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Lessons learnt from CDKN’s knowledge brokering experience: Challenge 5 👉 bit.ly/4rfQHeW

Part of a series of 7 challenges based on CDKN’s knowledge brokering learning, challenge 5 notes that 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Since 2024, CDKN has worked with Nature and People as One (NaPO), K2A grantee, in northern Kenya.
This photo story, published in celebration of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists, with images provided by
@arashghoddousi.bsky.social, documents NaPO’s HCN initiative.
👉bit.ly/46kwhK4

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Georgina Cundill Kemp from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a trusted champion of CDKN's work over the years.

We really appreciated the chance to spend the day together, sharing the latest updates from our partners & projects.

New research from CDKN examines how water funds are embedding ecosystem-based adaptation into water governance systems serving more than 22.8 million people

Drawing on evidence from Colombia, Ecuador & Peru, CDKN sets out recommendations for governments, funders and practitioners

👉 bit.ly/3P0ej9R

Lessons learnt from CDKN’s knowledge brokering experience: Challenge 4 👉 bit.ly/3MG7Gcc

Part of a series of 7 challenges based on CDKN’s knowledge brokering learning, challenge 4 notes that 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬.

Lessons learnt from CDKN’s knowledge brokering experience: Challenge 3 👉 bit.ly/4rZ6xvg

Part of a series of 7 challenges based on CDKN’s knowledge brokering learning, challenge 3 recognises that, often, 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Lessons learnt from CDKN’s knowledge brokering experience: Challenge 2 👉 bit.ly/3OMWZVG

Part of a series of 7 challenges based on CDKN’s knowledge brokering learning, challenge 2 recognises that often climate change is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

CDKN Webinar – Kenya's Climate Resilience Journey YouTube video by Climate and Development Knowledge Network

🇰🇪 Last month CDKN held a webinar on Kenya's climate resilience journey with the Adaptation Consortium 🇰🇪

📽️If you weren’t able to attend or would like to go over the insightful findings shared in the #webinar, watch the #recording of the webinar here 👉 youtu.be/hRg6IIMP2YI 📽️

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🇧🇯 Read how centuries-old systems of traditional forest stewardship are delivering conservation outcomes in #Benin, while strengthening local livelihoods and business opportunities 🇧🇯

📖Read more here: bit.ly/3ObOinL

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

Lessons learnt from CDKN’s knowledge brokering experience: Challenge 1 👉 bit.ly/46C481a

Part of a series of 7 challenges based on CDKN’s knowledge brokering learning process, challenge 1 explores how key stakeholders lack sufficient information about the significance and urgency of climate change.

Since 2024, CDKN has worked with Nature and People as One (NaPO), a K2A grantee, in northern Kenya.

In celebration of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists, a new photo story, with images provided by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, documents NaPO’s HCN initiative.

👉bit.ly/46kwhK4

CDKN Namibia held a workshop with government representatives & civil society to strengthen understanding of how GESI can be integrated into policy & planning 🇳🇦
Inspired by CDKN Ethiopia, a central objective of the workshop was to start developing a new GESI resource pack.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/4au5QUH

2025 was a busy year for CDKN in strengthening our #knowledgebrokering capacities.

Read this insightful reflection by CDKN Learning Lead Lucia Scodanibbio on the lessons that have emerged this past year from CDKN’s knowledge brokering #workshops 👉bit.ly/4a80H3r

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⏰ HAPPENING TOMORROW: CDKN webinar co-hosted with the Adaptation Consortium (ADA) “Kenya’s climate resilience journey: Lessons, insights and opportunities for change from a climate investments functionality & governance study" 🇰🇪

📅 Tuesday 27 January 2026
⏲️ 15.30 EAT
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/43TGE6x

Ahead of CDKN's Kenya webinar co-hosted with the Adaptation Consortium (ADA) on 27 January at 15.30 (EAT), we invite you to read our policy brief, undertaken by ADA & partners with CDKN’s support 👉https://bit.ly/3YNuskV

Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/43TGE6x

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CDKN is pleased to share the UNDP 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 (𝐀𝐅𝐂𝐈𝐀) 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.
As a partner through our Innovation Small Grant Accelerator Platform project, we supported AFCIA grantees, with @globalresilience.bsky.social & ICCCAD.
📘 Read the report: bit.ly/4sR9L5g

CDKN's fellow, Khiddir Iddris, from Ghana's Early-Career Research Fellowship programme, explores Ghana's urgent e-waste crisis & presents a compelling case for a sustainable, circular economy
Read the #blog 👉 bit.ly/3NBEG5j

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

📚 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

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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
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Climate resilient public good investments: Lessons and experiences from Kenya YouTube video by Climate and Development Knowledge Network

Join us on 27 January at 14.30 (EAT) for a webinar on “Kenya’s Climate Resilience journey: Lessons, Insights and Opportunities for Change from a Climate Investments Functionality & Governance Study"

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/43TGE6x 🔗

📽️ youtu.be/l2eSl_wCfkA?...

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Climate resilient public good investments: Lessons and experiences from Kenya YouTube video by Climate and Development Knowledge Network

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

📽️ youtu.be/l2eSl_wCfkA?...

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

NaPO Conservation CUP | The movie YouTube video by Nature And People As One

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

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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

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...

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🌴 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-...

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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
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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

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

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💧 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

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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.

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