Climate change - bring in the marketing specialists Christina Elvers and Chris Webb report on the hot debates about food consumption on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Paris - and find that the conversation currently lacks the expertise of consumer marketing specialists.

Bug cuisine - a step toward more sustainable food This weekend in Paris, Development and Climate Days participants considered the carbon footprint of the foods on our plates. Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports.

Future Climate for Africa promises climate information to tackle development needs Mairi Dupar reports on a special side event at COP21 to launch the Future Climate for Africa programme.

Report : Study shows that inaction on climate change will cost Uganda 20 times more than adaptation A new report from the Government of Uganda with support from CDKN, Baastel, Metroeconomica, Makerere University and CIDT, finds that adaptation to climate change today is well worth the investment. The costs of inaction on climate change by 2025 are 20 times the costs of adaptation.

Kanya Onsri of Thailand makes sustainability part of farmers', shoppers' everyday lives Kanya Onsri of Thailand was recently named the winner for the ‘Achieving Results’ category in the Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) annual awards. In this interview, Cathryn Poff finds out how Kanya's community-based work for sustainable, healthy food has grown over the years to have a wide impact in her home country.

The water, energy and food nexus in Amazonia and Indonesia: Managing resource trade-offs across sectors and scales Did you miss the CDKN and Global Canopy Programme webinar on the water-energy-food nexus? Catch the recording here and find out how the 'nexus' of natural resource trade-offs affects different interest groups and governance in Amazonia and Indonesia.

From Lessons to Practice and Impact: Scaling up pathways in peoples’ biodiversity management From Lessons to Practice and Impact: Scaling up pathways in peoples’ biodiversity management

CDKN’s film “For a safer future” gets its Indian premiere Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reports on the premiere of ‘For a safer future – Insights on climate resilience from India’, a well-received film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district.

Food security in a climate perspective: what role could the private sector play regarding investment in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia Food security in a climate perspective: what role could the private sector play regarding investment in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia

Climate Smart Agriculture: Using the airwaves for greater outreach Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) write about the use of radio programmes to get the messages from a CDKN supported project on climate-smart agriculture across to those most at risk in Nepal.

For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India A new film released by CDKN with the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, ICLEI and TERI tells the story of how local communities and government in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India are preparing for the more frequent and damaging floods caused by climate change.