Exploring the many benefits of low carbon urban transport A new series from LEDS GP highlights the social and economic benefits of low carbon urban transport - from job creation and saved time and money, to fighting poverty, and achieving safer roads and cleaner air.

the Green Climate Fund and city leaders Lisa Junghans of Germanwatch is a team member of the CDKN supported project ‘Finding the Finance: climate compatible development in Asian cities’. In this blog she discusses the opportunities for cities under the GCF, and how achieving a paradigm shift needs bundled power from all sides.

African governments will use track record of public climate funds access to attract private finance Experts who gathered to discuss climate finance in Addis Ababa last month found that many of the standards and procedures developed to channel public funds to African countries may provide the foundation for new forms of private finance to flow for climate resilience. CDKN Africa's Senior Programme Manager Suzanne Carter reports.

New climate economy begs for investments in developing countries Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, CDKN's Regional Director for Asia, considers how the confronting the impacts of climate change and seizing the opportunities of a green economy pervade almost every aspect of development in the years ahead.

Leading roles for women: Secret to effective climate action after Paris summit CDKN launches its new report today on the role for gender equality in achieving climate goals - based on original research by Practical Action Consulting, with IDS and ODI, in India, Kenya and Peru.

Severe heat wave grips India: Authorities can draw on insights from Ahmedabad experience CDKN's Mihir Bhatt reports from Ahmedabad, in India's current heat wave zone - and reflects on how learning from CDKN's innovative partnership project in Ahmedabad could help save lives all over again.

After Paris: “For El Salvador, this is a matter of survival”, Jorge Rodríguez For El Salvador, the global climate agreement reached at COP21 in Paris - and its implementation - are a matter of survival. CDKN's strategic advisor for El Salvador, Jorge Rodriguez, shares his insights with Miren Gutierrez.

More equality and justice in climate action Why does gender equality matter in climate related programming? This event, hosted by Sam Bickersteth and Caroline Harper will gather experts from the social development, climate change and disaster risk reduction communities.

Adapting Rwanda's economy to a changing climate Watch the recording of this panel event, where panelists discuss a ‘decision first’ approach to adapting to climate change in Rwanda’s tea and coffee industries.

All roads lead to the signing of the Paris Agreement - Where next? Kiran Sura, CDKN's Head of Advocacy Fund, is heartened by the signing ceremony for the Paris climate agreement in New York but says 'resting on our laurels is not an option'.

After Paris: Developing countries look first to their own resources to deliver agreement  How are developing countries responding to the high ambitions in the Paris climate agreement? CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar report on the diverse perspectives among countries where CDKN is supporting national climate plans and their delivery: includes insights from India, Ethiopia and more.

After Paris – “Opportunities rest in the space for dynamic interactions”, Farhan Helmy Farhan Helmy, Chair of the Thamrin School of Climate Change and Sustainability, speaks about how the climate change conversation after the Paris summit has been part of an increasingly dynamic Indonesian national process.