Plan to 'future proof' Bangalore's water and sanitation sector A new action plan has been published outlining an integrated set of actions to address the current and future development and climate risks facing the growing city of Bangalore in India.

Ahmedabad, India launches heat wave preparation and warning system A coalition of organisations has teamed up with the Ahmedabad city government in Gujarat, India, to launch a heat health action plan, with the support of CDKN. Meredith Connolly of NRDC reports.

The Dominican Republic presents the Quisqueya Platform at the Cartagena Dialogue in Santo Domingo Jose Garibaldi, Director of Energeia reports on a new initiative to support integrated adaptation and mitigation efforts by developing countries, launched last week in the Dominican Republic

Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations to Prepare Outdoor Workers in Ahmedabad This report, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations to Prepare Outdoor Workers in Ahmedabad, looks at the vulnerability of outdoor workers to extreme heat, examining construction workers' perception of, and vulnerability to, extreme heat exposure.

Resilient Cities Asia Pacific: Delegates challenged to think long term Bedoshruti Sadhukhan of CDKN's Asia team and the ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Delhi office reports on key themes in this year's Resilient Cities Asia Pacific Congress.

Chile's Framework Law on Climate Change: In conversation with Carolina Urmeneta Maria Carolina Urmeneta Labarca heads the Office of Climate Change in Chile’s Ministry of Environment. Here, she shares her insights into Chile's integrated climate governance, from national to local levels.

Kenya – Communicating climate compatible development with the private sector CDKN is seeking a supplier to use Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan as a basis for communicating key climate change messages to the Kenyan private sector.

REPORT: Climate change financing for cities in Indonesia The report contains a scoping study on how climate actions in cities in Indonesia can be financed.

Indian climate plans to bring gender perspectives Aditi Kapoor of Alternative Futures presents her organisation's work to make Indian States' climate plans more sensitive to gender issues - with CDKN support.

Bridging the Gap - INDCs fail to deliver sufficient ambition Kiran Sura, CDKN's Head of Negotiations Support, reports from a conference held in Morocco this month to take the measure of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) that governments have submitted in advance of the Paris climate summit.