New disasters agreement must learn from peace-building and state-building Disaster risk management often occurs in fragile and conflict-affected states, and efforts to develop a post-2015 global framework for disaster risk management must reflect this reality, argues Katie Peters of Overseas Development Institute.

The collapsing energy, water and food triangle in Asia Elizabeth Gogoi from CDKN reflects on the central theme of this year’s Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) and what learning CDKN can offer from Madurai, India

CDKN Journalist fellows win award for climate change reporting Subhra Priyadarshini and Amantha Perera are recognised for their cutting-edge investigative reporting on climate compatible development during the CDKN/ Panos South Asia fellowship programme

Encouraging agroforestry for REDD+ in Zambia Are public funds best spent subsidising the initial cost of trees or rewarding farmers for tree survival? Kelsey Jack shares findings from a recent CDKN-supported study.

Launch of geojournalism site for Indonesia - 'Ekuatorial' The cutting-edge InfoAmazonia platform merges environmental data and on-the-ground reporting in South America; now Internews and its partners have launched a similar platform in Indonesia: 'Ekuatorial'. William Shubert explains what this 'geojournalism' is all about.

Peru Environment Minister and COP 20 President highlights Amazon security agenda Growing threats to Amazonia’s water, energy, food and health security will be multiplied in coming decades by climate change, creating severe risks for people, governments and economies across South America.

Risky business in Davos Without better communication among business leaders about the risks posed by climate change to economic growth, the business community could fall into 'climate complacency', warns Celine Herweijer of PwC.

How will the Green Climate Fund allocate its money? All you wanted to know but were afraid to ask The Green Climate Fund is set to play a key role in disbursing the $100 billion per year pledged to flow annually to developing countries by 2020. A key question for the GCF Board concerns the rules for allocating this money, as Benito Muller explains.

New web platform launched to accelerate green economy transition The Green Growth Knowledge Platform's vastly expanded website launches today, with a commitment of 1.6 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland and 29 international knowledge partners behind it - including CDKN.

Urban diagnostics of climate and development risks to Bangalore and Madurai As part of an ongoing initiative supported by CDKN to ‘future proof’ the Indian cities of Bangalore and Madurai, Atkins have published urban diagnostics of climate-related risks facing the cities.

Agriculture needs streamlined approach to climate finance Many programmes fund adaptation and mitigation activities separately, leading to fragmented and less effective approaches, particularly in the agriculture sector. Michel Köhler of Perspectives and Lisa Junghans of Germanwatch have been assessing the problem and forming practical proposals to overcome it.

CDKN project acknowledged for African good practice awards The Carbon Reduction, Resources and Opportunities Toolkit (CaRROT) project was shortlisted for the AfriCAN Climate award for good practice.