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The '''Climate and Development Knowledge Network''' ('''CDKN''') is a £72 million (US$100 million) initiative that links poor countries with experts on [[climate change]]. Funded by the UK's [[Department for International Development]] (DFID) and the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS), 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 professional services firm [[PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP]] (PwC) and including: the [[Overseas Development Institute]] (ODI), 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 Pakistan (an NGO that aims to inspire leadership in developing Asian countries); and SouthSouthNorth, (an NGO that aims to reduce poverty in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]).<ref name=hotline>[http://www.scidev.net/en/news/policymakers-to-get-hotline-to-climate-experts.html Policymakers to get hotline to climate experts], SciDev Net, 17 March 2010</ref> The Network Council, made up of 11 members, governs how the CDKN consortium is run.<ref name=hotline/> CDKN's independent Executive Chair is Simon Maxwell.

According to the CDKN, its goal is to provide services individually suited to the needs of each of the sixty countries it plans to serve in its first five years.

==CDKN's projects support climate-compatible development==