Toward low-emission development - Visionary leaders win new annual climate and development prizes The Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Global Partnership announces the winners of its first annual awards: three inspiring leaders from Thailand, Colombia and the United States.

Low Carbon Index Report finds decarbonisation of global economy is picking up Lit Ping Low of PwC introduces the latest Low Carbon Index report, which assesses some positive new trends in the way countries are separating economic growth from ‘carbon intensity’.

Inside story: Assessing carbon and water footprints in Andean cities The capital cities of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru are vulnerable to climate change, partly due to their dependence on water from retreating Andean glaciers. This comparative Inside Story by Miguel Rodríguez Tejerina of Servicios Ambientales highlights the challenges, enabling factors, lessons learned and implications for climate compatible development - as illustrated by a project to assess the cities’ carbon and water footprints.

OUTLOOK: Indonesia Special Edition CDKN is convening decision-makers to test and explore the concept of climate-compatible development, particularly in the energy sector and at province, district and city level in Indonesia. This edition of Climate and Development Outlook takes a tour of CDKN's programme throughout this diverse country.

Colombia’s national climate pledge: Towards the Paris Summit Claudia Martinez is CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Colombia and also advises the national government on green growth. Here, she reports on the scope and significance of Colombia's national climate pledge in the run-up to the critical United Nations Summit in Paris in December.

Outlook : Pakistan Special Edition From reducing emissions in the major manufacturing industries of Sialkot, Punjab to promoting smart disaster preparedness and micro-insurance for the poor in the most flood-affected areas, this special edition of ‘Climate and Development Outlook – Stories of Change from CDKN’ takes a tour of CDKN’s extensive work across Pakistan.

Towards a low emission, resilient urban development In this webinar on 8 July, Miguel Rodriguez and Valeria Revilla from Environmental Services Bolivia will guide us through the Cities Footprint Project, which includes the measurement of the carbon and water footprints of the municipal governments and cities of La Paz (Bolivia), Lima (Peru) and Quito (Ecuador). Register today!

Ethiopia is first Least Developed Country to submit its INDC Robi Redda, CDKN’s Ethiopia Country Advisor, welcomes the submission of Ethiopia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Does mitigation matter for Africa? CDKN Africa’s Webster Whande reflects on whether mitigation is a priority for Africa and the role of the INDC process on the continent.

REPORT: Exposing gender gaps in financing climate change mitigation This report highlights three projects that have received climate change mitigation financing and included attention to gender at some stage of their implementation: the Nepal Biogas Support Program, Household Energy and Universal Rural Energy in Mali, and the Bogotá, Colombia TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit System. Some of the lessons drawn from these and similar projects can be helpful going forward as new efforts are made to integrate gender considerations into public and private climate mitigation projects and financing.

Accounting of mitigation actions in the Indonesian energy sector Xander van Tilburg and Lachlan Cameron of Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) talk about Indonesia’s energy challenge and the need for the a common accounting framework in the energy sector