When business as usual is not enough Pasi Hellman, Managing Director of the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) outlines the promise and potential of climate adaptation projects – and what can happen when they are poorly designed. The findings are published in a new book by NDF, ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Development – Transforming Paradigms and Practices’.

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.

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.

Food security and adaptation impacts of potential climate smart agricultural practices in Zambia Food security and adaptation impacts of potential climate smart agricultural practices in Zambia

How can climate-smart agriculture help the poorest farmers? Stefania Lovo, Mintewab Bezabiah and Gregor Singer explain the findings of their latest report, ‘Green agricultural policies and poverty alleviation.’

Urban agriculture and forestry show promise for climate compatible development Marielle Dubbeling of the RUAF Foundation highlights how urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry could contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as development. Read her insights from Colombo, Sri Lanka and Rosario, Argentina.

Adapting to flood and fire in Quito, Ecuador Quito faces great challenges in adapting to climate change. How is the highest capital city in the world faring? After about five years of implementation, the Quito Strategy for Climate Change is starting to pay some dividends, reports Miren Gutierrez of CDKN.

Giving a voice to the ‘missing’ women in India’s climate plans Elizabeth Gogoi from CDKN introduces the Nayi women from Uttarakhand, India who have told their own story in a recent CDKN film.

Amazon alert The Amazon region’s environmental problems may seem intractable. However, the Amazon Security coalition presents a new framing of the problems that could capture political attention, delegates hear at COP20 in Lima, Peru.

Lima event inspires cross-generational action for zero poverty, zero emissions Participants from all generations participated in a unique and highly ambitious set of debates in Lima, Peru this weekend on 'zero poverty, zero emissions'.

Will leaders ride a wave of public support to Sendai, New York and Paris? Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports from the 'Zero Poverty, Zero Emissions' event on the possibility for coherence among the 2015 development, climate and disaster risk reduction frameworks.

What's in it for Latin America This report, What’s in it for Latin America? presents key recommendations from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, extracting Latin America-specific data, trends and analysis directly from report, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences.