch this video to learn about the challenges & successes that affect water investments in Kenya.

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Then join us on the 27 January for a webinar on building climate resilience in Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands through water investments

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/43TGE6x
Climate resilient public good investments: Lessons and experiences from Kenya
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December 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Nature and People as One (NaPO), CDKN’s K2A grantee & this year’s winner of the Equator Prize, has released a documentary on the 2025 edition of the NaPO Conservation Cup, produced in collaboration with Routes Adventures 📽️

Watch the video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJg9RnnUFw

@southsouthnorth.org
NaPO Conservation CUP | The movie
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December 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A new article by 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 (𝐎𝐉𝐓𝐀), a programme of CDKN's alliance partner @southsouthnorth.org & funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), reflects on COP30 & G20.

Read the article 👉 cdkn.org/story/cloudy...

Photo credit: Thomas Fuhrmann
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What does a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) approach look like in Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) measures?

📄 Read more in this CDKN blog, by Gabriela Villamarín & Karen Hildahl of FFLA-CDKN: cdkn.org/story/drivin...

@southsouthnorth.org #CDKNLatinAmerica #FFLA #EbA #GESI
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌴 Enveloped by the Amazon rainforest, #COP30 was promising in its symbolism. But by the close of the final plenary, there was only evidence of small changes, say CDKN's Nadia Sitas and @mairidupar.bsky.social 🌴

Read the full post-COP blog here: cdkn.org/story/cop30-...

@southsouthnorth.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
How can ecosystem-based adaptation improve equity for vulnerable communities?

Dive into our latest blog exploring lessons from water funds in Latin America 💧

📄 Read here: cdkn.org/story/toward...

#ClimateJustice #EbA #Resilience #LatinAmerica #FFLA
@southsouthnorth.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In the latest @ipbes.net podcast, CDKN's Nadia Sitas joins Brit Garner & Nita Shashidharan to talk about how ecosystems & natural resources are often subject to competing interests & resource conflicts.

Listen to the #podcast 👉 bit.ly/48Hx0Wm
Learn more about CDKN's #EbA approach 👉 bit.ly/4iA6UJ8
Women are often disproportionately impacted by biodiversity loss, but simultaneously sidelined when it comes to decision-making at various levels. 🌱

In episode 3 of the IPBES podcast, Brit Garner discusses this in more depth with Nadia Sitas and Nita Shashidharan.

🎧 natureinsight.podbean.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
UNFCCC's new GAP offers renewed momentum for embedding gender equality into climate policy & action, elevating women's opportunities & wellbeing, say CDKN's @mairidupar.bsky.social & Patricia Bamanyaki.

Read the full post-COP blog 👉 bit.ly/3XqEbNk

@southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
💧 Water funds are emerging as powerful mechanisms for #climateadaptation in the Andes.

A new CDKN #workingpaper assesses ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in 8 #waterfunds across Columbia, Ecuador & Peru.

📄 Read more: bit.ly/3M9DOo4

#EbA #LatinAmerica #FFLA @southsouthnorth.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 SAVE THE DATE 📢

CDKN #webinar “Kenya’s Climate Resilience journey: Lessons, Insights & Opportunities for Change from a Climate Investments Functionality & Governance Study"

This event will share lessons learned from locally led climate investments in water across Kenya.

@southsouthnorth.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In a post-COP blog, CDKN's CEO Shehnaaz Moosa acknowledges the spotlight on many CDKN partners, including Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA), @icleisouthasia.bsky.social , @southsouthnorth.org, International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Read the full post-COP statement 👉 bit.ly/4iiRA3o
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Yesterday at #COP30, CDKN & partners launched a new initiative to bring equity to the centre of adaptation efforts, linking Section C and Targets 8 & 11 of the KMGBF with EbA.

A full publication is due for release in 2026 but a selection of case studies are readily available 👉 bit.ly/4oMTCvn
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How can climate finance truly serve those leading action on the ground?

At #COP30, our partners IDRC and @southsouthnorth.org will be convening global & local voices from Africa & Latin America to explore this question.

@worldresources.bsky.social #CDKNGhana
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What do you think would be a strong outcome for the GGA at #COP30 in Brazil? 🌎 🇧🇷

A new article, written by @mairidupar.bsky.social, senior technical advisor at CDKN, based at @odi.global UK, explores what a strong outcome would look like.

