IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report Findings shared in Nepal CDKN, with their partners in Nepal disseminated the findings of IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report in Kathmandu, with a specific focus on implications for Nepal. Pawan K Neupane and Dr Bimala Devkota from NCCKMC-NAST write about the event and its success.

Bangladesh's Contribution to the Climate Change Solution (INDCs) Kashmala Kakakhel, CDKN's Country Programme Manager for Bangladesh reflects on Bangladesh's leading role as an LDC in preparing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

Projects across Asia hope to unite disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation efforts Five CDKN-funded projects across South Asia aim to integrate disaster risk reduction measures with efforts to adapt to climate change.

Making Central America's food systems more climate-resilient Miren Gutierrez investigates how a CDKN-supported project in Central America has produced tools to help communities assess the climate risks to their food supply and to build resilience.

Lessons from the INDC process in The Gambia The Gambia has embarked on developing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) for submission to the UNFCCC in advance of the anticipated Paris agreement this year. A team from Climate Analytics looks at some initial lessons from the process so far.

Facing up to rural water scarcity in a changing climate CDKN’s Mathieu Lacoste took a trip to the Pance community in the mountainous countryside outside Cali, Colombia. Here, he saw some climate change adaptation issues first-hand, and learned how a new CDKN research project could make a difference.

“We leave Sendai with a new global deal on disaster risk, but does it go far enough?” Emily Wilkinson reports from the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan where governments agreed a new international framework for disaster risk reduction. She says it's mixed news for the people who are most at risk from climate-related disasters.

"There can be no resilient cities without resilient people" February saw the first Resilient Cities congress taking place in Bangkok.

Managing disaster risks can bring other benefits, even if catastrophe never strikes This week, the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan kicks off a pi

The paradigm shift we want the Green Climate Fund to provide On the eve of the ninth meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board in Songdo, Korea, CDKN asks civil society advocates from Indonesia and Ghana how the Fund can support the most promising initiatives in climate compatible development in their countries. Titi Soentoro and Ken Kinney respond.

When business as usual is not enough Pasi Hellman, Managing Director of the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) outlines the promise and potential of climate adaptation projects – and what can happen when they are poorly designed. The findings are published in a new book by NDF, ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Development – Transforming Paradigms and Practices’.

An urban Africa By 2050, Africa’s urban dwellers are projected to have increased from 400 million to 1.2 billion and the majority of this growth is expected to occur in informal settlements. CDKN's Charlotte Scott looks at the numbers and what they mean for urban development in Africa.