How to put ‘learning’ at the heart of policy implementation Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP) and Hagler Bailly Pakistan (HBP) discuss how a CDKN project in Pakistan is using a process of stakeholder engagement and ‘learning’ to turn the National Climate Change Policy into action.

Beat the Heat CDKN launches a new film that tells the story of how heat action plans are saving lives and reducing ill health in India's cities - and how the promising and practical approaches are being adopted by other Indian cities.

Poverty and climate change - how to close a deal in 2015 Simon Maxwell, CDKN's Executive Chair, proposes ten actions for governments to ensure that the SDGs and related financing talks and global climate negotiations in 2015 lead to strong positive outcomes on protecting the environment and ending poverty.

Three key private finance initiatives for financing a 1.5°C degree target Kamleshan Pillay, CDKN’s Climate Finance Lead, outlines three potentially game-changing initiatives to enhance private finance of climate action, in response to the release of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.<

Indian partner organisations win UNFCCC Lighthouse Award for community resilience The Gorakhpur Environment Action Group and SEEDS India, two CDKN partners, have won accolades from the UNFCCC for their work to build community resilience to climate change in Gorakhpur, a flood-prone district of India.

Making power generation resilient to climate change As nations meeting in Bonn conclude talks on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions, the time is right to examine how power generation can be not only low-carbon, but also climate-resilient. Frauke Urban reports.

Bridging Indigenous and Western knowledge systems for inclusive forest-based resilience in Benin Rooted in cultural and spiritual traditions, sacred forests offer unique opportunities for conservation. This feature article by Edmond Totin, Esdras Obossou, and Ferdinand Ayimasse highlights the Knowledge-to-Action (K2A) project in Benin, led by the NGO SURVIE de la Mère et de l’Enfant. The K2A initiative aims to integrate Indigenous Knowledge and sacred forest management into biodiversity and climate policies across six districts.

Maharashtra’s story of developing its State Climate Change Policy Prutha Vaze provides an insider’s perspective on developing the Maharashtra State Climate Change Policy. Ms. Vaze, a Technical Expert for the Action on Climate Today (ACT) programme, has been embedded with the state government for the last three years.

Climate change is causing havoc worldwide: We can still limit the damage The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s new report warns that climate change is already causing widespread losses and damages worldwide. Its alarming findings are cause for grave concern – but the report is also clear on actions everyone must take.

Zambia works toward delivering its national climate commitment How is Zambia planning to deliver the national climate plan or 'NDC' to which it committed under the Paris Agreement? Cathrine Mutambirwa reports that Zambia's planning process is gaining momentum as the country assesses how to take economy-wide action.

A split United Nations climate talks Jonathan Grant, a climate change expert at PwC, provides his analysis of this month's global climate talks in Morocco. He captures delegates responses to the United States election results and listens in on private sector discussions on climate action.