Green growth - debates and resources The debate over green growth continues. Here we present some of the key resources available from CDKN about green growth and climate compatible development, and discuss its challenges and opportunities.

Postcard from Cape Town - mobilising and delivering climate finance in Africa Lisa McNamara reports from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum in Cape Town on mobilising and delivering climate finance in Africa. Read about some important lessons emerging regarding the effective use of climate finance by developing countries and the critical need for organised engagement around climate investment plans.

CDKN seeks your views on green growth - part 3 In part three of CDKN’s exclusive new discussion series on green growth, our Executive Chair Simon Maxwell seeks your views on the feasibility of low-carbon growth in the developing world, and the need for a flexible and competitive economy. Read Simon's piece, and leave a comment.

Why the managers of the Climate Investment Funds must celebrate success, watch their backs and raise their sights Simon Maxwell, Executive Chairman of CDKN, poses some provocative questions to the managers of the Climate Investment Funds as the Fund meetings get underway in Cape Town, South Africa.

Defining climate compatible development Are 'adaptation' and 'mitigation' helpful as a policy framework, when policy makers come to grapple with the impact of climate change on people’s lives and livelihoods? Mairi Dupar explores 'climate compatible development' as an approach.

UN - Companies struggle with climate adaptation planning Companies are finding it difficult to fully incorporate measures of climate risks into their strategy and operations, according to a report by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute.

CDKN seeks your views on green growth - part two In part two of CDKN's five-week discussion on green growth, executive Chair Simon Maxwell discusses the global links between climate change, adaptation and growth, and looks at national governments' responses. Join the debate here.

Cancun to Durban via Bonn IIED's Saleemul Huq reports back from the UNFCCC talks in Bonn, Germany. Read what he has to say about the progress of the talks, and his prediction for the forthcoming CoP17 conference in Durban, South Africa.

What the women said - conversations with LDC women negotiators in Bonn CDKN bloggers report from Bonn on the role of women negotiators from least developed countries, and what more can be done to support them in the UN climate change talks.

Baby steps on climate cooperation bring small victories, but not enough to stave off climate-related suffering The prospects for securing an ambitious, inclusive global climate deal any time in the next two to three years are weak, and the subsequent prospects for grave climate change impacts on the world’s poorest people are a cause for deep concern. That is the message from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) on the closure of the latest UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany.

Making power generation resilient to climate change As nations meeting in Bonn conclude talks on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions, the time is right to examine how power generation can be not only low-carbon, but also climate-resilient. Frauke Urban reports.

CDKN seeks your views on green growth - join the debate In the first of a five-part CDKN discussion series, our Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell seeks your views on two propositions on climate change and growth. This week, we’re looking at the relationship between green growth and poverty, and how measures taken to tackle climate change can have an effect on growth. Join our debate with Simon Maxwell here.