Climate diplomacy gathers pace Mairi Dupar, CDKN's Global Public Affairs Co-ordinator, looks at how climate diplomacy can be used to drive change at the national and international levels.

INSIDE STORY: Pioneering renewable energy options: Thailand takes up the challenge In this Inside Story we identify factors to can explain the relative success of Thailand's renewable energy policies and highlight some lessons for future development.

Action to halt warming will save my nation Minister Tony de Brum of the Republic of the Marshall Islands describes the clear and present danger posed by climate change to his nation, and calls us all to arms against this threat.

Modelling the social costs of mitigation policies Efforts to curb GHG emissions within countries will have ripple effects throughout the economy. Computer models currently under development offer useful tools for policy makers to explore scenarios illustrating the social costs of different mitigation actions.

CFAS Recommended reading guide, an Introduction Sven Harmeling of Germanwatch introduces the Climate Finance Advisory Service’s ‘Recommended

8. Improving the Effectiveness of Climate Finance CFAS summary: Public climate finance investments are often anal

7. Public financing instruments to leverage private capital for Climate-relevant investment CFAS summary: WRI’s working paper focuses on the public sector’s use of financin

6. Innovative climate finance CFAS Summary: This report looks at how Bilateral Finance Institutions (BFIs) can

5. Mobilizing climate finance, a paper prepared at the request of G20 finance ministers, World Bank/IMF CFAS summary: The report was prepared ahead of the G20 summit in Cannes, in 2011

4. Financial Mechanisms and Investment Frameworks for Renewables in Developing Countries CFAS Summary:

3. Plugging the Energy Efficiency Gap with Climate Finance, OECD/IEA CFAS summary:

2. Readiness for Climate Finance. A framework for understanding what it means to be ready to use climate finance, UNDP CFAS summary: