Latest revision as of 14:26, 10 March 2022

General

Name of initiative	Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
LPAA initiative	No
NAZCA Initiative	No
Website address	https://cdkn.org/?loclang=en_gb
Related initiatives
Starting year	2010
End year
Secretariat	Climate and Development Knowledge Network 55 Salt River Road Cape Town South Africa
Organisational structure	The Climate and Development Knowledge Network is managed by an alliance of organisations led by SouthSouthNorth, and including Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, and the Overseas Development Institute.
Geographical coverage	Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and The Caribbean
Name of lead organisation	SouthSouthNorth
Type of lead organisation	NGO/Civil Society
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	South Africa

Description

Description	The Climate and Development Knowledge Network works to enhance the quality of life for the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change. We support decision-makers in designing and delivering climate compatible development. We do this by combining knowledge, research and technical advisory in support of locally owned and managed policy processes. We work in partnership with decision-makers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors nationally, regionally and globally.
Objectives	CDKN works across four strategic themes: 1. Climate finance 2. Cities 3. Water-Energy-Food nexus 4. Gender and social inclusion
Activities	From 2018 to 2021, CDKN will be further developing its knowledge-sharing and learning work in a new phase of the CDKN programme. CDKN’s knowledge services focus on making information and learning on climate compatible development easier to access and use, in support of ambitious climate action. We work in three areas: • Knowledge: We synthesise and tailor the wealth of evidence and learning on climate compatible development from CDKN and other international climate programmes to produce highly-targeted knowledge and tools to support policy design and implementation. • Engagement: We engage in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to ensure this tailored knowledge is used and achieves impact. We share the latest climate information and learning to enhance global knowledge and inform key debates. • Peer learning: We bring developing countries together to share their experiences and learning on delivering climate action on the ground. We help connect fellow professionals who face similar climate and development challenges, within and across borders.
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Monitoring and Impacts

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Goals
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Available reporting

Participants

Participants

Number

Names

Members

4

Companies

0

Business organisations

0

Research and educational organisations

0

Non-governmental organisations

0

National states

0

Governmental actors

0

Regional / state / county actors

0

City / municipal actors

0

Intergovernmental organisations

0

Financial Institutions

0

Faith based organisations

0

Other members

4

SouthSouthNorth (South Africa), Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (Ecuador), ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (Germany), and the Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom)

Supporting partners

3

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) and Canada's International Development Research Centre (Canada), IDRC (Canada)