📖 Read here for more: bit.ly/4hTWOlY

@southsouthnorth.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It’s Day 2 at #COP30 in Belem, Brazil 🌎

Today CDKN's partner Enda Energie leads a session highlighting lessons from CDKN Senegal’s #LLA journey.

📅 11 November 13.00-14.00 (GMT-3)
📍 Senegal Pavilion
🔗 Join the session: bit.ly/4p1CktQ

Find out more about CDKN’s work in Senegal 👉bit.ly/4p35WHu
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#COP30 is just around the corner!

CDKN partners will be participating at several sessions, shaping conversations on adaptation & resilience, placing the knowledge & leadership of the Global South at the centre of resilient solutions to climate adaptation challenges.

Find out more 👉 bit.ly/43V7Gdy
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Finance is never just about numbers.

CDKN's latest blog unpacks some of the key takeaways from a recent PCCB Network webinar co-hosted with SwedBio, Soka Gakkai International & the Global Youth Biodiversity Network.

📖 Read how we can rethink finance through a rights-based lens 👉 bit.ly/3JsRZDF
Rethinking climate and biodiversity finance through a rights-based lens
When we talk about financing the response to climate change and biodiversity loss, the discussion often turns to numbers; how much is being pledged, how much is being spent, how big the gap remains. B...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In a new #casestudy, CDKN’s @mairidupar.bsky.social explores the experiences of Indigenous Nepalese women with forest‑based enterprises
Co-authored with Kanchan Lama, it is part of a background paper for ADB’s Asia-Pacific Climate Report
📖Read the case study bit.ly/3LkeWt3 and report bit.ly/4oLsMmR
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Last month CDKN Alliance Partner Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) hosted a dialogue to reflect on the ethics of the climate crisis 🌎

📖 Read more in this article, originally published on the FFLA website in Spanish: bit.ly/4hvInoe

#CDKNLatinAmerica #GlobalEthicalStocktake #COP30
FFLA hosts dialogue to reflect on ethics and climate action ahead of COP30
On 16 September, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA), a CDKN partner, convened women leaders, community representatives, activists and conservation groups from across Ecuador to reflect on the eth...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY: CDKN seeks a Grant Manager for Locally Led Adaptation

Deadline for application: midnight (SAST) on 23 November 2025

More info below 👇

#jobopportunity #grantmanager #LLA #climatejobs
@netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social
#JobVacancy: SSN seeks a Grant Manager for Locally Led Adaptation to join the @cdkn.org programme.

Apply before midnight (SAST) on 23 November 2025.

More info & apply: lnkd.in/dUrNfdFT

#vacancy
#jobseekerSA
#jobseekersSA
#greenjobs
October 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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🚀 Just launched: The final report from the #InclusiveConversations series, hosted by Swedbio, Focali, Soka Gakkai International and @cdkn.org, is now available!

Explore how the human rights-based approach is essential for building sustainable solutions. 🌱
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October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How can #philanthropy break out of the adaptation vs mitigation approach that creates static solutions?

Exploring the concept of the #ResilienceContinuum, this article gives practical examples and constructive advice.

📖 bit.ly/42Rkt0n

@southsouthnorth.org @impatienceearth.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🍃 UPDATE: The SBSTTA 27 - KEY ASKS BRIEF has been finalised!

This brief, collaboratively prepared by members of the Human Rights & Biodiversity Working Group, offers key recommendations for parties on how to center human rights in the CBD

🔗 Read the full brief: bit.ly/3KRenqG

@southsouthnorth.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
CDKN’s EbA Thematic Lead, Nadia Sitas, will represent CDKN at multiple events aligned with CBD SBSTTA‑27 and SB‑8j1, taking place in #Panama from 20-30 October.

Don't miss this opportunity to reach out and connect!

More details 👉 bit.ly/472GURe

@southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
CDKN organised a 4-day training of practical learning for young climate leaders in #Ethiopia on #knowledgebrokering.

The #video below shares reflections from participants and trainers. If you work on youth-led climate action, this is worth a watch.

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CDKN Ethiopia & Youth Canvas: How knowledge brokering turns ideas into high-impact projects
YouTube video by Climate and Development Knowledge Network
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October 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM