CDKN at CBA17 The 17th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA17), hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), will take place from 22-25 May in Bangkok, Thailand. CDKN will be co-hosting two sessions and hosting a marketplace stall. Find out more and register below.

Call for evidence on long-term adaptation to climate change The Least Developed Countries Group is inviting submissions on effective long-term adaptation to climate change. The submissions will contribute to a major new initiative that seeks to develop a long-term vision for climate resilience up to 2050.

How do we measure adaptation? How do we effectively measure and enhance adaptation? Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, looks at possible alternative answers, all of which will be further discussed at the 9th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation.

9th Community-based adaptation conference seeks to enhance effective adaptation The 9th annual community based adaptation conference to be held in Nairobi, Kenya seeks to highlight ways in which vulnerable communities can became more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Development and Climate Days at UN climate talks to highlight ‘historic opportunity’ to reduce poverty and emissions to zero (#zerozero) The Development and Climate Days event at UN climate talks in Peru will communicate how extreme poverty and the impacts of climate change, which already affect many millions of people worldwide, can be overcome by far-sighted, joined-up action.

Development and Climate Days 2014 at COP20 Join us at COP20 in Lima for two days of debate and dialogue, focused on bringing 'Zero Poverty, Zero Emissions, Within a Generation' within reach. We are in partnership with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Overseas Development Institute for this highly participatory event.

Policy Brief : Engaging effectively in climate diplomacy: policy pointers from the Gambia This policy brief, Engaging effectively in climate diplomacy: policy pointers from the Gambia, outlines four policy pointers to help LDC governments improve their officials’ abilities to have an impact on this diplomatic arena.

Report : Climate Resilience and Food Security: A framework for planning and monitoring This report, Climate Resilience and Food Security: A Framework for Planning and Monitoring, is a conceptual framework for assessing, planning and monitoring climate resilience and food security at the community, regional and national levels.

Watch online the Community Based Adaptation (CBA) international conference Join CDKN at this year’s CBA conference 27– 30th April in Nepal as a virtual participant in a global debate on financing CBA.

A framework for mainstreaming climate resilience into development planning In a unique new report, a group of government officials from Asia and Africa have with CDKN support put forward an approach to mainstreaming which is based on the reality of what can be achieved

Can beans & dice changes lives? The potential of serious, fun games The power of games to get people thinking about their climate vulnerability was revealed this weekend at Development & Climate Days, an event run by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and IIED on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Warsaw.

Climate & Development Days, 16 - 17 November CDKN is delighted to endorse Development and Climate Days - Innovative approaches, incisive dialogue for climate-smart development, taking place in Warsaw during COP19 on 16 and 17 November.

What does the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report mean for vulnerable countries? Saleemul Huq is a Fellow at the IIED (UK) and Director of the ICCAD (Bangladesh). He is also a Senior Advisor to CDKN and a Lead Author on the forthcoming IPCC report on adaptation, impacts and vulnerability. Here he provides his response to the recent IPCC report on the physical science of climate change.

Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in the Gambia Isatou F. Camara from the Gambian Ministry of Finance and economic affairs reviews the political will, policy frameworks and implementing projects the Gambia has demonstrated in integrating climate risks into development planning.

Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Cambodia As part of a series of Government authored briefing notes, officials from the Government of Cambodia, reflects on how far the country has mainstreamed climate change

The ‘what, who and how’ of a community of practice on CBA A new briefing note from IIED looks at whether and how the conference series on community-based adaptation (CBA) have created a 'community of practice'

Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York Dr Saleemul Huq – senior fellow in IIED’s climate change group – spoke at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies/Columbia University in New York City about the lessons US cities can learn from Bangladesh as they adapt to climate change.

Empowering communities to monitor the impact of their work Saleemul Haq reflects on how a programme supported by CDKN in Bangladesh is spreading an innovative new bottom-up approach to monitoring and evaluating community based adaptation

COP18 - Join CDKN side events in Doha Please join us in person, or follow our events on our website and Twitter as CoP18 unfolds. CDKN will be supporting and participating in several events – we’d love to see you there, or at our display stand in the official exhibition area.

Climate Vulnerability Forum side event Members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum share their thoughts on the role of the forum and the priorities of its members going forward.

Enhancing the impact of the community of CBA practitioners CDKN's CEO Sam Bickersteth attended the 6th Community Based Adaptation Forum, in Hanoi. Here he talks about what we need to do to ensure growing momentum in CBA is mainstreamed to transformational climate adaptation.

Vulnerable communities lead the way on adaptation What advances in understanding should we glean from the 6th Community Based Adaptation Forum in Vietnam? Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Climate Change Fellow at IIED, discusses the outcomes.

Siga en vivo el evento “Análisis de la relación entre cambio climático y políticas de reducción de la pobreza" Siga EN VIVO el evento sobre "Análisis de la relación entre cambio climático y políticas de reducción de la pobreza". Un espacio de diálogo entre investigadores y tomadores de decisión. Por CDKN http://www.ustream.tv/channel/alianza-clima-y-desarrollo-cdkn, y participe del debate a través de Twitter:@cdkn_lac (Hashtag: #CCypobreza)

Leading researchers and government officials analyse poverty and climate change links in Peru CDKN and Group Analysis for Development (GRADE), with the support of IIED, are organizing the seminar "Analysis of the relationship between climate change and policies to reduce poverty", to take place in Peru on 22 March.

Community ripples - watch how villages are building disaster resilience in Bangladesh Watch the winner of the CDKN-sponsored IIED Development and Climate Days film competition, which took place at CoP-17 in Durban.

Development and Climate days film festival – see the shortlist Watch the films shortlisted for the IIED's Development and Climate Days film festival, sponsored by CDKN.

New research shows that traditional farming systems are essential for adaptation This IIED briefing paper summarises the results of field studies in China, Kenya and Bolivia which found that crop diversity is protective, while reliance on hybrids can increase vulnerability.

CoP17 side event - development and climate days film festival This event, spomsored by CDKN will showcase the short listed films in the International Institute for Environment and Development's 'Development and Climate Days' Film Festival 2011', on December 3rd at COP17 in Durban.

POLICY BRIEF: Climate change and poverty reduction Climate change increasingly threatens developing countries' ability to achieve and sustain development gains - and could undermine poverty reduction efforts. So how can decision-makers protect the climate-vulnerable poor? In this new CDKN policy brief, Simon Anderson of IIED explores principles for keeping poverty reduction on track in a changing climate.

Building journalists' capacity to create change - a CDKN impact story Journalism is a vital tool in the fight against climate change. This blog looks at the achievements of three journalist fellows supported by the Climate Change Media Partnership, and sponsored by CDKN.

Cancun to Durban via Bonn IIED's Saleemul Huq reports back from the UNFCCC talks in Bonn, Germany. Read what he has to say about the progress of the talks, and his prediction for the forthcoming CoP17 conference in Durban, South Africa.

Postcard from Dhaka - Community-based adaptation demands to be heard For a number of years, community-based adaptation has focused on a relatively small number of isolated projects. But if CBA it is to make more of a splash, it’s going to have to ‘scale up’. This was the theme of the fifth conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA5) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at the end of March. CDKN's Lindsey Jones reports back.

POLICY BRIEF: Planning climate compatible development: lessons from experience National planning for climate compatible development in developing countries means balancing national needs with the requirements of international support frameworks for financing, technology transfer and capacity building.

The tipping point Saleemul Huq, Research Fellow at IIED, explains why he thinks we've reached a tipping point for tackling climate change in developing countries.