Final call: the last SMEP plastics webinar looks at how to move from promising plastic substitutes to real-world adoption, covering policy pathways, trade, and standards. Insights from participants will shape the final synthesis. 20 May docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Pleased to see this updated WISER Manual for Co-Production from SSN’s WISER programme. A practical guide grounded in real experience, supporting more inclusive and effective weather and climate services across Africa. collegeclimatezone.metoffice.gov.uk/ilp/pages/me...

Something to watch this weekend 👀 SSN convened partners from DR Congo, Kenya, South Sudan & Uganda to share learning on NELD and community resilience. This video highlights key insights from the exchange: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipnK...

SMEP Plastics Webinar 2/3 explores traceability, standards & regulatory alignment—how to build trust, accountability & market access as plastics recovery scales. Watch: youtu.be/h2Tw_2GiRyc Register for the next session here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Reaching the frontlines 🌍 What does it take to shift climate finance to local actors? Join us on 26 May to explore lessons from the Next Level Grants Facility. 🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Introducing RAIA — a new SSN programme under CLARE, alongside CREWS & ARA, advancing climate action through collaboration and innovation. More updates to follow — keep an eye on SSN’s news section: southsouthnorth.org/news/ #ClimateAction #SSN

SMEP Plastics Webinar 1/3: Making plastics recovery models viable. Zoë Lenkiewicz (Global Waste Lab) leads a discussion on what makes recovery models work—beyond tech—incl. revenue, markets, and system links. Featuring cases from Kenya & Ghana + policy insights. By SSN & UNCTAD. youtu.be/_b9jKowTsKA

Financing a just transition in Africa is not just about more loans. It’s about equity, resilience & development justice. Our new case studies show what works—from community energy to nature-based finance: southsouthnorth.org/financing-af... #JustTransition #ClimateFinance #Africa

Join us on 19 May 2026 for a webinar on integrating human rights into environmental work 🌱 Hear practical insights from the #SMEP programme, funded by the #UKFCDO in partnership with #UNCTAD, delivered by #Pegasys and @southsouthnorth.org smepprogramme.org/just-transit...

Do you have evidence on how carbon credits and offsets affect nature and people? We want to hear from you. We’re gathering evidence on ecological & social impacts. Share research, case studies, or reports. 🌱 forms.gle/rYWkzh2mKwJE...

We’ve refreshed the SSN website with a clearer structure, easier navigation, and better access to our work. Grounded in our 2025–2030 Strategy, the update strengthens visibility, usability, and alignment across programmes and knowledge. Explore: southsouthnorth.org

Unlocking Africa’s renewable energy potential through trade A new policy brief explores how #AfCFTA can strengthen local value chains, support renewable manufacturing, and advance a Just Energy Transition aligned with #NDCs. Read more: southsouthnorth.org/africa-can-l... #Africa #ClimateJustice

The Call for Expressions of Interest deadline has been extended to 1 May 2026. Apply now: southsouthnorth.org/call-for-exp... Enquiries: [email protected]

SouthSouthNorth, with SEforALL, SSA & NRDC, is hosting “Advancing Heat Resilience through South‑South Cooperation” at #GHCF2026. 📍 New Delhi | 20–21 April 2026 🔗 Register: www.ghcf.co.in/register/ #HeatResilience #EquitableCooling

SSN is pleased to join the Global Heat and Cooling Forum (#GHCF2026) as a session partner. The Forum focuses on scaling solutions for extreme heat and equitable, sustainable cooling through Global South collaboration. 📍 New Delhi | 🗓 20–21 Apr 2026 Register here: lnkd.in/dikd_w3z

Call for EOIs now open! SouthSouthNorth invites locally led orgs & enterprises in Hessequa (WC) working on invasive plant management, biomass use & fynbos restoration. 📅 Closes 20 April 👉 southsouthnorth.org/call-for-exp... #SmallGrants #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #SouthAfrica

Samson Mbewe (SSN's Technical Programme Manager & Researcher) co‑authored with Anaa Hassan (IIED) on scaling adaptation finance in LDCs & SIDS. They look at practical financial tools, lessons from case studies, and what this means for programme design & country‑led delivery. www.iied.org/how-ldc...

