Mainstreaming climate compatible development – Insights from CDKN’s first seven years

This book draws on seven years' experience in supporting climate compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The book provides practical recommendations on how to achieve low-carbon, climate-resilient development in low income and emerging economies. This book is intended for decision-makers, development planners and practitioners (including civil society groups), as well as donors working to address climate change in developing countries.

The authors share CDKN’s pragmatic lessons on:

• Making the political case for climate action by aligning it with fundamental development priorities and getting key interest groups on board;
• Planning at both sectoral and cross-economy level;
• Mobilising financial, human and institutional systems and resources to deliver climate compatible development;
• Scaling up ambition – and in particular, scaling from successful pilot initiatives to more impactful, broader-reaching programmes; and
• Leveraging the ambition and momentum of progressive governments and non-state actors to build and sustain global, collective action.