New guide helps cities respond to heatwaves At the High Level Political Forum of the United Nations last week in New York, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre – with the support of a broader consortium of organisations – launched the Heat Wave Guide for Cities (2019).

REPORT: Reality of Resilience - Learning from climate extremes This report looks at how Reality of Resilience works, why it is timely, and provides seven steps to replicate the initiative in other resilience programmes.

Development and Climate Days at UN climate talks to highlight ‘historic opportunity’ to reduce poverty and emissions to zero (#zerozero) The Development and Climate Days event at UN climate talks in Peru will communicate how extreme poverty and the impacts of climate change, which already affect many millions of people worldwide, can be overcome by far-sighted, joined-up action.

Building leaders in resilience in the Philippines Erica Bucog, a 'Partners for Resilience' partner reflects on new pathways for building resilience in the Philippines as part of a CDKN supported series of voices from the field.

How can climate science inform decision-making in Zambia? Bettina Koelle of Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre explores how climate science, despite its complexity and elements of uncertainty, can inform decision-making in Zambia.

Development and Climate Days 2014 at COP20 Join us at COP20 in Lima for two days of debate and dialogue, focused on bringing 'Zero Poverty, Zero Emissions, Within a Generation' within reach. We are in partnership with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Overseas Development Institute for this highly participatory event.

Building resilient communities under HFA2 The 'Partners for Resilience' programme in Asia proposes three key messages to be addressed in the post-2015 Hyogo Framework (HFA2) for building safe and resilient nations and communities

Gender sensitive and climate smart Rebecca McNaught, Senior Climate Advisor for the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre argues that while women are vulnerable to climate change, they could play a vital role in reducing risk in their communities and nations.

Report : Can games help people manage the climate risks they face? The participatory design of educational games This report, Can games help people manage the climate risks they face? The participatory design od educational games, will discuss how the ability of games to reflect complex systems can promote learning and dialogue on climate risk management among a range of stakeholders.

Zambia, a country on the move Blaise Dobson reflects on games played and lessons learnt from a recent workshop in Zambia as part of the Future Climate for Africa scoping phase.

Updated standards for climate-smart risk reduction unveiled at COP A new edition of the CDKN-supported minimum standards on climate-smart disaster risk reduction released this week in Warsaw.

Can beans & dice changes lives? The potential of serious, fun games The power of games to get people thinking about their climate vulnerability was revealed this weekend at Development & Climate Days, an event run by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and IIED on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Warsaw.

Climate & Development Days, 16 - 17 November CDKN is delighted to endorse Development and Climate Days - Innovative approaches, incisive dialogue for climate-smart development, taking place in Warsaw during COP19 on 16 and 17 November.

COP18 - Join CDKN side events in Doha Please join us in person, or follow our events on our website and Twitter as CoP18 unfolds. CDKN will be supporting and participating in several events – we’d love to see you there, or at our display stand in the official exhibition area.

The need for climate-smart disaster risk reduction How is the convergence between the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation agendas reflected at policy level and in practical programming in Asia? Knud Falk, Hina Lotia and Amy Kirbyshire report from the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) in Indonesia.

The climate and gender game Janot Mendler de Suarez is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Games for a New Climate task force at the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, USA. Janot is collaborating with the Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre, which received CDKN support to develop 'serious games' to raise awareness of climate adaptation strategies. Here, Janot introduces a special ‘climate and gender game’ that builds on this work.

Promoting extreme event learning through serious fun CDKN is supporting the development of games to stimulate decision-makers’ thinking on climate-related risk. Mairi Dupar of CDKN finds out more.

Ten key messages of the IPCC Special Report on Extreme Events One hundred and ninety-four governments meeting in Kampala, Uganda have just approved the text of the IPCC's 'Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation' (SREX). Co-authors Tom Mitchell and Maarten van Aalst present the report's ten key messages.