Climate change, gender and youth: Putting linked topics on Latin American agendas CDKN and the ClikHub delivered training on 'communicating climate change' to diverse Latin American groups, then provided seed funding for their own communications campaigns. María José Pacha, Gabriela Villamarín and Franco Moreno report on the results.

Youth film competition on reducing disaster risk There's still time to enter the new Earthbeat film challenge: 'from risk to resilience'. Submit your 3 minute film on the topic before the 18 February 2022 deadline.

Heat-health advisories in rural India: Learning during the pandemic era Premsagar Tasgaonkar, Komal Modhave and Yogesh Shinde from the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), India describe how they have established a system to warn farmers in rural areas when heat levels are forecast to rise to dangerous levels.

Ecosystem-based adaptation: A promising solution to flood risk in African cities Urban floods are becoming more common as a result of increasing urbanisation, poor urban planning and climate change. A new report by PlanAdapt explores how the cities of Cape Town, Durban, Mombasa and Nairobi are rising to the challenge, and how their work can inspire others.

Ensuring that climate solutions empower women: Latin America perspective Measures to transition to a low-carbon, green economy are not automatically fair and inclusive if they do not actively include a gender equality approach - as highlighted in an event entitled 'Climate governance with a gender focus' in Santiago, Chile.

Young people from Cartagena de Indias at the forefront of climate change action We take a look at ongoing initiatives involving young people from different communities in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia to promote cultural and environmental education, aiming to tackle the climate change threats posed to their city.

Request for proposals: Help develop a website for the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World programme CDKN is seeking a website developer to build a website for the GLOW programme. Qualified website developers are invited to apply by Friday 28 January 2022, 10:00 SAST.

New research supports a gender-equal recovery through low-carbon innovation A new IDRC-supported research programme aims to help ensure that low- and middle-income countries' economic responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are inclusive and sustainable. CDKN will be the knowledge partner for the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World programme.

COP26 Resilience Hub report out now The COP Resilience Hub report synthesises the key overarching messages from the activities during COP26 and aims to help set the direction for future actions towards COP27. CDKN supported the Resilience Hub to facilitate the inclusion of diverse voices and promote knowledge-into-action.

Knowledge for transformative action towards a resilient future On 10th November 2021, the Resilience Hub at COP26 hosted a side event to showcase three major, global initiatives that seek to ensure that action to enhance adaptation and resilience stem from a foundation of research, knowledge and learning: CDKN, the Resilience Knowledge Coalition and the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA). Corina Angheloiu from the Global Resilience Partnership reports.

COP26 Catalyst for Climate Action recommendations for capacity building CDKN has contributed to the 'COP26 Catalyst', a consultative process that produced recommendations for capacity-building on climate action, and which is mentioned twice in the Glasgow Climate Pact.

Can locally-led anticipatory action address climate impacts at scale? There is considerable potential for more locally-led anticipatory action to prepare people for extreme weather and climate events and avoid loss and damage - reports Myriam Castaneda Solares of the START International network, from a COP26 Resilience Hub event.