Climate info helps planners decide whether to grow vegetables or build houses Should an area of Cape Town currently used for farming be converted to housing? Anna Taylor, research fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, uses the weADAPT web platform in conjunction with relevant climate information to seek answers to this planning conundrum

The world needs better funding for disaster risk reduction Jan Kellett, Senior Research Advisor at ODI, explains why disaster risk reduction efforts should be incorporated in core national policies, and considers progress made so far towards that goal

REPORT: National climate change legislation: The key to more ambitious international agreements? This report by GLOBE International and CDKN urges readers to look beyond what happens within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – where countries are negotiating toward a new climate treaty. The authors assess how the building blocks for ambition within the UNFCCC are laid at home.

Durmiendo con Chantal - un recordatorio de por qué planificar para hacer frente a los desastres Jamaica y otros países del Caribe han visto aumentar la intensidad de las tormentas y huracanes tropicales en los últimos doce años, con el resultado de daños generalizados. Se estima que los costos del cambio climático estarán en el orden del 22% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) caribeño para el año 2050

How important are climate knowledge brokers? A report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development by Anne Hammill, Blane Harvey and Daniella Echeverria examines the role of climate change knowledge brokers. Here we present the summary of its findings

How China and Southern nations can best share adaptation lessons CDKN’s Carolyn Fry interviews Murray Simpson, of The INTASAVE Partnership & CARIBSAVE, about the findings of the China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Adaptation, Learning and Development

Understanding how climate compatible development takes root Veena Ravichandran, CDKN’s Senior Research Advisor, outlines an exciting new CDKN project – and why we’re supporting it.

What climate talks tell us about failing global governance – and how to address it Simon Maxwell, CDKN's Executive Chair, discusses Ian Goldin's book on global governance and how it links to the global climate negotiations.

Launch of expanded users’ guide to climate planning CDKN’s users' guide to climate compatible development planning now covers more climate planning tools and is re-launched this week.

CFAS recommended reading 10 - Mobilising climate finance, a paper prepared at the request of G20 finance ministers (World Bank/IMF, 2011) Authors: World Bank Group, in close partnership with the IMF, the OECD and the RDBs.

CFAS recommended reading 9 - Climate finance post-Copenhagen Author: Tim Gore Date: May 2010

CFAS recommended reading 8 - Using EU ETS auctioning revenues for climate action, What is the appetite for earmarking within specific EU member states? (Germanwatch, 2013) Authors: Anja Esch (Germanwatch) with contributions from Ilona Jedrasik (Polish