Improved integrated risk management could help address risks posed by slow-onset processes In the second of our posts on the UNFCCC regional consultations on Loss and Damage, Katie Harris from ODI examines how integrated risk management could help address the challenges posed by slow-onset processes.

Policymakers must consider risk from slow-onset processes, as well as extreme weather Sven Harmeling of Germanwatch and Koko Warner of the United Nations University present part one of our reports from the Latin American and Caribbean regional consultation by the UNFCCC on loss and damage.

Loss and Damage - From Defining to Understanding to Action On her return from a UNFCCC Regional Workshop in Bangkok, Kashmala Kakakhel, CDKN Project Manager, explains how loss and damage is progressing within the climate talks.

Gender and climate change - iconic stories from South Asia Mairi Dupar of CDKN discusses which stories on women and climate change should be grabbing the headlines.

Colombia’s vulnerable agriculture – “Peak coffee” soon a reality? Coffee producers are already facing challenges as the yields decrease, owing to rising temperatures and more intense and unpredictable rains, partly due to global warming

Gate-keepers of our news – the power and responsibility of editors to report on climate change Elizabeth Colebourn reports from a CDKN supported retreat for influential South Asian editors on the opportunities and challenges of reporting on climate change.

Recognising the human element in extreme climate events Steven Price reports from the IPCC SREX meeting in Brazil on why we need to change our mindset about how best to manage “natural” disasters

Planning ahead is a complex science The confounding planning agenda facing Cartagena and government authorities shows how legal and institutional factors can complicate adaptation planning, as Steven Price reports

CDKN Innovation Fund (round 2 - Africa focus) now closed The CDKN Innovation Fund is opening 2nd round application window, supporting innovative thinking and action in designing and developing projects on climate compatible development in the Africa region.

MAPS-Chile embraces planning for low emissions development The Government of Chile has embarked on a two-year ‘Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios’ (MAPS) project, with CDKN’s support. The project aims to generate options for Chile to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions through a process of research and multi-sectoral involvement.

Mainstreaming climate change into the transport sector in Colombia CDKN are looking to procure someone with relevant local and international expertise to develop and implement the project “Mainstreaming Climate Change into the Transport Sector in Colombia’, including the participatory development of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Transport Sector.

Legal Response Initiative supports Least Developed Countries at UNFCCC meeting in Bangkok Christoph Schwarte from Legal Response Initiative reports on CDKN-funded activities at the UNFCCC meeting in Bangkok