Pakistan business face big opportunities in low carbon, resilient economy Investing in low carbon and climate resilient development is the need of the hour and Pakistan businesses have massive opportunities to tap, says Fareeha Ovais, CDKN Asia's climate finance lead.

New climate economy begs for investments in developing countries Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, CDKN's Regional Director for Asia, considers how the confronting the impacts of climate change and seizing the opportunities of a green economy pervade almost every aspect of development in the years ahead.

After Paris: “Pakistan has a long way to go to get from intended to implemented” - Ali T. Sheikh With melting glaciers of the Himalayas threatening the flows of many of its most important rivers, Pakistan has a lot at stake from climate change. Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, CDKN´s Asia Director, examines the challenges and prospects opened up by the Paris Agreement in Pakistan.

Climate change and women - A view from Pakistan Climate change is gravely affecting women, says Syed Abubakar. He reports on an expert roundtable on ‘Gender and Climate Vulnerabilities: Future Directions for Policy Research and Action’.

Escaping the fuel subsidy trap in Indonesia Dina Khan, Country Programme Manager, CDKN Asia, takes an in-depth look at President Joko Widodo's attempts at overhauling Indonesia’s politically sensitive fuel subsidy programme. Will he have better luck than his predecessors?

Water shortages send wake-up call to Pakistan A policy dialogue convened by LEAD Pakistan and CDKN with the Government of Pakistan explored how development of the country's water resources could be more 'climate compatible' - and involve some tough challenges for the agriculture sector.

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.

CDKN at the World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai, March 2015 Amy Kirbyshire introduces CDKN's packed events schedule at the World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction and encourages readers to join the debates in person or online.

"W+ Standard" can track if climate projects benefit women Areej Riaz of CDKN interviews Dr Nisha Onta of WOCAN about the W+ standard and how it measures and verifies the inclusion of gender aspects in climate change projects.

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.

Renewing commitment to climate-smart SDGs in Indonesia CDKN's Dina Khan reflects on a recent debate in Indonesia over why and how to integrate climate change into the post-2015 Sustainable Goals Agenda.

Are we integrating climate adaptation practices in disaster risk reduction? A review of global experience by Mott Macdonald, sponsored by CDKN, looks at how climate change adaptation is being integrated into disaster risk reduction - and how such principles could strengthen post-flood reconstruction in Pakistan.

Cancun: the view from Asia Big thinkers from around Asia present their views on what really happened in Cancun.

Postcard from Cancun - an Asian view Pakistan's delegation proposed an alternative definition of climate vulnerability at CoP16 in Cancun, supported by CDKN's Asia team.