CDKN announces extension to 2017 - interview with Sam Bickersteth This week, CDKN celebrates new funding  - and a time extension. Mairi Dupar, CDKN’s Global Public Affairs Coordinator, interviews Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, about the good news and what it means for the programme.

Community Based Adaptation – Keep it Simple! In the first of a series of articles from the 8th CBA conference, Pratim Roy from Keystone Foundation, India, reflects on how CBA needs to use mainstream ideas and practices to have a transformational future.

From global models to local decisions Jon Padgam explains the challenges and opportunities for linking climate information with user needs in Africa.

Risk transfer through microinsurance for adaptation to climate change Vishal Pathak and Khyati Halani from All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) reflect on the opportunity to use micro- disaster insurance for building resilience against climate change.

The Africa LEDS Partnership Caroline Spencer reflects on the recent meeting of the Africa LEDS Partnership and why membership is a ‘must have’ for low emissions development champions across the Africa region

Reciprocal watershed agreements Jorge Villanueva reports on Bolivia's Reciprocal Watershed Agreements, a CDKN-supported scheme that is yielding many benefits for the climate, as well as for local livelihoods and the environment.

Global Climate Policy Conference 2014 CDKN, Overseas Development Institute and Climate Strategies held a public conference on 7-8 May 2014 on strategies to unblock an ambitious global climate deal.

Giving Kenya’s flower sector the competitive edge The Carbon Reduction, Resources and Opportunities Toolkit is making waves in Kenya's flower sector, achieving international acclaim and private sector demand.

Announcement of funding opportunity – Future Climate for Africa programme The UK’s research funding body Natural Environment Research Council (

Economic impact assessment of climate change for key sectors in Nepal This report, 'Economic impact assessment of climate change in key sectors in Nepal', assesses how climate change will affect key economic sectors in Nepal, such as agriculture, water and energy

Finance for local level adaptation Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, spoke at the opening plenary of the eighth Community-Based Adaptation conference (CBA8) in Kathmandu, Nepal on 27 April. Here are his opening remarks.

Mitigation actions by any other name Is climate-talk estranging the development community and directing climate-related research away from the human element that is central to any solution? Stefan Raubenheimer reflects on discussions from the DevMit Forum.