IPCC Climate Change and Land Report Fair and inclusive governance, local and indigenous knowledge offer solutions for sustainable stewardship of land - according to the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land. CDKN responds with some practical ideas.

Climate communications: Empowering women to speak up for themselves Bibian Ama and Mairi Dupar discuss how empowering women in communities to speak up more effectively on climate change issues is vital to strengthening climate and development decision-making.

Let's talk climate change - Four tips for communicating about it Climate change may seem like a complicated topic - but communicating about it doesn't have to be, says CDKN's Mairi Dupar.

How are countries getting ready to implement NDCs? The Global NDC Conference 2019 took place in Berlin, 12-14 June, with the aim of inspiring and enabling policy-makers and practitioners to accelerate NDC implementation and climate ambition. National governments shared experience of how they are preparing to deliver their NDCs. CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports.

CDKN guide offers practical advice on communicating climate change This week, CDKN launches "Communicating climate change: A practitioner’s guide" as a draft for discussion - and invites readers to share their experiences of communicating climate change in developing countries. Readers' stories and suggestions will be incorporated into a future edition.

La estrategia de resiliencia en la costa de México aborda el cambio climático, la gobernabilidad y la desigualdad de género Un proyecto innovador de investigación en México ha creado una estrategia de cambio climático local, sensible al género; el cual  reconoce cómo las mujeres y los hombres se ven afectados de manera diferente por los impactos del cambio climático y todos tienen un rol que desempeñar en la creación de soluciones climáticas.

Countries must follow technical achievement of COP24 by stepping up ambition Delegates to COP24 in Katowice, Poland closed the conference on Saturday with a considerable achievement: they signed off an almost-complete ‘rulebook’ – or set of guidelines – for implementing the Paris Agreement.

Game-changing report finds that climate action will avert millions of air pollution deaths The COP Special Report on Health and Climate Change has turned the economics of climate change on its head and exposed an environmental outrage on a planetary scale. Mairi Dupar reports from Katowice, Poland.

Empowerment of women and girls could transform Latin America’s climate resilience An action research programme in Latin America has provided further evidence that women and girls are on the frontlines of climate change impacts in the region. The research findings demand new ways of lateral thinking to tackle discrimination and empower women to lead more secure, productive lives.

IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C highlights challenge to achieve climate stability and end poverty CDKN's Mairi Dupar says we must heed the IPCC's 1.5°C Special Report and prevent further climate change that will harm the most vulnerable people - while ensuring that ambitious climate mitigation efforts do not disadvantage the poorest and most vulnerable people, either.

Who benefits and who's willing to pay? Key questions for adaptation finance A recent adaptation finance roundtable examined developing countries’ financing challenges, needs and opportunities in response to climate risk. CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports.

COP23 - ‘Island COP’ highlights the need to accelerate global efforts Sam Bickersteth, Kiran Sura and Mairi Dupar anticipate the detailed and difficult issues that will occupy negotiators during the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany (6-17 November 2017).