What does IPPC’s Fifth Assessment Report mean for Punjab, Pakistan? Environmental journalist Rina Saeed Khan writes about the launch of the IPCC’s AR5 at the sub national level in Pakistan and the importance of its findings for climate compatible development in Punjab.

Failure to link up with other global agreements in 2015 could spell disaster for Sendai deal Tom Mitchell, a member of CDKN's Network Council, is attending the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, from 14-18 March 2015. Here he outlines what a successful outcome would look like.

Going smart in Nepalese farming Climate change in Nepal poses great dilemmas affecting agriculture that need answers for this small, extremely diverse and landlocked country’s future development. This is the second article on Nepal’s climate-smart agriculture prospects by CDKN’s Miren Gutierrez.

Vibrant Gujarat - Evaluating Ahmedabad's Heat Action Plan Nehmat Kaur from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) writes about the project and ongoing efforts to deepen and expanding heat health action in India.

2015, the choreography CDKN’s Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell offers his suggestions for how leaders can choreograph their approaches to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, the global climate change agreement, and financing for development.

2015, the choreography - Part Two CDKN’s Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell offers his suggestions for how leaders can choreograph their approaches to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, the global climate change agreement, and financing for development. This is Part Two of Simon’s blog.

How do we measure adaptation? How do we effectively measure and enhance adaptation? Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, looks at possible alternative answers, all of which will be further discussed at the 9th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation.

How to deliver women’s empowerment In honour of International Women's Day 2015, we feature this reflection from Simon Maxwell, CDKN's Executive Chairman, on how to deliver women's empowerment.

Going smart in Nepalese farming Generating knowledge that can be integrated in ‘climate-smart’ policy and practice could be one of the keys to Nepal’s future development. Miren Gutierrez of CDKN reports.

What's in the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report for Nepal? Abdur Rahman of LEAD Pakistan reports on the proceedings of the IPCC’s outreach event for Nepal and looks at the key take-home messages.

Decarbonisation campaign could make impact in Ghana The global movement of campaigners for clean energy is growing at a fast pace, but not everyone is hearing the call. Kofi Adu Domfeh, a journalist partaking in the CDKN-supported Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) climate journalism fellowship, reflects on the situation in Ghana.

New approaches needed to tackle water, sanitation and hygiene As the population of a country grows, so too do the complications around safe water, sanitation and hygiene. Climate change will cause greater rainfall variability in many parts of Africa, compounding these problems. Adam Harvey, director of Whave Solutions, looks at work being piloted in Uganda to ensure safe and secure water.