Partnership with parliamentarians enriches Pakistan’s climate and development debate A major research project has tailored climate change information for the use of parliamentarians in Pakistan – enabling them to apply new knowledge to some of the country’s pressing social and environmental challenges. Samavia Batool and Abid Suleri report.

Hike in record-dry months for Africa's Sahel worries scientists A recent study reveals alarming trends in the lack of rainfall in Africa's Sahel region - reports Laurie Goering of ThomsonReuters.

CDKN at COP24 - The start of a ‘big conversation’ on communicating climate change At COP24 in Katowice, Poland in December, the CDKN team shared top tips on communicating for climate action – and helped push the boundaries on audience engagement.

The SCAN-tool - A new way to explore links between climate action and SDGs Pauline Probst of the Support Project of the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPA) introduces the SDG Climate Action Nexus tool (SCAN Tool), which helps users to link climate action with other Sustainable Development Goals.

Sri Lanka’s progress towards multi-level climate governance Ranga Pallawala, Scott A.

Countries must follow technical achievement of COP24 by stepping up ambition Delegates to COP24 in Katowice, Poland closed the conference on Saturday with a considerable achievement: they signed off an almost-complete ‘rulebook’ – or set of guidelines – for implementing the Paris Agreement.

Game-changing report finds that climate action will avert millions of air pollution deaths The COP Special Report on Health and Climate Change has turned the economics of climate change on its head and exposed an environmental outrage on a planetary scale. Mairi Dupar reports from Katowice, Poland.

Enabling workers to benefit from the green economic transition Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar report from the Green Growth Knowledge Platform’s annual conference and learning forum, which this year focused on "Inclusive solutions for the green transition: Competitiveness, jobs/skills and social dimensions".

East African climate services connect with local communities Met departments and others are strengthening climate services in East Africa and it is having a positive impact on development, reports Bill Leathes of the Met Office, the UK’s national meteorological service.

Modelling Mozambique's low-emissions future Almeida Sitoe, Sadie Cox and Tim Woods report on a major low-emissions project that is modelling future development pathways for Mozambique and providing scenarios for the next version of its NDC.

Finance for climate action rising, but still 'far to go' Much more investment is needed to transition economies onto a low-carbon path, and adapt to climate change impacts, reports Megan Rowling of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

CDKN at COP24 - Katowice, Poland CDKN looks forward to welcoming you at our various side events during the UNFCCC COP24, in Katowice, Poland.