Colombia’s national climate pledge: Towards the Paris Summit Claudia Martinez is CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Colombia and also advises the national government on green growth. Here, she reports on the scope and significance of Colombia's national climate pledge in the run-up to the critical United Nations Summit in Paris in December.

Global Green Growth Week - "Development must be green and inclusive" Delegates gather in Jeju, Korea for Global Green Growth Week 2016 - where the message is that 'going green' is the only way economies will grow and prosper in the future.

Cancun to Durban via Bonn IIED's Saleemul Huq reports back from the UNFCCC talks in Bonn, Germany. Read what he has to say about the progress of the talks, and his prediction for the forthcoming CoP17 conference in Durban, South Africa.

Institutional readiness for mainstreaming climate change in El Salvador CDKN is engaged in a programme of work to support institutional readiness for mainstreaming climate change in El Salvador.

Urban diagnostics of climate and development risks to Bangalore and Madurai As part of an ongoing initiative supported by CDKN to ‘future proof’ the Indian cities of Bangalore and Madurai, Atkins have published urban diagnostics of climate-related risks facing the cities.

Gender and climate change - India Pavilion at COP21 highlights work to be done Aditi Kapoor, Director Alternative Futures, recaps her experiences from an event on gender and climate change at the India Pavilion at COP21. Alternative Futures has been a partner of CDKN working on gender and climate change in India.

POLICY BRIEF: How should the new international disaster framework address gender equality? The lack of attention to, and misunderstanding of, gender inequality prevents the effective reduction of disaster risks. This policy brief by Dr Virginie Le Masson and Lara Langston highlights the need for specific gender-related measures to be included in the successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action.

WORKING PAPER: Supporting ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Lessons learned from developing countries CDKN is pleased to release its latest Working Paper, "Supporting ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Lessons learned from developing countries", based on interviews with those who have been deeply involved in preparing INDCs.

CDKN Annual Report 2015: Climate compatible development - delivering results CDKN's Annual Report 2015 celebrates five years of results in climate compatible development - including partnerships to safeguard lives and livelihoods in the face of increasing climate change impacts, and innovative work to finance low carbon development.

Climate change and Uttarakhand A film by Acclimatise explores the experience of the state of Uttarakhand, which began working on a climate change plan in 2011 with support from CDKN. A vulnerability and risk assessment was initiated in 2014 and a community level analysis helped form the basis of a policy guidance document called the 'agenda for climate action'.

CDKN at COP20, Week One CDKN staff will be hosting a display stand and organising multiple side events at COP20 in Lima, Peru from 1 – 12 December 2014. Follow our live updates here, from CDKN staff in Lima.