Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) aims to advance gender-equitable and socially-inclusive climate-resilient action by mobilising knowledge-into-action, capacity and Southern climate leadership from local to global levels. It works with the public, private and non-governmental sectors in support of locally-owned and -led climate-resilient action.

CDKN is a Southern-led network founded in 2010. It is managed by SouthSouthNorth in Cape Town, South Africa, and implemented in partnership with Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) in Quito, Ecuador and ICLEI South Asia in Delhi, India.

A new five year phase (2022-2027) is focusing on accelerating equitable, financed and ecosystem-based action on climate change that is locally-led and strengthens the voice and climate leadership of disadvantaged groups at community level.