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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · 9d

Are you interested in becoming an #ExpertReviewer for the IPCC? ✅

Join the #onlinetraining for Expert Reviewers to help shape the IPCC Cities Report!

📅 8 October 2025
🕒 12:00–14:00 SAST
📍 Zoom
🔗 bit.ly/4mMIcps

@southsouthnorth.org @ipcc.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social #CLAREProgramme

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · 10d

📢 New Policy Brief out now
T20 South Africa has published a short #policybrief, with contributions from Samson Mbewe, Charlotte Phatsimo Rahman, @mairidupar.bsky.social, & Shehnaaz Moosa
📖 Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Kle5In
@southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social @odi.global

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · 11d

⏰ SAVE THE DATE ⏰

Don't miss this virtual event: Rights-based Finance for Climate and Biodiversity: Enabling Just Transition and Transformative Change

🗓️When: 2nd October 14:00-15:30 UTC+2
➡️Register: bit.ly/3KqGpsP

@netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · 22d

🌍 Save the Date – Climate Week NYC 2025 🌍

Join us in rethinking law & justice at our one-day event at #ClimateWeekNYC

📅 22 September 2025
📍 New York University School of Law
🔗Pre-register: lnkd.in/djV3Efhu

@southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @besnet.world

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Sep 3

CDKN #Africa 's fellow, Dr Lum Sonita Awah, from the Early‑Career Research Fellowship, highlights the urgency of adopting a systems approach to tackle flooding in Limbe, Cameroon 🌍
📖Read the full #blog here: bit.ly/46iIsaB

@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 29

📢 New blog out!

This #blog, by Manju Adhikari & Rahul Singh of #CDKNAsia, highlights Nepal’s significant vulnerability to climate change.

Read more here 👉 bit.ly/4n3Hx3t

@southsouthnorth.org @icleisouthasia.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social
#Nepal #LAPA #LLA

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 28

📽️CDKN’s Valerie Nutakor shares reflections on how financing strategies in her home country Ghana compare to the approaches used in the Miu-Mwala project in Kenya.

👉 www.youtube.com/shorts/6GNPDQXpvok

@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social #LLAworkshop2025 #LLA

CDKN's Valerie Nutakor shares insights from a field visit to Miu-Mwala Irrigation Weir in Machakos

YouTube video by Climate and Development Knowledge Network

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 28

On the ground at CDKN's #LLAworkshop2005 with @mairidupar.bsky.social 👇

#AdaptationLearning #CDKNinAction #ClimateResilience
@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

Mairi Dupar @mairidupar.bsky.social · Aug 28

I'm honoured to be in Machakos Kenya with @cdkn.org & our fantastic partners who are realising locally led climate adaptation in communities & districts in 15 countries. We're unpacking how to identify, mobilise local & external resources; deepen gender & social inclusion for resilience @odi.global

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 26

The CDKN LLA Workshop started yesterday in Machakos, Kenya!

Day 1 included a visit to a locally led project on food & water security, with the County Government of Machakos & the FLLoCA programme

Follow us as we rethink how climate adaptation can truly be driven from the ground up 🌱

Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 21

🚨 HAPPENING TODAY at 13:00 UTC+2!
🔗 Register now for this free virtual event: bit.ly/4oCNBl2
CDKN will be discussing #knowledgebrokering & addressing some of the issues that need to be overcome for climate action work to be most impactful.

@southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social #PCCBNetwork

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 20

💡Next week, at the CDKN #LLA workshop, our teams will come together to share learnings about what works.

Gearing up to the #workshop, participants were asked "What comes to mind when you think of LLA?"

See some of their answers below 💬

#LLAWorkshop2025 #AdaptationLearning #CDKNinAction

Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 15

📅 SAVE THE DATE!

CDKN is hosting a dynamic session with the #PCCBNetwork to explore the concept & principles of #knowledgebrokering & #cocreation

📅 21 August 13:00-14:00 UTC+2

🔗 Register for this free virtual event: bit.ly/4oCNBl2

@southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 12

On this #InternationalYouthDay we celebrate African youth leading transformative climate action & the power young leaders have in shaping sustainable futures.

Read our #blog, showcasing 12 remarkable African youth projects carried out by CDKN Justice awardees: bit.ly/4oypV1g

@southsouthnorth.org

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Aug 8

⏰ HAPPENING TODAY: Online #webinar at 2-4pm EAT!

🔗 Register now bit.ly/3TUbVRq to join a conversation that will shape #SoAR2025 & influence the road to #COP30.

