Africa expresses concerns over $100 billion climate fund The African Group at the UN Climate change talks in Lima is concerned that the Green Climate fund pledge is far below expectations, affirming that the figure can only be considered a baseline for climate action.

CFAS Recommended reading guide, an Introduction Sven Harmeling of Germanwatch introduces the Climate Finance Advisory Service’s ‘Recommended

Legislating the Paris Agreement Please join the Legal Response Initiative and CDKN for this expert panel discussion on 27th September, focused on the legal challenges and requirements of developing nations in implementing their nationally determined contributions (NDCs): register today!

Forthcoming research call on resilient cities in Latin America CDKN, IDRC and FFLA are pleased to announce that we will launch a research call, the "Resilient Cities Initiative on Climate Change in Latin America” in May 2016.

Gorakhpur film in high demand at India launch “For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India” – the new film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district – received a rousing reception at its launch in India last week.

Supporting the preparation of the Gambia’s INDC - Lessons learned from local stakeholder consultations Kirstin Hücking and Sandra Freitas of Climate Analytics report on lively and informed discussions about environmental problems that impact on Gambian livelihoods – and how these discussions have fed into the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC.

Research on small and medium scale Irrigation systems in Nepal Simon Howarth, Team Leader for a new research project in Nepal discusses the climate challenges faced by irrigation in Nepal and CDKN’s work to help the government and farmers overcome these.

Inside Story: Catalysing energy efficiency in small and medium-sized enterprises in priority sectors in Peru This Inside Story draws out lessons from a CDKN project which focused on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market in Peru, aiming to develop a broader understanding of the key actors, structure and dynamics of the current energy market.

Policy Brief : An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development This paper, An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development, assesses evidence of ‘triple wins’ on the ground, and the feasibility of triple wins that do not generate negative impacts.

REPORT: National climate change legislation: The key to more ambitious international agreements? This report by GLOBE International and CDKN urges readers to look beyond what happens within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – where countries are negotiating toward a new climate treaty. The authors assess how the building blocks for ambition within the UNFCCC are laid at home.

WORKING PAPER: Equity and inclusion in disaster risk reduction: building resilience for all This CDKN working paper analyses the zero draft of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and attempts to address some of its shortcomings to move the debate beyond the simplistic focus of including vulnerable groups within DRR policy-making.