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Making food systems more resilient to climate change A new project aims to make sure Central America’s food systems can withstand climate shifts. Marius Keller, from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), reports.

The road ahead for State Action Plans on Climate Change in India Sunder Subramanian, an independent climate change expert and advisor to Indian State Governments reflects on the opportunities and challenges for the State Action Plans on Climate Change

Building understanding in climate diplomacy CDKN is seeking to procure and fund a supplier/s to conduct a review to understand how to effectively integrate climate change into foreign policy and to undertake climate diplomacy.

Private sector engagement on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation CDKN is seeking a supplier for a project in the Horn of Africa and Sahel regions which will investigate public-private sector partnerships and innovations around disaster resilience, improve understanding of the private sector’s role in building disaster resilience and results and experiences through digital media.

Integrating sustainable urban drainage, resource-based sanitation, biogas and food security How can the capital of Lao PDR become a modern, vibrant and green city? CITYBLUES++, a project supported by CDKN's Innovation Fund, attempts to find out.

International Renewable Energy Agency seeks applications for project funding The International renewable energy agency (IRENA) is welcoming online applications for concessional loans to facilitate renewable energy projects in developing countries,

Kenya – Communicating climate compatible development with the private sector CDKN is seeking a supplier to use Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan as a basis for communicating key climate change messages to the Kenyan private sector.

Empowering communities to monitor the impact of their work Saleemul Haq reflects on how a programme supported by CDKN in Bangladesh is spreading an innovative new bottom-up approach to monitoring and evaluating community based adaptation

Researchers seek shortcut to communicating for influence At a recent workshop in Bangkok, organized by CDKN partner SUMERNET, its researchers had the opportunity to engage with two key groups of stakeholders: policy makers and journalists. They gained useful insights into how to make their research more useful and accessible to policy makers and the public. SUMERNET researchers share their experience of the workshop in a blog.

Forecasts benefit farmers at risk from weather extremes Richard Ewbank, Climate Advisor to Christian Aid, reports on an initiative in Kenya that is helping farmers finely tune their cropping decisions to seasonal weather variations

Taking stock of micro-insurance for disaster risk reduction – evidence and experiences in applying index-based micro-insurance in South and South East Asia CDKN is seeking a supplier to document evidence and experience of applying index based micro-insurance in South and South East Asia.