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

Opportunities in urban informality, development and climate resilience in African cities Blaise Dobson and Jean-Pierre Roux argue that we cannot ignore the theme of African urbanisation in the 21st century. Growing urban informality is an opportunity to leverage innovative ways to build climate compatible cities.

CDKN Asia Country Snapshots published CDKN has released a set of country and regional snapshots featuring highlights of projects and achievements from Asia over the last quarter.

How important are climate knowledge brokers? A report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development by Anne Hammill, Blane Harvey and Daniella Echeverria examines the role of climate change knowledge brokers. Here we present the summary of its findings

How China and Southern nations can best share adaptation lessons CDKN’s Carolyn Fry interviews Murray Simpson, of The INTASAVE Partnership & CARIBSAVE, about the findings of the China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Adaptation, Learning and Development