The importance of Nepal’s hydropower sector for climate compatible and low carbon development As Nepal looks towards the hydropower sector to generate future growth, Dr. Divas B Basnyat, Team Leader, Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) reports on a CDKN-funded technical assistance project to the Government of Nepal. He outlines how Nepal’s climate change policy and hydropower development in the country are inextricably linked.

Climate resilience and economic resilience go hand in hand Policy-makers should tackle the twin opportunities of climate resilience and economic resilience together, argue Adrianna Kocornik-Mina and Sam Fankhauser of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change.

Adaptation innovation needed in Africa In the midst of climate negotiation preparations, CDKN Africa’s Webster Whande reflects on innovation approaches in adaptation on the African continent.

The Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto - the revolution starts here Geoff Barnard, Knowledge Management Strategy Advisor to CDKN, introduces the Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto and its revolutionary proposals.

CDKN’s film “For a safer future” gets its Indian premiere Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reports on the premiere of ‘For a safer future – Insights on climate resilience from India’, a well-received film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district.

Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto launched The Climate Knowledge Brokers Group, made up of major international organisations, has issued a call for strong and coordinated communications initiatives to support action on climate change.

Knowledge for climate action - a manifesto for change Join us in person or by livestream online today as the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group launches a 'Manifesto' to call for joined up action to meet the massive climate knowledge challenges ahead. The 'Manifesto' will set out key principles for how climate knowledge brokers can have greater impact and help turn knowledge into action. Livestream starts 10.30am UK time.

Mandy Barnett on climate adaptation projects as a framework for investment Mandy Barnett of the South African National Biodiversity Institute on how climate adaptation projects should form the basis of a framework of investment and how National Implementing Entities - the organisations accredited to receive money from the Adaptation Fund - can benefit their home countries.

Gorakhpur film in high demand at India launch “For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India” – the new film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district – received a rousing reception at its launch in India last week.

What counts? Understanding where we stand on climate finance Smita Nakhooda of ODI sheds clarity on the different ways of counting climate finance flows - with some pointers that could help policy-makers get to grips with this contentious issue.

Coordinating climate action between the national and the local level This blog looks at how integrating and coordinating national and subnational initiatives can scale up sustainable urban transportation initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Business perspective on latest climate talks in Bonn Jonathan Grant of PwC gives his reaction - from a business perspective - to the climate talks which took place in Bonn last week.