Finding Sustainable Alternatives to Large Hydropower in Central America To reduce its dependence on fossil fuel imports, Central America has embraced alternative energy in recent decades. It's largest source for renewable energy is hydropower.

How to put ‘learning’ at the heart of policy implementation Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP) and Hagler Bailly Pakistan (HBP) discuss how a CDKN project in Pakistan is using a process of stakeholder engagement and ‘learning’ to turn the National Climate Change Policy into action.

Presentation of the "Guidelines for Adaptation to Climate Change in Cartagena de Indias" The “Guidelines for Adaptation to Climate Change in Cartagena de Indias” provides decision makers and civil society actors with adaptation planning tools to set Cartagena on a path toward addressing its vulnerabilities to climate change while offering an opportunity to strengthen its competitiveness

Disaster-proofing your village before the floods – the case of Sindh, Pakistan Amiera Sawas, a PhD researcher from King’s College London, reflects on her experience of working with flood affected communities in Sindh province in Pakistan.

Getting to grips with the complexities of climate change In the first piece of our two-part blog, Mike Davison of WRENmedia highlights the challenges East African journalists face when reporting on climate change. These ideas were shared by journalists at an eight-day media-training workshop for climate-change reporting held in Nairobi in April 2012, organised by CDKN and conducted by WRENmedia.

Bold new approach to climate adaptation in rural Uganda The CDKN-supported project Action for Climate Change Resilience in Africa (ACCRA) brightens prospects for remote communities in Uganda, as World Vision’s Margaret Barihaihi reports.

Central America - Supporting Renewable Energy Innovations that Meet Local Needs Supportive policies for renewable energy continue to play a key role in extending power in regions with low rural electrification rates, such as Central America.

Parliamentarians bringing renewable energy to India Nicholas Dunlop, Secretary-General of the Climate Parliament, reflects on the success of the global parliamentary network in strengthening India's commitment to renewable energy promotion.

Economics of climate change in South Asia CDKN’s Elizabeth Colebourn and Ram Chandra Khanal report from Asian Development Bank (ADB) workshops on the Economics of Climate Change held across South Asia in July where they showcased lessons from CDKN’s work in Nepal.

A vision for vulnerability assessment in the Rio Alto Cauca Andrew Jarvis from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) describes how a new methodology is being used in Colombia to help understand what vulnerability to climate change really means.

“Resilient Cities Action Lab” - a melting pot for collaboration among Latin America urban leaders In early June 2012, more than 40 Latin American leaders from the public sector, business and civil society gathered in the mountains outside Rio de Janeiro to discuss and create new cross-sector partnerships on urban resilience to climate change.

What does the IPCC SREX report mean for India? Mihir Bhatt outlines outlines three major themes from his discussions with government authorities, the UN, international and domestic non governmental organisations and media researchers on how SREX messages could influence policy and practice in India.