WORKING PAPER: Emerging technologies - new opportunities for climate compatible development A Fourth Industrial Revolution is underway, characterised by emerging and exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and the Internet of Things. The paper's authors consider if these technologies could help developing countries toward achieving their Paris Agreement climate commitments.

Courting catastrophe? Humanitarian policy and practice in a changing climate This IDS Bulletin is a call for increasing engagement between humanitarian aid and adaptation interventions to support deliberate transformation of development pathways. Contributors argue that humanitarian interventions offer opportunities for a common agenda to drive transformational adaptation.

WORKING PAPER: UK trade policy and climate change - maximising commercial, climate and development outcomes This working paper assesses the challenges and opportunities between UK trade policy and climate commitments.

Addressing policy challenges from Chennai’s 2015 extreme rainfall event This policy brief identifies the key causes of Chennai's 2015 extreme rainfall and gives recommendations for building urban resilience in the area.

Climate attribution science: A useful tool to plan for extreme heat events This policy brief identifies how climate attribution science can help to mitigate future extreme heat events and address the needs of those most affected.

ESSENTIAL: Six tips for effective country programmes This ‘Essential’ briefing presents CDKN’s top six tips for ensuring impact in country programmes on climate compatible development, based on the in-depth approach to country assistance that CDKN developed with its partners.

WORKING PAPER: Leveraging private sector finance for climate compatible development How can governments, international programmes and other stakeholders create an enabling environment for private investment in climate action? In their new paper,Charlotte Ellis and Kamleshan Pillay share key lessons from CDKN’s experience.

ESSENTIAL: Building on local knowledge for climate compatible development Partners in the CDKN–ICLEI Subnational Learning Programme have explored a variety of approaches to identifying and leveraging local knowledge, combined with scientific data for informed decision-making and planning at local government level.

Working paper: Working across scales - Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia A new report by John Colvin and Christina McDonagh for CDKN explores the value of stimulating climate compatible development initiatives at multiple levels of governance - drawing on seven years of work by CDKN in India, Indonesia, Nepal and Pakistan.

Working paper: Budgeting for NDC action - Initial lessons from climate-vulnerable countries This working paper asks: are climate change-related expenditures starting to appear in national budgets to secure the early implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)? It examines the evidence of resourcing NDC policies and actions in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.

WORKING PAPER: Capability development - Taking a targeted approach Approaches to the development of capacity and capability vary from one organisation to another and there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. Rather than letting capacity develop by chance, CDKN has adopted a more intentional approach.

WORKING PAPER: Critical success factors for resilient water infrastructure This working paper presents a set of five critical factors for increasing the climate resilience of water infrastructure, based on a review of six CDKN funded projects, which was made up of a desk review and interviews with project stakeholders.