Where twain shall meet – disaster risk management and climate adaptation in India Sumana Bhattacharya, ICSD, India looks at how the disconnect between disaster management and climate change adaptation is posing a risk for development in India.

Too important to leave to chance How a chance meeting in Maputo resulted in a productive collaboration and highlighted the need to approach inter-project learning through greater donor coordination efforts.

Competition seeks holistic ways to adapt to climate change CDKN partner Rare is running a competition to find innovative adaptations to climate change. Enter your community’s approach for a chance to win US$20,000 and to put the idea into action globally

Close to home, learning from subnational initiatives for climate compatible development Mairi Dupar and Ali Cambray report on a CDKN-ICLEI programme to learn about climate compatible development at city and subnational level.

Cultivating fields of change This START publication synthesises findings from African 16 research projects on global environmental change, agriculture, and food security.

CDKN reports from Resilient Cities 2013 Some common themes in vulnerability and resilience emerged from CDKN's session at Resilient Cities 2013, the 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation.

When you get flooded, you don’t call the president, you call your mayor Ali Cambray, CDKN’s Head of Country Support, and Sub-national and Urban Lead, finds rich discussions at the Resilient Cities 2013 Congress, held in Bonn this weekend

Colombia’s Viceminister of Infrastructure engages with transport infrastructure associations to kick-off climate change adaptation sectorial plan activities During the meeting, the Viceminister described major activities to be conducted which include the development of an “Issues Paper” on Colombia’s climate change risks and their significance to the road transport sector.

Finding the regional perspective of climate change reporting S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Regional Manager, Panos South Asia, reports from a recent training programme for the new 2013 journalist fellows.

CKDN debate highlights the need for a new economic narrative A debate held by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) last week highlighted that compelling economic narratives are needed to drive action on climate compatible development – and that policies must be carefully designed to assist the poorest in society.

Bridging the gaps between climate risk research, community resilience, and policy formulation Innovative learning and sharing practices are linking researchers, communities and policy makers, helping coastal Ghanaians become climate resilient.