Postcard from Dhaka - Community-based adaptation demands to be heard For a number of years, community-based adaptation has focused on a relatively small number of isolated projects. But if CBA it is to make more of a splash, it’s going to have to ‘scale up’. This was the theme of the fifth conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA5) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at the end of March. CDKN's Lindsey Jones reports back.

CDKN celebrates its first anniversary during Climate Week Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive Officer, celebrates Climate Week by reflecting on CDKN's first anniversary, and looking to the year ahead.

World Forestry Day reflections - what next for REDD+? World Forestry Day on 21 March allows us to reflect on the many and varied benefits of forests to communities around the world. In a guest blog, Kristy Graham of the Overseas Development Institute looks at how the Cancun Agreement on REDD+ sought to safeguard the multiple benefits of forests, and discusses the challenges of integrating forests and REDD+ into low-carbon development strategies.

Postcard from Addis Ababa- When bull elephants fight In this latest in our 'Postcards' series, Geoff Barnard reports from the AfricaAdapt Symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He finds that Africa needs to find a way of blending sources of knowledge if it is to adapt successfully to a changing climate.

Postcard from Kuala Lumpur - Building resilience in a changing climate Development workers, policy-makers and researchers met in Kuala Lumpur at a CDKN-sponsored conference to explore how Asian societies are building resilience to climate-induced change.

Thoughts from the new CEO In a piece from our 'Thoughts from the CEO' series, new CDKN CEO Sam Bickersteth gives us an assessment of the CoP process, and what we can expect from CDKN in the year ahead.

Design challenges for the Green Climate Fund This year, a transitional committee grapples with the task of designing the Green Climate Fund agreed by negotiators at CoP16 in Cancun. Guest bloggers Neil Bird, Jessica Brown, and Liane Schalatek outline the principal challenges.

CDKN's annual partner survey - results are in Read the findings from CDKN's annual partner survey, with feedback on our products and services, performance and the experience of working with CDKN.

Postcard from Cancun - an Asian view Pakistan's delegation proposed an alternative definition of climate vulnerability at CoP16 in Cancun, supported by CDKN's Asia team.

Cancun, a small step towards a binding, global deal The Cancun Agreements of 11 December 2010, provide a shot in the arm to multilateralism. But the progress achieved by the international community is meagre in comparison to the huge threat posed by climate change to humanity.

Take climate negotiations to the highest level Gridlock looks to be the most likely outcome in Cancun, but there is an alternative. Actually, there are three.

Postcard from Cancun - Knowledge sharing, capacity building and advocacy for adaptation and climate compatible development A CoP16 side event on Thursday, 2nd December cast light on how knowledge about climate compatible development can be packaged to reach the development practitioners and communities who urgently need it.