CDKN launches new e-book 'Mainstreaming climate compatible development' CDKN has launched a new e-book presenting insights from five years of designing and delivering climate compatible development across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. We invite your comments and suggestions.

Future Climate for Africa promises climate information to tackle development needs Mairi Dupar reports on a special side event at COP21 to launch the Future Climate for Africa programme.

Putting INDCs into action - perspectives from South and North Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, reports on a COP21 event where the governments of Kenya, Bangladesh, Lebanon and Germany presented insights on how they prepared their INDCs and intend to implement them. Additional reporting by Mairi Dupar, CDKN.

Measuring Resilience Ram Chandra Khanal, CDKN’s Country Lead for Nepal shares his thoughts on emerging concepts of resilience based development management.

Island nations embrace climate compatible development - COP21 CDKN’s Deputy CEO Ari Huhtala was invited to introduce the concept of climate compatible development, which led to a panel of interesting interventions on “Challenges for adaptation and mitigation for islands and coastal communities” at the Pacific and Small Islands Day at the Tara Oceans and Climate Pavilion on 2 December, organised by Rare and the Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA).

NEPAD-hosted event highlights needs and challenges of adaptation financing As part of CDKN's live blog coverage of hot topics discussed at COP21 in Paris, our Chief Exe

Predicting Climate Change - Traditional Early Warning Signals Catherine Roween C. Almaden, Executive Assistant to the Academic Vice-President at Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, discusses how ancient ways of predicting climate change can be utilised in the challenges the Philippines faces today.

Financing climate compatible development Torry Kuswardono Director of Perkumpulan Pikul-Kupang & Henriette Imelda (Program Coordinator from the Institute for Essential Services Reform) outline initiatives taken through the CDKN supported project ‘Finding the Finance: Climate Compatible Development in Asia Cities’.

Financing INDCs - realising opportunities for investment in mitigation and adaptation The availability of climate finance looms large over the Paris climate talks. It will influence how well developing countries are able to realise their ambitions for climate compatible development in the years ahead. Smita Nakhooda and Darius Nassiry explain.

What role for carbon markets in the Paris climate agreement? Nations are hoping to reach a new agreement in Paris in the next two weeks, which will replace existing rules governing international emissions trading. Over half of the national pledges submitted to date plan to use or are considering the use of market mechanisms. Alessandro Vitelli from the Legal Response Initiative reports.

Kanya Onsri of Thailand makes sustainability part of farmers', shoppers' everyday lives Kanya Onsri of Thailand was recently named the winner for the ‘Achieving Results’ category in the Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) annual awards. In this interview, Cathryn Poff finds out how Kanya's community-based work for sustainable, healthy food has grown over the years to have a wide impact in her home country.

Public Engagement Workshop on Heat Wave Management in Karachi City, Pakistan CDKN and LEAD Pakistan are holding a public engagement workshop on ‘Heat Wave Management in Karac