After 16 years, SSN Director Carl Wesselink is stepping down following a planned transition. We’re deeply grateful for his leadership and the lasting impact he’s had on our growth, strategy, and institutional strength. We carry his legacy forward as we look ahead. Read More: shorturl.at/WuBUh

SSN launches its first Annual Report. It highlights impact across 27 programmes in 45 countries, alignment with our 2025–2030 strategy, and lessons from a year of transition. Explore the report and join us in advancing climate‑resilient development: southsouthnorth.org/ssn-releases...

SSN will soon share an important organisational milestone. A new chapter in how we reflect, learn and communicate our impact. Watch this space!

New paper: Operationalising a Small Grant Access Modality for the Loss & Damage Fund. Part of the OSF-supported programme, it identifies access gaps and outlines practical options to get funds to affected communities. Read more: southsouthnorth.org/...

🌊 New CLEAN research shows #BlueEconomy in SIDS must center gender equality, disability inclusion & risk-informed approaches—or risk deepening inequality. Read more: www.clean-helpdesk.o...#BlueEconomy #ClimateResilience #GEDSI

New paper: Assessing the Doubling of Adaptation Finance in Africa. Part of the OSF-supported programme, it reviews Africa’s adaptation finance landscape, progress, and what’s needed to close the gap. Read: southsouthnorth.org/...

New paper out! 🌍 Lessons from SDG implementation show how centring women’s leadership can make Africa’s just transition more inclusive, equitable, and effective. Read more: https: southsouthnorth.org/...

📣 Call for proposals: Join the LLA Evidence Symposium, Bangkok, 3–4 June 2026. Help shape evidence for locally led adaptation. Apply by 25 March. 👉

New paper: Innovative financing for Loss & Damage in Africa. Part of the OSF-supported work on closing the climate finance gap. Read here: southsouthnorth.org/financing-lo...

At the Finance from the Frontlines workshop (Jan 2026, VCA + GA‑LLA), one truth stood out: locally led adaptation isn’t a capacity gap, it’s a power gap. Deep listening sparked clearer commitments to shift systems so frontline leadership can truly lead.

Through the Adaptation Research Alliance Micro-Grants (ARA) from SSN, 30 community-led projects across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean received funding to implement locally led adaptation initiatives. Watch the full series: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

On 3 Feb 2025, SouthSouthNorth hosted a Green Accountability Platform webinar with partners from five countries, sharing lessons on local climate finance accountability and launching new civil society resources: southsouthnorth.org/lessons-from...

SSN has launched the IKI Small Grants Programme. The programme supports work in sustainable management of woody invasive species, fynbos restoration, biomass beneficiation, and wildfire risk reduction in the Hessequa region of South Africa. More info here: southsouthnorth.org/portfolio_pa...

Newsletter: Climate change is disrupting education. CLEAN Helpdesk shows how climate-smart planning builds resilience, backing the UK Government’s 2030 ambition. Read more: mailchi.mp/c3388980cd4e... In collaboration with @socialdevelopment.bsky.social @odi.global Paul Watkiss Associates

South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) promises a national green jobs boost. However, evidence from Mpumalanga shows that job numbers do not automatically translate into local, durable poverty reduction in coal-host communities. Read more here: southsouthnorth.org/mpumalangas-...

SSN is launching a new IKI Small Grants Programme supporting invasive alien plant clearing and fynbos restoration in Hessequa, Western Cape , South Africa. Funding innovative, locally led solutions. Learn more: southsouthnorth.org/small-grants...

The Green Accountability Platform invites you to a webinar, “Enhancing transparency, inclusion and accountability in climate finance: lessons from the Green Accountability Platform”. Register here: southsouthnorth.org/webinar-enha... #climate #GreenAccountability #ClimateFinance #CIVICAlliance

Ahead of CDKN's Kenya webinar co-hosted with the Adaptation Consortium (ADA) on 27 January at 15.30 (EAT), we invite you to read our policy brief, undertaken by ADA & partners with CDKN’s support 👉https://bit.ly/3YNuskV Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/43TGE6x @southsouthnorth.org

Smart Hospitals in action A new blog from the SSN-led CLEAN Helpdesk shows how climate-resilient hospital retrofits helped facilities in the Caribbean stay operational through major hurricanes. Read more about how “building back better” saves lives. 🔗 www.clean-helpdesk.org/knowledge-hu...

