NDCs – Prospects for progress in 2018 CDKN's Sam Bickersteth weighs up the prospects for serious climate action in a year of economic and political uncertainty, technological innovation, and climate change impacts.

How can we achieve equitable water, energy and food resource governance in urban-Amazon landscapes? Authors from the Global Canopy Project explore water-energy-food security in the Cumbaza watershed in Peru - which they have investigated as part of the Climate Resilient Cities in Latin America initiative.

Hydropower plans in eastern and southern Africa could put electricity supply at risk Hydropower dams planned for eastern and southern Africa could put electricity supply at risk for vast regions because they rely on similar rainfall patterns for electricity generation—and so will suffer lack of water from droughts at the same time. This is the warning from new research led by Professor Declan Conway.

Reflections on achieving climate resilience in Latin American cities María José Pacha, Ebru Gencer and Manuel Winograd share climate resilience insights from Latin American cities on the frontlines of climate change impacts.

REDD+ reporting programme launches in 21 countries An initiative to train professionals in reporting on forest, agriculture and other land use-based emissions to the UNFCCC has completed its first milestone: by launching the programme in 21 countries.

Hotter future in store for Tanzania and Malawi Two new briefs published by the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme highlight future climate projections for Tanzania and Malawi, using the latest results from 34 of the world’s leading climate models. The briefs, written by an international team of climate scientists, aim to help the countries plan better for climate change.

High Ambition Coalition statements on COP23, Kigali Agreement Members of the High Ambition Coalition, active in the UNFCCC talks, share commentary on the Bonn climate talks (COP23) and the Kigali Agreement on hydrofluorocarbons.

Moving forward with Uganda's national climate commitments Joselyn Bigirwa, National Coordinator for ACCRA - the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance, reports on how Uganda is planning to deliver its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

Did COP23 keep the canoe on course? The CDKN team reports on what climate negotiators achieved on the latest round of talks in Bonn, Germany: COP23.

Climate action in cities and the challenge of scale Amy Kirbyshire looks at how Indian authorities and their partners have scaled up responses to deadly heatwaves in India - and she reflects on lessons for governments, donors and development practitioners elsewhere, looking to scale up responses to climate risk.

Integrating gender into the implementation of Uganda's NDC On Gender Day at COP23, ACCRA's Joselyn Bigirwa highlights the steps that need to be taken to incorporate gender into Uganda's NDC implementation.

CDKN at COP23, Bonn 6-17 November Join CDKN for COP23 in Bonn, Germany from 6-17 November. We are exhibiting and organising side events - especially on financing NDCs and scaling up private sector finance.