"W+ Standard" can track if climate projects benefit women Areej Riaz of CDKN interviews Dr Nisha Onta of WOCAN about the W+ standard and how it measures and verifies the inclusion of gender aspects in climate change projects.

Not just about women Beatrice Mosello of ODI and Sebastian Kratzer of CDKN report from a recent conference on the gender dimensions of weather and climate services.

Los países en desarrollo logran algunas concesiones de último minuto en Lima; pero, ¿puede ser realmente justo un acuerdo poco ambicioso? La Conferencia de las Partes de la CMNUCC llevada a cabo en Lima, Perú, nos deja preguntándonos si el nivel de ambición mundial para enfrentar el cambio climático llegará a ser alguna vez lo suficientemente alto como para evitar muchos de los efectos catastróficos del clima cambiante.

Gender equality's a 'must' for climate compatible development to succeed Virginie LeMasson of CDKN assesses progress on gender issues at COP20 in Lima and argues that gender equality must be a cornerstone of climate compatible development.

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.

Madurai city launches first ‘Future Proofing’ Action Plan in India Madurai City in Tamil Nadu, India has identified an integrated set of actions to tackle current and future development and climate risks facing infrastructure in the city.

What’s next in climate change? INDCs! We’re going to hear a lot more in coming months about INDCs, Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, says CDKN's Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell. INDCs are the country pledges that will form the basis of negotiation in the run-up to the UNFCCC's twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in 2015.

Developing countries secure some last minute concessions in Lima; but can a deal without ambition really be fair? The UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru leaves us wondering if global ambition to tackle climate change will ever be high enough to avoid many of the catastrophic impacts of a changing climate. If the UNFCCC is to deliver this, then 2015 will need to be an exceptionally productive year. CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth, Kiran Sura and Chris Webb report.

Mapeando un futuro bajo en carbono MAPS es un proceso facilitado, creado primero en Sudáfrica hace una década, por el que científicos, agencias de gobierno y empresas trabajan juntos para establecer niveles de emisión de gases para cada sector de las economías nacionales.

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.

REPORT: Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows 2014 This guide provides climate change negotiators with a synopsis of the key elements in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s Biennial Assessment of climate finance flows.