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📚 Lessons learnt from CDKN’s knowledge brokering experience 📚

Review the challenges and read about the pathways, case studies & #knowledgebrokering approaches used, key takeaways & main lessons learnt 👉 bit.ly/3LIN2Yo

@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 AM
CDKN will soon launch a brand new website section to share the lessons we have learnt from our #knowledgebrokering experience.
Keep an eye on our page for the launch!
More on CDKN’s knowledge brokering work 👉 bit.ly/4stwcNF
@southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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
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
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
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
How can we better track climate action impact in a transparent way that benefits the national & county levels in Kenya? 📊

Find out in this new CDKN #blog by Esperanza Karaho, exploring a new standardised indicator handbook & digital #MERL tool for #climateaction in #Kenya.

📖bit.ly/43m1QBH
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📢 OPPORTUNITY: Call for case studies for LBO-3

Local Biodiversity Outlooks (LBO) is accepting case study proposals for the 3rd edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks.

Deadline: 24 October
More details: bit.ly/4390ASo

@lisamcnamara.bsky.social @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
📢 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
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
⏰ 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
September 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌍 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
September 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM