The world loses its greatest climate warrior As tributes continue to pour in from around the world in appreciation of the work of Ambassador Tony de Brum, the Marshallese statesman, Sam Bickersteth and Kiran Sura reflect on the life of CDKN’s deeply valued partner.

A 'Quick Start' approach to implementing NDCs – Insights from Zambia Zambia is one of the three pilot countries in Africa to undertake a readiness assessment of NDC implementation using the CDKN and Ricardo Quick-Start Guide. ADI's Cathrine Mutambirwa reflects on the process and outcomes of the project.

Reflections on PlanCC and the future of climate compatible development in Peru Mireya Villacis reflects on CDKN's long involvement in supporting Peru to develop and articulate national climate plans - and figure out how to achieve them, and she surveys the future prospects for climate compatible development in the country.

How do we start putting a price on resilience? This feature examines how a new framework, the Resilience Dividend Valuation Model (RDVM), aims to quantify the link between resilience-inspired investments and improved well-being. It was originally posted on Zilient and can be found here.

Charting a course toward climate compatible development - Seven years of CDKN (2010-2017) Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, takes stock of CDKN's first seven years of achievements, and appraises the global environment for climate compatible development, in these opening remarks from the CDKN London Conference, July 2017.

A six point plan for moving forward on climate compatible development A plan for moving forward on climate compatible development, by Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, from the CDKN London Conference, July 2017.

Five lessons for communicating climate risk We share five lessons on communicating climate risk from our work with local scientists, media, policy-makers and practitioners in India, Kenya and Ethiopia through the Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) project

Discover country leadership examples on integrating low emission action into national development LEDS GP has launched its country leadership tool, which allows users to discover how countries are integrating low emission action in their national development.

Transport Toolkit to help plan and implement low emission transport systems The newly updated Transport Toolkit helps decision-makers, practitioners and stakeholders involved in the transport sector identify the most effective tools to build and implement transport low emission development strategies (LEDS).

Droughts in East Africa Friederike Otto and Maarten van Aalst of the Raising Risk Awareness initiative explain the science around uncovering whether the recent drought in East Africa has been impacted by the presence of human-induced climate change.

No fruit – but maybe a path forward Laurie Goering of the Thomson Reuters Foundation suggests that action on climate change is still lagging – but solving problems other people want solved could help.

Chair of Coalition for Rainforest Nations reflects on the state of climate negotiations, and priorities for COP23 Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, Chair of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, lays out priorities for rainforest countries in the coming months' United Nations climate negotiations.