FFLA hosts dialogue to reflect on ethics and climate action ahead of COP30 On 16 September, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA), a CDKN partner, convened women leaders, community representatives, activists and conservation groups from across Ecuador to reflect on the ethics of the climate crisis. The dialogue formed part of the Global Ethical Stocktake, contributing to efforts to identify the root causes of the crisis and propose ethical, collaborative solutions ahead of COP30 in Brazil.

Measuring impact: Kenya’s innovative approach to tracking and reporting climate action impact The following blog by Esperanza Karaho explores Kenya’s new standardised indicator handbook and digital MERL tool to track climate action impact. This collaboration promises stronger transparency, data integration, and more measurable benefits at national and county levels.

Action Lab to take on Ugandan climate issues CDKN will co-host an Action Lab with the Netherlands Embassy in Kampala, Uganda to discuss climate smart dairy and livestock value chains and how to strengthen the resilience of migrants to environmental shocks and climate change.

New ideas stream from CDKN Action Lab Participants in CDKN's Action Lab created a colourful marketplace of ideas as the programme came to a high-energy close in Oxford.

Action lab tackles Uganda's climate and migration challenges CDKN and the Netherlands Embassy co-hosted an Action Lab in Kampala that brought together development practitioners from government, donors, research organisations and implementation partners to identify research questions and other actions that could help Uganda tackle climate change. Suzanne Carter and Juliane Nier of CDKN share the key messages on climate-related migration.

CDKN Action Lab - videos of innovative prototypes now online Participants at the CDKN Action Lab developed a series of innovative prototype ideas for dealing with climate compatible development. Click here for a video summary of the Action Lab, and films of all the prototypes.

CDKN announces technical and financial support for "prototypes" from Colombia Action Lab CDKN, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) of Colombia and MatizArt have announced the climate compatible development ‘prototypes’ to be selected for technical and financial support, following Colombia’s Action Lab.

Uganda Action Lab - developing climate smart value chains in the dairy and livestock sectors What would climate smart dairy and livestock value chains look like in Uganda? A recent action lab looked at ideas to enhance climate change outcomes for the east African country.

Latin America ‘Action Lab’ aims to spark transformative agendas for climate policy In Quito, Ecuador, participants from 10 countries will gather to build momentum for this year's global climate negotiations, reports Jorge Villanueva of CDKN.

Action LAB Colombia will look for articulated efforts among diverse climate actors Preliminary phase consisted in online sessions which allowed participants to know each other and thinking about the coordination challenges between climate actors, essaying possible solutions.

“Resilient Cities Action Lab” - a melting pot for collaboration among Latin America urban leaders In early June 2012, more than 40 Latin American leaders from the public sector, business and civil society gathered in the mountains outside Rio de Janeiro to discuss and create new cross-sector partnerships on urban resilience to climate change.