Africa’s climate change networks debate how to mobilise knowledge for climate action At a meeting of Africa’s climate change knowledge brokers, delegates sought answers to three big questions in the quest to make their networks function effectively. Lisa McNamara of CDKN Africa reports

Postcard from Cape Town - mobilising and delivering climate finance in Africa Lisa McNamara reports from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum in Cape Town on mobilising and delivering climate finance in Africa. Read about some important lessons emerging regarding the effective use of climate finance by developing countries and the critical need for organised engagement around climate investment plans.

Postcard from Frankfurt 2 - CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop round-up In the second blog from the CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop in Frankfurt, CDKN's Tristan Stubbs reports on the challenges conference participants have set themselves, and how they plan to work together in the future.

Postcard from Frankfurt - CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop day 1 Tim Woods blogs on a successful first day of the CDKN Knowledge Brokers Workshop in Eschborn, Germany, and outlines the climate change knowledge challenges raised by participants.

PRESENTATION: Towards climate compatible development - four key approaches Natasha Grist speaks on African challenges for climate compatible development at the Africa Adapt Climate Change Symposium in Addis Ababa from 9-11 March 2011.

Postcard from Addis Ababa- When bull elephants fight In this latest in our 'Postcards' series, Geoff Barnard reports from the AfricaAdapt Symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He finds that Africa needs to find a way of blending sources of knowledge if it is to adapt successfully to a changing climate.