Bangladesh's Contribution to the Climate Change Solution (INDCs) Kashmala Kakakhel, CDKN's Country Programme Manager for Bangladesh reflects on Bangladesh's leading role as an LDC in preparing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

Finance debates delay progress over global disaster plan Megan Rowling reports on some of the contentious issues surrounding the global framework for disaster risk reduction, due to be agreed in March in Sendai, Japan.

South Asian experts' top ten recommendations for a stronger post-2015 disasters agreement Insights from the front line of disaster risk: Aditya V. Bahadur, Amy Kirbyshire, Kashmala Kakakhel and Mihir Bhat present ten key recommendations from South Asian experts on the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Ambitious and coherent? Reviewing the pre-zero draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction A team from ODI and CDKN respond to the Pre-Zero Draft of the post-2014 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the HFA2.

New CDKN research shows the reality of climate-induced migration in Bangladesh Research from the University of Sussex and University of Dhaka provides the Government of Bangladesh with an accurate assessment of the facts and figures of this growing phenomenon.

Planning Commission sets priority actions for Pakistan's climate compatible development Kashmala Kakakhel, CDKN, reports from Pakistan on the approval by the Planning Commission of CDKN-supported work programme for mitigation and adaptation to the impacts of climate change

A big step forward for democracy in Pakistan, but an uncertain step for climate policy Ali Sheikh and Kashmala Kakakhel, from LEAD Pakistan and CDKN Asia, report from Pakistan on the latest political developments unfolding in Islamabad with the new Prime Minister taking oath last week.

Reducing the risk of disasters Kashmala Kakakhel of CDKN reports on messages emerging from the 4th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in Switzerland, as the meeting draws to a close today

REPORT: Climate resilience and disaster risk management CDKN, in collaboration with partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America, is pleased to announce a new publication on Climate resilience and disaster risk management. It presents recent results from CDKN-supported projects to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning.

Communities need greater support to cope with loss and damage from climate shifts CDKN’s Kashmala Kakakhel reports from CoP 18 in Doha on five new case studies that show how climate change is affecting communities’ lives in Kenya, the Gambia, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Micronesia.

Loss and damage from climate change – will leaders respond to this present danger? Kashmala Kakakhel, LEAD Pakistan, and Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson, Overseas Development Institute explain key points emerging from recent consultations on Loss and Damage and what impact this is likely to have upon negotiations in Doha.

Loss and Damage - From Defining to Understanding to Action On her return from a UNFCCC Regional Workshop in Bangkok, Kashmala Kakakhel, CDKN Project Manager, explains how loss and damage is progressing within the climate talks.