Measuring climate risk, A practical guide A new Climate Risk Assessment Guide developed by the UNDP and CAMP Alatoo with CDKN support provides a practical and innovative process for assessing climate change risks in Central Asia, particularly at the sub-national level.

Developing a Regional Renewable Energy Roadmap for Central America The report assesses the status of renewable energy technologies in Central America and analyzes the conditions for their advancement in the future. The name of the study is The Way Forward for Renewable Energy in Central America.

'Knowledge navigator' helps to signpost climate and development information Fatema Rajabali introduces the Knowledge Navigator, a CDKN-sponsored tool that features on our refreshed website, from this week.

Directing climate finance to where it’s needed Counterproductive subsidies, forthcoming regulations and verification methods must be taken into account if more private-sector investments are to be mobilized for climate finance initiatives. Simone Albus of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH reports

CDKN launches new on-line features The Climate and Development Knowledge Network has introduced some changes to its website with the aim of providing a more inviting and easy-to-use service for professionals working in the climate compatible development space.

Portal proliferation syndrome responding to treatment With no end in sight to the proliferation of websites offering climate information, Geoff Barnard, CDKN’s Knowledge Management Strategy Advisor, offers some advice on how to add value to existing sources of data

The power of radio to find and deliver adaptation solutions Elizabeth Gogoi, CDKN and Kumar Chandan, Lead India reflect on the learning from a CDKN project which showed the potential of community radio to involve communities in the policy-making process.

CFAS launches new climate finance daily briefings service The Climate Finance Advisory Service is launching a new service, CFAS Daily Briefings which will provide concise, informative updates on key meetings and climate negotiations.

Priority adaptation actions identified in Pakistan As part of the support to the Government of Pakistan to develop a CCD work programme, a new report outlines priority actions on adapting to the impacts of climate change.

Climate info helps planners decide whether to grow vegetables or build houses Should an area of Cape Town currently used for farming be converted to housing? Anna Taylor, research fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, uses the weADAPT web platform in conjunction with relevant climate information to seek answers to this planning conundrum

Is a conference the only way to share CCD knowledge? Elizabeth Colebourn, CDKN and Arif Rahman, LEAD Pakistan, put forward a new approach to Climate Compatible Development (CCD) knowledge management

The world needs better funding for disaster risk reduction Jan Kellett, Senior Research Advisor at ODI, explains why disaster risk reduction efforts should be incorporated in core national policies, and considers progress made so far towards that goal