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.

Clarifying intent: Key principles for preparing INDCs Ali Cambray, Kiran Sura and Pippa Heylings of CDKN assess some of the key requirements for Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which are to be debated at the UNFCCC's COP20 in Lima next month.

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.

Outlook : Special Edition on African climate science The Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme aims to improve the use of climate science in Africa - what has the team learned so far? This Special Edition of 'Climate and Development Outlook' on African climate science shares some early lessons.

The politics of ‘triple wins’ and trade-offs in climate compatible development Fatema Rajabali, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, assesses whether action on both climate change and development can be reconciled in a world of unequal power, diverse institutions and conflicting interests.

The seed of change Mathieu Lacoste, CDKN Latin America, looks at the potential of young people to build the resilience of their communities to climate shocks, and how they should be factored into policies of the future.

Climate change will worsen global poverty without concerted action to cut global emissions - IPCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a crystal clear assessment of how human activity is affecting the climate and what we can do about it. CDKN provides a response.

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.

Report : Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan 2014 This publication, the 2014 Heat Action Plan is an updated version of the first comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events in India launched in Ahmedabad last year. The Plan creates immediate and longer-term actions to increase preparedness, information-sharing, and response coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations.

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.