Mobile app tracks Costa Rican coffee’s carbon footprint A mobile app for Costa Rican coffee farmers is not only helping them reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The app also feeds into Costa Rica’s Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system: part of its national commitment on climate action to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Paul May of CDKN reports.

The IPCC’s 1.5°C Report Suzanne Carter, CDKN Country Engagement Coordinator, highlights why we need to start seriously considering the risk of extreme heat in African cities, following the release of the IPCC’s Special Report on 1.5°C.

PwC hands over CDKN leadership to Africa-based SouthSouthNorth Sam Bickersteth steps down this week after more than seven years as Chief Executive of CDKN, and as PwC hands leadership of the Alliance to South African-based NGO, SouthSouthNorth. He reflects on the Alliance's achievements and legacy.

Amazon alert The Amazon region’s environmental problems may seem intractable. However, the Amazon Security coalition presents a new framing of the problems that could capture political attention, delegates hear at COP20 in Lima, Peru.

Migration and climate change Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, recently spoke at the RGS/IBG Annual Conference on the issue of migration and climate change.

Greater diversity the best way to gain climate consensus Mairi Dupar reports the outcome of lively debate hosted by PwC and CDKN on “Is international consensus on climate change the way to save the planet?”

What is the role of government in building local adaptive capacity? In a series of articles from the 8th Community-based Adaptation (CBA) conference, Mutie Nzau, from the Government of Kenya, outlines the ten ways Government can support local adaptation.

Join CDKN at Resilient Cities 2014 Join CDKN and ICLEI for their joint side event at 'Resilient Cities 2014: Making Climate Compatible Development Pay For Local Communities'

NEPAD-hosted event highlights needs and challenges of adaptation financing As part of CDKN's live blog coverage of hot topics discussed at COP21 in Paris, our Chief Exe

Government of Nepal publishes plan for assessment of the cost of climate change A CDKN project is on track to deliver a new valuable assessment of the economic impact of climate change in Nepal

G7 places climate change high on the agenda Positive commitments at the G7 summit in Germany could provide a timely boost to the slow-moving UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn, report CDKN’s Sam Unsworth and Chris Webb.

the Green Climate Fund and city leaders Lisa Junghans of Germanwatch is a team member of the CDKN supported project ‘Finding the Finance: climate compatible development in Asian cities’. In this blog she discusses the opportunities for cities under the GCF, and how achieving a paradigm shift needs bundled power from all sides.