Ousseynou Nakoulima on how countries can prepare for Green Climate Fund support Ousseynou Nakoulima is Director of Country Programming for the Green Climate Fund and here shares his insights on climate finance readiness with CDKN’s Mairi Dupar.

Costing of climate impacts helps Uganda prepare for climate finance Undertaking an economic impact of climate change on key sectors is Uganda's first step in making the case for more climate-resilient investments - domestically and internationally. Mairi Dupar, CDKN's Global Public Affairs Coordinator, reports on progress to date.

Water scarcity is a danger sign – time to innovate, and fast Freshwater is under acute pressure from climate change in North Africa and the Caribbean, COP20 delegates heard on Wednesday. Experts from countries as diverse as Algeria and Belize urged visionary leadership from politicians to protect natural resources, reports CDKN's Mairi Dupar from Lima, Peru.

Amazon alert The Amazon region’s environmental problems may seem intractable. However, the Amazon Security coalition presents a new framing of the problems that could capture political attention, delegates hear at COP20 in Lima, Peru.

Mapping a low-carbon future Leaders of the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programmes in Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil talk about what really happens when stakeholders get around the table to propose mitigation options.

Lima event inspires cross-generational action for zero poverty, zero emissions Participants from all generations participated in a unique and highly ambitious set of debates in Lima, Peru this weekend on 'zero poverty, zero emissions'.

Will leaders ride a wave of public support to Sendai, New York and Paris? Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports from the 'Zero Poverty, Zero Emissions' event on the possibility for coherence among the 2015 development, climate and disaster risk reduction frameworks.

Audacious ideas and actions for a zero carbon world Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports from the Chatham House Climate Change Conference where there was a buoyant mood about the speed of some low-carbon developments, and a gritty sense of realism about the power politics involved in moving to a low-carbon economy.

Climate change will worsen global poverty without concerted action to cut global emissions - IPCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a crystal clear assessment of how human activity is affecting the climate and what we can do about it. CDKN provides a response.

Where next for the debate on climate change in the SDGs? CDKN's Helen Picot, Mairi Dupar and Nicholas Moss report on debates about the role of climate change in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals - and what happens next.

Climate action - just do it Show results and others will follow: that was one conclusion of a CDKN - ICLEI event on the question: “How do you get diverse stakeholders involved in local action on climate change?" at Resilient Cities 2014.

Respondamos al último informe de IPCC con acciones acertadas El informe del Grupo de Trabajo II esboza una gran cantidad de estrategias y medidas documentadas en torno a la forma como dirigimos los recursos naturales, la forma como estamos evolucionando y utilizando la tecnología, que está ayudando a las sociedades a enfrentar los efectos del cambio climático.