South Asia climate change journalist fellowship awarded This year’s 24 South Asia Climate Change Award (SACCA) fellows have been selected by a panel of experts from all forms of media from six countries in South Asia.

First Climate Justice Dialogue takes place in Chile On 3 and 4 April, the first Climate Justice Dialogue will be hosted in Santiago de Chile. Supported by CDKN, the Dialogue aims to mobilise political willingness to build an equitable and ambitious climate agreement by 2015

Incorporating resilience into the post-2015 development goals As the UN launches its first report on the Post-2015 MDG consultations, CDKN’s Amy Kirbyshire reflects on what the 5th Africa Drought Adaptation Forum taught us about how resilience can be measured and incorporated into the Post-2015 development framework.

Index-Based Mortality Livestock Insurance in Mongolia This Inside Story explains how The Government of Mongolia’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Project is helping Mongolian herders cope with the harsh and unpredictable weather resulting from climate change.

Kenya's National Climate Change Action Plan is officially launched After 18 months of development and an extensive consultation process across sectors of society, Kenya launched its National Climate Change Action Plan yesterday. Tim Ash Vie, CDKN East Africa Hub Lead, reports from Nairobi.

Board members sketch out an operational framework for the Green Climate Fund After a week of heated debates in Berlin, the Green Climate Fund board reached an important agreement on moving forward with the fund’s Business Model Framework. Annelieke Douma and Anouk Franck, of Both ENDS, watched the drama unfold.

India’s water challenges highlighted in new report A new report on India’s water situation details the many challenges the country faces, including water insecurity and poor quality water. However, the report also presents workable solutions to address these challenges and gives positive case studies to show that change is possible.

With temperatures rising, major Indian city moves closer to releasing life-saving heat action plan Anjali Jaiswal and Meredith Connolly tell us how the Ahmedabad government is taking steps to protect its 7 million residents with a new Heat Action Plan.

Thailand’s Low Carbon City Initiative The first in a series of case studies on low emission development from CDKN and the Asia Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Partnership

Low carbon logic - the business case for climate compatible development Karen Ellis, Head of the Private Sector & Markets Programme, Overseas Development Institute reports on the business case for climate compatible development

New approaches to promoting flexible and forward-looking decision making Drawing on insights from complexity science, this paper describes what processes are needed to promote Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM).

Are sector-based approaches to climate change becoming obsolete? Phil Lewis, Project Manager for CDKN reports on what happened at a recent World Bank Sustainable Development event when delegates were asked 'Are sector-based approaches to climate change becoming obsolete'?