Meeting the brokers who can help you navigate climate change data Participants at COP19 are invited to join the workshop, Transforming information into knowledge and climate action, organised by the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group, on Wednesday, 20 November 2013.

Is climate finance supporting the most vulnerable nations? Not yet. Much work is needed to ensure climate change finance is delivered to those nations and communities who need it the most, explains ODI Research Fellow, Neil Bird

Our land is complaining Discussions about climate change among developed world practitioners can seem far removed from the reality being felt on the ground by Africans, as CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes Ari Huhtala finds out in Ethiopia

The diplomatic way to avoid dangerous climate change A new report on climate diplomacy aims to help governments integrate climate change into decision-making across all policy areas. The report was published by E3G, a UK-based not-for-profit company specialising in climate change, with CDKN’s support. E3G’s Senior Policy Advisor, Liz Gallaghar, explains.

¿Será la legislación nacional sobre cambio climático la clave para acuerdos internacionales más ambiciosos? Informe señala que los países con debates intensos en torno al cambio climático y una legislación nacional ambiciosa (definidos aquí en términos de objetivos para reducir la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero) llevan estas experiencias y posiciones al ámbito internacional.

Figueres calls for finance pledges, and progress in tackling climate losses at Warsaw conference CDKN’s Mairi Dupar reports the key points of a landmark address by Christiana Figueres in London, which looked forward to next month’s global climate negotiations in Poland.

Invirtiendo en MAPS Varios de los países en vías de desarrollo están explorando procedimientos hacia una transición para conseguir economías resilientes al clima y eficientes en el uso de carbono. Sin embargo, relativamente pocos de ellos están dándole una reflexión más profunda a cómo establecer las estructuras financieras necesarias para conseguir los cambios deseados.

Climate change and exposure to ‘natural’ disasters threaten to derail global anti-poverty efforts A new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK Met Office and Risk Management Solutions shows how disasters and climate change could undermine the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.

Implicancias para los negocios de un clima cambiante El reto y la transición de un clima cambiante afectarán a los negocios y la economía, presentando tanto desafíos como oportunidades. Los gobiernos utilizarán información política relevante para establecer las políticas para el cambio climático que pueden afectar a las empresas de todo el mundo.

The Green Climate Fund - How will it practice what it preaches? Annelieke Douma and Anouk Franck of non-governmental organisation Both ENDS report from last week’s meeting of the Green Climate Fund in Paris.

Learning lessons from Manatí’s resilient women A project in Colombia is investigating how women were affected by devastating floods in 2010 and 2011. The hope is to pass on knowledge about how they reacted and coped, to help other communities prepare for similar disasters.

Putting their money where their MAPS are Implementing the national low-emissions strategies under development in many developing countries will require governments to think more strategically about how to finance the changes. CDKN’s Carolyn Fry interviews Amal-Lee Amin of E3G, who is advising Latin American governments on financing opportunities.