Outlook : Special Edition on African climate science The Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme aims to improve the use of climate science in Africa - what has the team learned so far? This Special Edition of 'Climate and Development Outlook' on African climate science shares some early lessons.

A Step Forward? Assessing the Zero Draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Experts at the Overseas Development Institute and CDKN analyse the draft text of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and make suggestions for improvement.

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.

The seed of change Mathieu Lacoste, CDKN Latin America, looks at the potential of young people to build the resilience of their communities to climate shocks, and how they should be factored into policies of the future.

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.

Periodistas latinoamericanos fueron capacitados en torno a la COP20 en Lima El taller fue organizado por la Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) y la Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA), con el apoyo de la Embajada del Reino Unido de Ecuador, el Ministerio del Ambiente de Perú y la Alianza Clima y Desarrollo (CDKN).

Readers spread the word on the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report Anna Hickman, communications consultant with CDKN, looks at the results of CDKN's outreach - including its communications toolkit - on the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report.

Green Climate Fund takes a significant step forward Benito Mueller of the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) celebrates progress on Enhanced Direct Access to climate finance for developing countries at the Green Climate Fund Board meeting last week.

"Missing"- Las mujeres olvidadas en la planificación ante el clima en la India Esta nueva película, sigue a las mujeres Nahi en su lucha diaria contra el cambio climático. Muestra cuán ingeniosas son estas mujeres en un contexto de grandes limitaciones y pobreza.

African countries divert domestic budgets to deal with climate change Some of the world’s poorest countries are diverting a large share of their budgets in response to threats posed by climate change, reveals a new report from Neil Bird of the Overseas Development Institute.

Sign up today for briefings on the Green Climate Fund Board meeting Sign up to briefings from the Green Climate Fund Board meeting, taking place from Tuesday 14th October to Friday 17th October 2014, in Bridgetown, Barbados.

El quinto informe de evaluación del IPCC El Informe verifica que las temperaturas en el Caribe están aumentando, los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos están ocurriendo con mayor frecuencia, los niveles del mar están subiendo y hay mayor incidencia de blanqueamiento de corales.