Number of members in the years

Have only national states as participators

No

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

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 |NAZCA Initiative=No
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-|Starting year=2017
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-More London Riverside
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-|Organisational structure=The Climate and Development Knowledge Network is managed by an alliance of organisations led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), and including Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, LEAD Pakistan, the Overseas Development Institute, and SouthSouthNorth.
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-CDKN has three main governance pillars: the Management Oversight Committee, the Network Council and the Management Team.
+|Geographical coverage=Asia and the Pacific,Africa,Latin America and The Caribbean
+|Name of lead organisation=SouthSouthNorth
-The Committee is responsible for oversight of CDKN’s strategic direction and operational oversight on behalf of the donors. Chaired by a senior DfID official, it focuses on the application of programme funding and the management of the network by the CEO, organisation and partners.
+|Type of lead organisation=NGO/Civil Society
+|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=South Africa
-The Network Council is the governance body for the running of the CDKN Alliance. The Council acts in close consultation with PwC, as the contracting organisation.
-The Management team is responsible for the day to day running of CDKN. It is chaired by the CEO and comprises of the Chief Operations Officer, the regional leads and Heads of Output.
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-|Type of initiative=Technical dialogue,Political dialogue,Capacity building
-|Primary function=Institutional capacity building (e.g. training publication / workshops / conferences)
-|Secondary functions=Lobbying (e.g. output publication advocating a particular policy option / workshops),Knowledge production and innovation including research and development (e.g. output of research paper or database),Knowledge dissemination and exchange / Information and Networking (e.g. output databases / workshops / conference)
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-|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=United Kingdom
 |LPAA Theme Transport=No
 |LPAA Theme Agriculture=Yes
-|LPAA Theme Forestry=Yes
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-|LPAA Theme Business=Yes
+|LPAA Theme Business=No
-|LPAA Theme Financial institutions=No
+|LPAA Theme Financial institutions=Yes
 |LPAA Theme Buildings=No
 |LPAA Theme Industry=No
-|LPAA Theme Waste=Yes
+|LPAA Theme Waste=No
-|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=No
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 |LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
 |LPAA Theme International maritime transport=No
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 |LPAA Theme Resilience=Yes
 |LPAA Theme Innovation=No
-|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
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-|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
+|LPAA Theme Private Finance=Yes
-|Description=The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) supports decision-makers in designing and delivering climate compatible development. CDKN combines research, advisory services and knowledge management in support of locally owned and managed policy processes. CDKN works in partnership with decision-makers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors nationally, regionally and globally.
+|Description=The Climate and Development Knowledge Network works to enhance the quality of life for the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change. We support decision-makers in designing and delivering climate compatible development.
+We do this by combining knowledge, research and technical advisory in support of locally owned and managed policy processes. We work in partnership with decision-makers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors nationally, regionally and globally.
 |Goals=CDKN works across four strategic themes:
-. Climate compatible development strategies and plans, 2. Improving developing countries’ access to climate finance, 3. Strengthening resilience through climate-related disaster risk management, 4. Supporting climate negotiators from the least developed and most vulnerable countries.
+. Climate finance 2. Cities 3. Water-Energy-Food nexus 4. Gender and social inclusion
-|Activities=Technical assistance
+|Activities=From 2018 to 2021, CDKN will be further developing its knowledge-sharing and learning work in a new phase of the CDKN programme. CDKN’s knowledge services focus on making information and learning on climate compatible development easier to access and use, in support of ambitious climate action. We work in three areas:
-CDKN’s Technical assistance service provides tailored and demand-driven support to developing country decision-makers in the design and delivery of climate compatible development policies and practices, and acts as a catalyst to maximise the impact of increasing flows of donor climate and development funding.
+•	Knowledge: We synthesise and tailor the wealth of evidence and learning on climate compatible development from CDKN and other international climate programmes to produce highly-targeted knowledge and tools to support policy design and implementation.
+•	Engagement: We engage in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to ensure this tailored knowledge is used and achieves impact. We share the latest climate information and learning to enhance global knowledge and inform key debates.
-Advocacy
+•	Peer learning: We bring developing countries together to share their experiences and learning on delivering climate action on the ground. We help connect fellow professionals who face similar climate and development challenges, within and across borders.
-CDKN works with the leaders and negotiators of developing countries to help them become better informed and more skilled at negotiating, as well as to become more active, networked and influential actors in the international climate change talks. Only once they have a strong voice and can exert their influence in the international negotiating arena will more robust, progressive and equitable outcomes be possible for all parties.
+|Participants other members number=4
+|Participants other members names=SouthSouthNorth (South Africa), Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (Ecuador), ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (Germany), and the Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom)
-Research
+|Participants supporting partners number=3
-CDKN supports a wide range of demand-led, policy-relevant, applied research projects, led and implemented by a wide range of universities, private sector partners, NGOs and international agencies. CDKN targets projects which not only demonstrate scientific excellence, but which also clearly respond to identified developing country needs and demand and promise high policy impact. CDKN values innovative, game-changing research within the context of climate compatible development.
+|Participants supporting partners names=The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) and Canada's International Development Research Centre (Canada), IDRC (Canada)
-|Participants=CDKN alliance partners: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, the Overseas Development Institute, SouthSouthNorth and LEAD Pakistan
+|Number of members=
-|Funders=The Climate and Development Knowledge Network is currently funded over seven-year period from March 2010 to April 2017 by the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS). In 2015 CDKN began its journey from a dual Anglo-Dutch programme to becoming a multi-donor funded entity to ensure the long-term sustainability of CDKN beyond 2017.  As of September 2016 CDKN has received funding from 12 donors, including the Governments of Norway and Sweden, the US Department of State and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). CDKN is continuing to seek new funding partners and collaborations.
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+|Indicators information=
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