Can recent global climate commitments translate into tangible progress for Africa's just transition ambitions? Read OJTA's latest Thoughtpiece to learn more: southsouthnorth.org/thought-piec...

📚 Lessons learnt from CDKN’s knowledge brokering experience 📚 Review the challenges and read about the pathways, case studies & #knowledgebrokering approaches used, key takeaways & main lessons learnt 👉 bit.ly/3LIN2Yo @southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

CDKN's fellow, Khiddir Iddris, from Ghana's Early-Career Research Fellowship programme, explores Ghana's urgent e-waste crisis & presents a compelling case for a sustainable, circular economy Read the #blog 👉 bit.ly/3NBEG5j @southsouthnorth.org @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

📢 SAVE THE DATE 📢 CDKN #webinar “Kenya’s Climate Resilience journey: Lessons, Insights & Opportunities for Change from a Climate Investments Functionality & Governance Study" This event will share lessons learned from locally led climate investments in water across Kenya. @southsouthnorth.org

💧 Water funds are emerging as powerful mechanisms for #climateadaptation in the Andes. A new CDKN #workingpaper assesses ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in 8 #waterfunds across Columbia, Ecuador & Peru. 📄 Read more: bit.ly/3M9DOo4 #EbA #LatinAmerica #FFLA @southsouthnorth.org

UNFCCC's new GAP offers renewed momentum for embedding gender equality into climate policy & action, elevating women's opportunities & wellbeing, say CDKN's @mairidupar.bsky.social & Patricia Bamanyaki. Read the full post-COP blog 👉 bit.ly/3XqEbNk @southsouthnorth.org @lisamcnamara.bsky.social

Our @cdkn.org programme accelerates equitable, financed & ecosystem-system based action on climate change that is locally-led & supports the voice & climate leadership of marginalised groups. Learn about our work, here: buff.ly/znEa03x #CDKN #SSNStrategy2030 #SustainableDevelopment

How does SSN seek to influence the transformation of financial architectures, systems & flow? Our key entry points include research & policy analysis, policy development & harmonisation, finance for community-led adaptation & resilience action, & more. Explore what drives us: buff.ly/znEa03x

Our GA-LLA Programme is a five-year, €15 million initiative that supports the implementation of a long-term strategy for locally-led adaptation, spanning Southern, Eastern & Western Africa, as well as South & Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, & the Pacific. Learn more: buff.ly/znEa03x

Building #resilient social & ecological systems requires transforming the means of implementation: how finance flows, especially to reach those who need it on the frontlines of the climate crisis & leveraging our collective & diverse capabilities, innovation & knowledge. Learn more: buff.ly/znEa03x

Through our #VoicesforJustClimateAction programme, SSN works with 5 partners across 7 countries in the Global South to vest the power, resources & decision-making around #climateaction in the hands of those who are most affected & best placed to develop & implement it. Learn more: buff.ly/znEa03x

The CDKN LLA Workshop started yesterday in Machakos, Kenya! Day 1 included a visit to a locally led project on food & water security, with the County Government of Machakos & the FLLoCA programme Follow us as we rethink how climate adaptation can truly be driven from the ground up 🌱

Yesterday at #COP30, CDKN & partners launched a new initiative to bring equity to the centre of adaptation efforts, linking Section C and Targets 8 & 11 of the KMGBF with EbA. A full publication is due for release in 2026 but a selection of case studies are readily available 👉 bit.ly/4oMTCvn

What do you think would be a strong outcome for the GGA at #COP30 in Brazil? 🌎 🇧🇷 A new article, written by @mairidupar.bsky.social, senior technical advisor at CDKN, based at @odi.global UK, explores what a strong outcome would look like. 📖 Read here for more: bit.ly/4hTWOlY @southsouthnorth.org