Bringing climate change disaster planning into the boardroom CDKN launches its new report ‘Tackling Exposure; Placing Disaster Risk Management at the Heart of National Economic and Fiscal Policy’ at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Addis Ababa on Thursday 9 May.

slow work on emissions reductions talks Climate negotiators have gathered in Bonn, Germany until 25 May to take forward the commitments made at the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Durban last December. Authors from CDKN and LRI take the temperature of the talks.

exploring the theme of multi-level governance for urban adaptation How to integrate local and national efforts for adaptation? Reporting from the Resilient Cities Congress in Bonn, Patricia León explores some examples of how urban and national authorities can cooperate for successful climate compatible development.

Drive on by? Will upcoming meetings in Bonn take the opportunity to make progress on addressing drivers of deforestation? Addressing deforestation is a way for many developing countries to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Emily Brickell looks at opportunities to tackle the drivers of deforestation in non-forest sectors during two key international meetings this month.

Supporting collaboration between climate knowledge brokers Following up on a highly successful workshop last year, around 30 representatives from leading climate knowledge broker initiatives will reconvene in Bonn, in the midst of the UNFCCC Intersessionals this year.

Highlights from the Climate Knowledge Brokers' Workshop The Climate Knowledge Brokers Workshop was convened in Bonn from 18-20 May. Geoff Barnard and Mairi Dupar blogged from the workshop - read on to find out whether knowledge infrastructure is more of a pond or a network, and what makes web users tick.

New framework launched - 'Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilient Development' The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) launched the CDKN-supported 'Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilient Development' at Africa Water Week in Cairo on 14 May. The Framework will help decision makers and practitioners in Africa integrate climate resilience into water plans and investments.

A positive vision for the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee Heleen de Connick and Letha Tawney describe why we all have a stake in the success of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism and set out their vision for how the Technology Executive Committee can rise to the challenging task of facilitating global technology development and transfer.

South Asia Climate Change Award Fellowships 2012 Panos South Asia invites applications for the CDKN funded South Asia Climate Change Award (SACCA) Fellowships 2012.

the lessons of the IPCC SREX report for South Asia CDKN's Elizabeth Colebourn and Amy Kirbyshire report back from the New Delhi, India outreach event where diverse stakeholders discussed the IPCC's SREX report.

Climate change litigation - a rising tide? CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports on how individuals, communities and even whole nations are increasingly exploring climate change litigation.

IPCC SREX Outreach - Delhi, 2-3 May 2012 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and local partners hosted an outreach event on ‘Managing the Risks of Climate Extremes and Disasters in Asia – What can we learn from the IPCC Special Report?’ at Le Meridien, New Delhi, India on 2 – 3 May 2012. Find the recording and presentations from the event here.