The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report Dr Kenrick Leslie, CBE, Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, reflects on the implications of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report for the region, as he prepares to welcome representatives of the IPCC and Caribbean governments and businesses to a launch event, co-sponsored by CDKN, in Barbados.

Strike first, before the next climate disaster Disaster galvanises action. Floods, cyclones, droughts jolt leaders into planning for future extreme weather events. What we need is the same flurry, but before the fact, says CDKN's Mairi Dupar.

POLICY BRIEF: A risk management approach to decision making in the Caribbean This knowledge brief by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC or ‘5Cs’), with support from CDKN, describes how decision-making processes based on risk management will help Caribbean leaders rise to the challenge.

El costo de la inacción ¿gasto o inversión? Nicholas Stern participará en el evento "El valor de la acción: Desarrollo sostenible con una visión climática", que se desarrollará el jueves 29 a las 10:00 a.m en la ciudad de Quito, Ecuador.

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.