India, climate change and another health related crisis Aditi Paul, CDKN’s country programme manager for India reflects on the link between climate change and the ongoing dengue virus outbreak in New Delhi

Cities are moving ahead on climate compatible development Maria Jose Pacha, CDKN's Knowledge and Networks Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, will provide insights into how city leaders are designing and delivering on climate compatible development. She will share experience and examples from ten CDKN-supported projects across the region.

New learning project will explore how to scale up local successes in climate compatible development Mairi Dupar of CDKN introduces a new learning initiative that will explore and document some of the 'ingredients' for scaling up successful pilot projects in climate compatible development.

Rising emissions threaten goal of poverty-free world If the world is to end extreme poverty and stop it returning, climate-changing emissions must peak by 2030 and fall to near zero by 2100, researchers said on Thursday. Megan Rowling with Laurie Goering of Thomson Reuters Foundation report.

World leaders adopt expansive UN goals to tackle global woes In New York on Friday 25th September, leaders of the world's governments adopt 17 sustainable development goals and 69 targets - called by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon a 'to do list for people and planet'.

Climate resilience - key to the Sustainable Development Goals Delivering on the promise of global development commitments – including the possibility to end extreme poverty by 2030 – requires building resilience to the growing impacts of climate change and disasters. Join this livestreamed panel event online here from 12.45pm UK time on Tuesday 20th October.

Colombia’s national climate pledge: Towards the Paris Summit Claudia Martinez is CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Colombia and also advises the national government on green growth. Here, she reports on the scope and significance of Colombia's national climate pledge in the run-up to the critical United Nations Summit in Paris in December.

From climate knowledge to climate action CDKN's Chief Executive Sam Bickersteth will give the keynote presentation at SEI's Oxford seminar, followed by an interactive discussion on the ways climate knowledge can be used to catalyse action. Register today to join the event online on Tuesday 29 September.

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.