Africa expresses concerns over $100 billion climate fund The African Group at the UN Climate change talks in Lima is concerned that the Green Climate fund pledge is far below expectations, affirming that the figure can only be considered a baseline for climate action.

COP20 pulsing with promise In this blog, Pippa Heylings gives us a taste of the contagious 'Latin Effect' that is palpable for all delegates and participants as they arrive in Lima for COP20 – that lifts us all with a sense of promise.

Development and Climate Days at UN climate talks to highlight ‘historic opportunity’ to reduce poverty and emissions to zero (#zerozero) The Development and Climate Days event at UN climate talks in Peru will communicate how extreme poverty and the impacts of climate change, which already affect many millions of people worldwide, can be overcome by far-sighted, joined-up action.

CDKN's programme at COP20, Lima CDKN presents its programme of side events at COP20 in Lima, Peru in December 2014. They cover: countries' experiences in preparing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) Amazon climate and water security, and ambition for a world with zero net emissions and zero poverty.

Will the Lima climate conference sustain progress toward a strong climate deal? Will the UNFCCC’s COP20 deliver a year-end high for what has been an extraordinary year for climate change? Or will we find ourselves looking back on two weeks’ worth of talks in Lima to find some glimmers of hope? Sam Bickersteth and Kiran Sura of CDKN report.

Boosting private sector investment in low-emissions development Ari Huhtala of CDKN reports from the Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Asia Forum.

Vulnerability, inclusion and empowerment CDKN and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) are co-hosting an event to discuss how the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction must go beyond the sole idea that vulnerable groups need to be included within disaster risk reduction policy. Watch the livestream here today.

INDCs – what existing building blocks can developing countries use? Helen Picot, Kiran Sura and Christopher Webb of CDKN argue that many developing countries have solid foundations on which to develop their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for presentation to the UNFCCC.

Innovation and Collaboration for Transforming Knowledge into Climate Action At COP20, CDKN and the Climate Knowledge Brokers (CKB) Group will be showcasing recent breakthroughs that have been made in laying the foundations for a smart knowledge grid, and demonstrate how collaborative working is helping organisations optimize their knowledge resources and websites, avoid duplication, and link with others to make content easier to find.

Ethiopian climate change response improves, but challenges remain James Hassam of International Press Services looks at challenges around responding to climate change in Ethiopia.

Government leadership on climate change is happening Chicu Lokgariwar reports from a workshop in Lucknow, India on the commitment shown by Government officials to build resilience in the State, but also the obstacles they face.

Governments face further talks to agree disaster risk framework Elizabeth Carabine reports from the Second Preparatory Meeting for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, where negotiation on the zero draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction failed to deliver consensus.