Assessing the vulnerability of the energy sector in Tajikistan Alla Ljungman and Daryl Fields from the World Bank report on the critical risk factors identified by stakeholders facing Tajikistan's energy sector

After New York – What next for the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change? Helen Picot of CDKN's Negotiations Support team takes stock after the UN Climate Summit.

Bridge-building in Bonn on shaky foundations? Kiran Sura and Christina Elvers of CDKN's Negotiations Support team report on the latest UNFCCC climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany.

Imagining a smarter world - how to build the climate knowledge grid Geoff Barnard, CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Knowledge Management, outlines the steps that need to be taken in the online climate knowledge marketplace to make life easier for information users.

African expectations from climate change funding Sena Alouka, Director of Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement in Togo, discusses the progress of the Green Climate Fund, and Africa's engagement with climate finance.

How Asia and Africa benefit from climate knowledge sharing Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Bangladesh, reflects on the continent-wide efforts in Africa and Asia on climate change.

Linking vulnerability assessments to decision-making Chris Lavell reflects on how vulnerability assessments can be conceptualised as a decision-making tool and be grounded in local reality

Readers spread the word on the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report Anna Hickman, communications consultant with CDKN, looks at the results of CDKN's outreach - including its communications toolkit - on the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report.

How can climate science inform decision-making in Zambia? Bettina Koelle of Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre explores how climate science, despite its complexity and elements of uncertainty, can inform decision-making in Zambia.

Green Climate Fund takes a significant step forward Benito Mueller of the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) celebrates progress on Enhanced Direct Access to climate finance for developing countries at the Green Climate Fund Board meeting last week.

The principles of focusing on long-term climate in a short-term world Lindsey Jones of Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Nicola Ranger of the Department of International Development (DFID) reflect on one of the key discussion of the synthesis workshop of the Future Climate For Africa where participants grappled with the ethics around climate information in Africa.

African countries divert domestic budgets to deal with climate change Some of the world’s poorest countries are diverting a large share of their budgets in response to threats posed by climate change, reveals a new report from Neil Bird of the Overseas Development Institute.