Co-organised with ARIN & STEP Change metrics working group

@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 25

📽️Watch CDKN's Diop Ndeye Coumba speak at #EndaClimateWeek2025 on #climatefinance

👉 youtu.be/LUqw9q1lwIs

CDKN has been contributing to key conversations reaffirming the importance of #inclusivefinance

@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

Les acteurs non étatiques mobilisés pour une COP inclusive

YouTube video by ENDA Énergie TV

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 25

RECAP: Day 3 of CDKN’s #knowledgebrokering training in #Ethiopia, focusing on the Theory of Change, provided provided a practical space for youth to engage on #climateaction
@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

#YouthCanvasEthiopia #youthtraining #CDKNEthiopia

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 24

On the ground at #EndaClimateWeek2025 in Dakar: CDKN's Diop Ndeye Coumba & Arnaud Baana Enono are taking part, highlighting #LLA, #Indigenousknowledge & #localclimatefinance in this platform for local climate solutions

@southsouthnorth.org @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 24

Currently underway: CDKN's 4-day workshop on how #knowledgebrokering can enhance fundable projects & their impact
Organised with EWYCA & Enfluencers in #Ethiopia, the training is an opportunity to connect, collaborate & solve real-world problems 😊
@southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 16

From 21 to 25 July, CDKN's partner, Enda Energie, will host their annual Climate & Energy Week in Dakar, #Senegal, with the support of @southsouthnorth.org, @oxfamgb.bsky.social, and others.

📅 Full programme: bit.ly/44ONLwN

🔗 Watch the sessions live: bit.ly/4kJhJZ4

#EndaClimateWeek2025

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 16

We'd like to hear from you!

Kindly share your feedback on our Africa work with the below surveys:

🔸Ghana climate literacy games bit.ly/4kE0E2o
🔸Ethiopia GESI training manual bit.ly/4kXXas1
🔸Kenya technical briefs bit.ly/4lol5Sh
🔸Knowledge brokering reflection cards bit.ly/4kKZ4fj

Thank you 🙂

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 10

📢 Nouveau blog ! Comment le #savoirautochtone des traditions forestières sacrées peut-il être intégré dans les politiques nationales de biodiversité ? 🌲

Lisez le #blog de CDKN sur le projet de collaboration de SURVIE ONG dans le Sud du #Bénin 👉 bit.ly/4nGfOHa

@netherlandsmfa.bsky.social

Integrating Indigenous knowledge into environmental policies for sustainable forest management in Benin

This blog, written by Ferdinand Ayimasse, Esdras Obossou and Edmond Totin, highlights SURVIE NGO’s collaborative project in southern Benin, where Indigenous knowledge from sacred forest traditions is ...

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 10

📢 New blog out!

How can #Indigenousknowledge from #sacredforest traditions be integrated into national biodiversity policy? 🌲

Read more in this CDKN #blog about SURVIE ONG's collaborative project in southern #Benin

👉 bit.ly/4nGfOHa

@netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @southsouthnorth.org

Integrating Indigenous knowledge into environmental policies for sustainable forest management in Benin

This blog, written by Ferdinand Ayimasse, Esdras Obossou and Edmond Totin, highlights SURVIE NGO’s collaborative project in southern Benin, where Indigenous knowledge from sacred forest traditions is ...

bit.ly

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 10

⏰Last day to apply for this great opportunity to work with CDKN in Ghana!

#GESI #GhanaJobs #climatejobs #CDKNGhana @southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social

SouthSouthNorth @southsouthnorth.org · Jul 9

#JobOpportunity: SSN seeks a Ghana-based consultant to document @cdkn.org's work with women’s groups in the Upper West Region via video and case study.

Apply before midnight (SAST) on 11 July 2025.

Apply here: buff.ly/PU5ksQa

#greenjobs #climatejobs #GESI #GhanaJobs #documentary #socialmedia

Consultancy Opportunity: Documenting CDKN’s Impact with Women Groups in Upper West Region of Ghana

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jul 2

🔈New opportunity with CDKN Ghana!

Apply before midnight (SAST) on 11 July 2025.
Learn more below & here: buff.ly/PU5ksQa

#jobvacancy #GhanaJobs #GESI #SSN

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Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org · Jun 30

Don’t miss CDKN Ghana at JoyNews Studio live this Wednesday, 3 July, at 5:00 PM GMT! 📻📺

We will be taking part in the national dialogue "Coordinating Climate Action: From Policy to Practice".

Join the conversation via Zoom 👉 tr.ee/MOzfJovbet

@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social

Zoom Link Registration : National Climate Dialogue

Date: Thursday, 3rd July 2025 Time: 6:00 PM prompt

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