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Climate and Development Knowledge Network
Formation2010
TypeClimate and development alliance
Key people
Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive Officer
Websitecdkn.org

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is a £50 million (US$77 million) initiative that links poor countries with experts on climate change. Its aim is to help developing nations adapt to the consequences of climate change and build capacity for a low-carbon economy. It is run by an alliance of organisations, headed by the giant professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and including: the Overseas Development Institute (a UK-based think tank on development and humanitarian issues); Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for sustainable development based in Ecuador); LEAD International (a UK-based NGO that aims to inspire leadership in developing countries); South South North, which aims to reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa; and INTRAC (an international NGO training and research centre in the UK).[1]


References

  1. ^ Policymakers to get hotline to climate experts, SciDev Net, 17 March 2010
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