Nepal's district climate and energy plans As part of a series of case studies on low emissions development strategies in Asia, the Government of Nepal discuss in a new CDKN and Asia LEDS Partnership briefing note the story behind their District Climate and Energy Plans

Can the green economy save us? In an article for the Dawn newspaper in Pakistan, Rina Saeed Khan reflects following a vist by Barbara Unmuessig, the President of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS), on the potential of a 'green economy' in Pakistan

Taking a holistic approach could help resolve water woes Laos-based Paul Pavelic, Senior Researcher in Hydrogeology for the International Water Management Institute, reviews CDKN’s publication Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in the Water Sector: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report

Sub-national climate compatible development, learning from CDKN's experience Opportunity to become CDKN’s learning partner for sub-national climate compatible development projects

The Green Climate Fund - ready for take off The Green Climate Fund now has the basic systems and procedures in place for donors to start pledging money. It’s like an aircraft ready for take-off, but where will it land? asks Anouk Franck of Both ENDS.

Constructive conclusion to talks on 2015 global climate agreement, but much left to be done Kiran Sura, CDKN's Head of Advocacy Fund, found climate negotiators in a relatively upbeat mood at recent UNFCCC talks in Bonn, Germany.

World Water Day theme ignores the ‘nuts and bolts’ of progress Roger Calow of Overseas Development Institute says this year's World Water Day theme of the 'water - energy - land nexus' should be approached with caution.

The story behind Nepal’s knowledge management centre Dr Dinesh Raj Bhuju, Dr Bimala Devkota and Mr Pawan K Neupane look back at how a CDKN project strengthened the core functions of the Nepal Climate Change Knowledge Management Centre (NCCKMC)

Colombia’s vulnerable agriculture – “Peak coffee” soon a reality? Coffee producers are already facing challenges as the yields decrease, owing to rising temperatures and more intense and unpredictable rains, partly due to global warming

To make good decisions, Africa needs its own climate knowledge Climate knowledge brokers gathered this month to identify the nature of the need and demand for capacity building in climate knowledge brokering in Africa and to explore different approaches to capacity building on the continent.

The Green Climate Fund – baby steps towards delivery CDKN's Ari Huhtala and Christina Elvers report from the meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board in Zambia last week, where the Board made its first funding decisions.

Water-climate nexus will be central to Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable Development Goals and the climate change negotiations were high on the agenda at World Water Week, a global event celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden in late August. CDKN Africa’s Ronald Mukanya and Claire Mathieson write.