Mairi Dupar

CDKN Global Public Affairs Co-ordinator, Climate and Environment

As Global Knowledge Management Coordinator for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Mairi aims to make information and analysis on climate compatible development more accessible to decision-makers in the global South.

She manages CDKN's publications and knowledge-sharing programme and writes for CDKN's website, www.cdkn.org.

Her work involves commissioning articles, films and events for CDKN. Among her latest projects is a users' guide on climate compatible development planning tools, for the use of planning ministries in developing countries.

If you have ideas for how CDKN can improve the information and analysis it offers developing country decision-makers, please get in touch.

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Strike first, before the next climate disaster

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 11 July 2013

'Disaster galvanises action. Floods, cyclones, droughts, jolt leaders into planning for future extreme weather events in a way that scientists’ projections about climate change – which might seem too hypothetical – often fail to do. What we need is the same flurry, but before the fact.'

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Progress for Climate Negotiations - in the UNFCCC and beyond

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 24 June 2013

What did – or didn’t – happen in Bonn?

Every June, Parties to the UNFCCC gather in Bonn to advance understanding on technical issues and monitor the implementation of the Convention. These intersessional meetings are important milestones, halfway between Conferences of the Parties (CoPs) which happen every November-December. They provide an opportunity for negotiators and technical experts to build momentum on issues before government ministers become involved for higher-level political discussions at the year’s end.

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Climate and Development Outlook: special edition on negotiations support

Publication - Newsletters - 29 May 2013

Mairi Dupar and Dan Hamza-Goodacre

CDKN’s latest edition of Climate and Development Outlook (May 2013) turns the spotlight on the global climate negotiations, as nations gather in Bonn for meetings of the UNFCCC.

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CKDN debate highlights the need for a new economic narrative

Publication - Articles and blogs - 14 May 2013

Mairi Dupar

Mairi Dupar reports from a debate held by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) highlighting compelling economic narratives are needed to drive action on climate compatible development – and that policies must be carefully designed to assist the poorest in society.

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Could climate justice be the rallying cry the world needs?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 9 May 2013

'History is littered with examples of how public and political opinion reached ‘tipping points’ on defining moral issues of their day, from slavery, to women’s rights, to decolonisation, to human rights, ushering in milestone agreements and dragging implementation behind. The Climate Justice Dialogue represents an effort to accelerate the tipping point on climate commitment and action.'

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