Enhancing access to renewable energy: A dividend for a just transition to low-carbon economies
Progress in low-carbon development has been slow due to significant knowledge gaps.
Progress in low-carbon development has been slow due to significant knowledge gaps.
This project is part of the Climate and Resilience (CLARE) partnership co-funded by IDRC and the UK’s Department for International Development.
Climate change represents a significant threat to human health, biodiversity, and the sustained eradication of poverty.
Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) were key to adopting the 2015 Paris Agreement, which outlines national goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and identifies financial needs for mitigation and adaptation efforts.
This project will support the Climate and Resilience partnership by covering the operational costs, including salaries and benefits, office costs, and travel of IDRC staff.
Climate and Resilience (CLARE) is a partnership co-funded by IDRC and the UK’s Department for International Development.
The African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES) group was created in 2015 to provide scientific expertise and evidence to inform the work of African climate negotiators.
A 2008 United Nations report states that climate change is not gender-neutral — women are more negatively affected by its impacts.
Rural communities in the Niger Delta are highly vulnerable to climate-related disasters, which also makes them effective incubators of community-based adaptation strategies.
The city of Cartagena, Colombia is home to more than 1 million inhabitants.