Water: How to mobilise enough action on this crux adaptation issue? Climate finance provides a major opportunity to invest in more resilient water systems. However, climate financiers need a more holistic view of water management than they have demonstrated so far. Partnership with experienced water sector professionals in countries could provide the missing piece of the puzzle.

A Financing Framework for Resilient Growth: What it means for Pakistan Marwah Maqbool Malik of Oxford Policy Management introduces the Financing Framework for Resilient Growth and some lessons learned from its application in Pakistan.

How climate researchers and businesses began speaking the same language: A case from Senegal Researchers from the action-research project, PRISE, describe how new knowledge partnerships are making development more environmentally and economically sustainable in Senegal.

Collaboration and climate adaptation: More than the sum of its parts Bruce Currie-Alder, CARIAA Programme Leader, reflects on what is possible when new partnerships are formed to create climate resilience solutions.

The Water-Energy-Food nexus: Insights from Amazonia Helen Bellfield and David Sabogal of the Global Canopy Programme look at how human needs for water, food and energy create a nexus of demands on natural resources in Amazonia and they draw lessons from the CDKN-backed Amazonia Security Agenda project.

Resilient housing: A flourishing sector CDKN's Miren Gutierrez asks: what does climate-resilient housing look like? She also explores the potential for the housing sector to increase the resilience of its products.

A tale of three cities: Heat Action Plans across India Anjali Jaiswal and Jessica Korsh of the Natural Resources Defence Council describe how Heat Action Plans they have devised with local governments, supported by CDKN, are being rolled out across the country as temperatures peak.

Climate change and gender: Are we risking perverse gender outcomes? Gavin Quibell and Lene Lundsgaard argue that delivering more climate-resilient infrastructure must be accompanied by the protection and enhancement of women's existing roles and autonomy in society.

'Farmers of the Future' : New film shows Nepal's women farmers leading on climate-smart agriculture A new CDKN film visits the high mountains, mid hills and Terai plains of Nepal, where a CDKN-supported project has been working with women farmers to increase their knowledge of climate-smart agriculture practices, and is nurturing a new group of female entrepreneurs.

Plan CC: Tackling climate change in Peru The Government of Peru has been leading a national process to map the sources of the country's greenhouse gas emissions and identify climate mitigation options that also tackle poverty. This new CDKN film documents the achievements of 'Plan CC' and may inspire other countries to pursue climate and development objectives simultaneously.

After Paris: Developing countries look first to their own resources to deliver agreement  How are developing countries responding to the high ambitions in the Paris climate agreement? CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar report on the diverse perspectives among countries where CDKN is supporting national climate plans and their delivery: includes insights from India, Ethiopia and more.