Cape Town, South Africa: Urban farming on the rise to boost people’s food security In Cape Town, South Africa, civil society organisations are stepping up their efforts to ensure food security by supporting small-scale farming during COVID-19. Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar reports. This is the twenty-seventh in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.

Wiki4Climate - improving the global knowledge on climate change through Wikipedia From 24th November to 1st December, 116 participants gathered online for Wiki4Climate, a week of Wikipedia editing on climate change topics, organised by FCFA and CDKN and with support from experienced Wikipedia editors. 

Kathmandu, Nepal: The plight of construction workers during the global pandemic In Kathmandu, Nepal, construction workers are particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fall-out. An individual construction manager is supporting his fellow workers with food and accommodation to make up for insufficient government support. Krishna Bahadur Khadka and Rubina Adhikari report.

Tracking progress towards long-term finance under the UNFCCC Kamleshan Pillay, Mairi Dupar and Lisa McNamara of CDKN report from the Long Term Finance wor

New tool launched to help East African grain farmers to manage climate risks Guy Rudolph of CDKN describes a new Climate Information for Grains tool, which is designed to help farmers respond to climate change.

New CDKN podcast on building climate resilience through microfinance CDKN has launched a new podcast series which looks at innovative, effective, accessible, and convenient ways of delivering emerging themes within climate finance

Citizen-led groups support inclusive adaptation to climate change Dorothy Tembo-Nhlema, Chair of the Weather Chasers Group in Malawi, sees how the group has developed into an energetic, dynamic force for environmental protection in the country and is part of a larger civil society movement for positive change.

Nature for recovery and resilience Alex McNamara, Water Lead of National Business Initiative (NBI), South Africa says that valui

What’s on the climate finance horizon in 2021? Latest progress update of UNFCCC’s Standing Committee on Finance Kamleshan Pillay, Mairi Dupar and Lisa McNamara report from the Standing Committee on Finance meeting on 24 November 2020 - part of the virtual United Nations' Climate Dialogues.

Applying nature-based solutions system-wide offers great potential for adaptation Professor Sosten Chiotha shares his vision of holistic, sustainable adaptation to climate change - based on years of experience in his native Malawi. This is one of a series of blogs highlighting potential for 'accelerated adaptation in Africa' in the run-up to the Climate Adaptation Summit, January 2021.

Korogocho, Kenya: The power of art during crisis In Korogocho, an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya, a community- based organisation is mobilising a group of artists and creating graffiti to build awareness regarding COVID-19. Daniel Onyango reports.

Virtual training faces challenges - and also important rewards The University of Nairobi learned a lot about the potential for virtual training when it was forced to go online in mid-2020. Lucia Scodanibbio of CDKN interviewed Staline Kibet from the university, and sends this report.