Private sector innovates to raise climate ambition in Southern Africa With increasing use of 'blended finance' approaches, public and private financiers are joining forces in the Southern African region to invest in climate change solutions. The increased willingness of public and private investors to work together is a portent of good things to come - report Blaise Dobson and Charlotte Ellis of SouthSouthNorth.

Gender-Just Climate Solutions Awards 2018 A new initiative aims to celebrate and showcase 'best practice' approaches to supporting women's leadership in climate solutions. Get your nominations in by 10 September!

Collaboration and climate adaptation: More than the sum of its parts Bruce Currie-Alder, CARIAA Programme Leader, reflects on what is possible when new partnerships are formed to create climate resilience solutions.

Half of climate action plans neglect people in danger Researchers have pinpointed how key social groups are excluded from climate action plans and need to have their concerns heard, reports Isabelle Gerretsen of the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Introducing a financial planning tool for African meteorological agencies Register today for this Tuesday, 31 July webinar in which Future Climate for Africa and the Sustainable CIS project will introduce a financial planning tool for national meteorological agencies in Africa, and demonstrate its application in Rwanda. Followed by a French version of the same webinar.

Multilevel climate governance in Chile Multilevel governance and intersectoral coordination increase the likelihood that countries can achieve ambitious climate action plans - and also that they can achieve climate change and development goals in tandem. Find out why this is the case, based on compelling experience from Chile, in this 31 July webinar (Spanish).

A Financing Framework for Resilient Growth: What it means for Pakistan Marwah Maqbool Malik of Oxford Policy Management introduces the Financing Framework for Resilient Growth and some lessons learned from its application in Pakistan.

Meet the new CDKN Director, Shehnaaz Moosa CDKN's new Director, Shehnaaz Moosa, sat down with Emma Baker to share her experiences and hopes for the new phase of CDKN.

Communities in semi-arid lands need adaptation support to unlock potential Florence Crick, Kate Gannon and Estelle Rouhaud describe the vulnerability of communities, and particularly small and informal businesses, in semi-arid lands. They have great potential to adopt more climate-resilient behaviours, if given targeted support to do so.

Building trust between users and producers makes for better climate services Suzanne Carter looks at how the producers and users of climate information can build trust and ultimately work to make weather and climate services more useful in planning for development.

New initiative will match climate knowledge to developing country needs Today in Cape Town, the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development Research Centre (Canada) announce new backing for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.

Join regional ‘Communities of Practice’ on low emission development The Low Emission Development Global Partnership (LEDS GP) creates opportunities for professionals to exchange experience on practical aspects of low emission development. Members of our network say they value these platforms for skills exchange and learning – whether it is in person, or increasingly through ‘virtual’ meetings and conversations. Join a technical 'community of practice' today!