Effective climate services involve more than meteorologists to reach their full potential Katharine Vincent, Jemimah Maina, Fiona Percy, Emma Visman and Calistus Wachana describe a range of projects and approaches that are bringing weather and climate information to people - so that they can make more informed decisions in their daily lives, in what's called 'co-production' of climate services.

Multi-level learning: Insights from the ASSAR climate research consortium Lucia Scodanibbio shares her personal insight on how the ASSAR climate change research consortium used different methods for internal communication, knowledge-sharing and learning to improve the whole team's skills and effectiveness.

Impact Based Forecasting is set to save lives and livelihoods in East Africa George Achia reports on an initiative to alert fisherfolk and other users of Lake Victoria to sudden severe weather – so that they can avoid harm to health and livelihood.

CDKN project unlocks solar power investment in Bangladesh A CDKN project is breaking down barriers, improving information and making it easier for investors to back solar power in Bangladesh.

Water stewardship to be 'climate smart': Lessons from Maharashtra The IPCC's Special Report on Land and Climate Change stresses the importance of governance for achieving climate change adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development. Here, Eshwer Kale, Marcella D'Souza and Arpan Golechha describe a model of water governance which involved transforming villages from over-exploitation to judicious use of water.

Nature-based solutions to climate change are on the rise Following the recent release of the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land, Sumetee Gajjar says the report reflects the increasing popularity and proven results of nature-based solutions to climate change - especially in cities.

Why I believe climate change researchers should contribute to Wikipedia Following Africa's first Wikipedia edit-a-thon on climate change, Katharine Vincent of Kulima Integrated Solutions reflects on why she thinks Wikipedia is a powerful tool for research impact.

Edit-a-thon helps tackle Wikipedia’s Africa gap Lisa McNamara of CDKN reports on a pioneering event for African researchers to enhance the quality of climate change information on the world’s largest online encyclopedia.

Multilayer farming -Towards household food and nutrition security in times of climate risks The IPCC’s latest Special Report stresses food and nutritional security in the context of land and climate change. Here, Prithviraj Gaikwad and Shreya Banerjee of Watershed Organisation Trust describe ‘multi-layer farming’ – a method for increasing food and nutrition security in the face of climate risks.

IPCC Climate Change and Land Report Fair and inclusive governance, local and indigenous knowledge offer solutions for sustainable stewardship of land - according to the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land. CDKN responds with some practical ideas.

Water-energy-food nexus: Applying an inter-sectoral lens to meet growing needs Ritu Thakur of the CDKN-Asia team and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, describes how an inter-sectoral development approach in Nashik, the “backyard of Mumbai”, is helping meet people’s growing needs for water, energy and food.

Climate communications: Empowering women to speak up for themselves Bibian Ama and Mairi Dupar discuss how empowering women in communities to speak up more effectively on climate change issues is vital to strengthening climate and development decision-making.