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.

Guide to strengthening gender integration in climate finance projects CDKN and WEDO's new guide presents a framework of recommendations for strengthening gender integration in climate finance projects, with concrete examples and resources to show how it can be done.

Food security links us all Sonja Vermeulen, Head of Research of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, writes about the global challenge facing food security and agriculture.

Africa adaptation event shines spotlight on climate-smart agriculture Climate smart agriculture grabbed the headlines at the Africa anchoring event of the Climate Adaptation Summit – as a way for African communities to tackle climate change impacts, achieve food security, boost incomes and create vibrant rural economies. Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports.

Let's talk climate change - Four tips for communicating about it Climate change may seem like a complicated topic - but communicating about it doesn't have to be, says CDKN's Mairi Dupar.

Gender-sensitive Disaster Risk Reduction Mihir Bhatt, CDKN''s Senior Advisor for India and Virginie Le Masson, CDKN's Gender Advisor, reflect on the possibilities for more gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction programmes offered by the Sendai Framework for DRR.

Adapting to flood and fire in Quito, Ecuador Quito faces great challenges in adapting to climate change. How is the highest capital city in the world faring? After about five years of implementation, the Quito Strategy for Climate Change is starting to pay some dividends, reports Miren Gutierrez of CDKN.

Gender equality's a 'must' for climate compatible development to succeed Virginie LeMasson of CDKN assesses progress on gender issues at COP20 in Lima and argues that gender equality must be a cornerstone of climate compatible development.