Priority CCD actions for Pakistan As part of a CDKN project, a team from IISD are working with the Government of Pakistan to identify priority actions that will achieve the National Climate Change Policy

How can Pakistan best leverage climate finance? As part of a CDKN project supporting the Government of Pakistan, John Ward and Philip Gradwell from Vivid Economics, outline the key considerations and options for the country’s future climate finance architecture.

Challenges from the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit CDKN's Asia Director, Ali T. Sheikh, puts forward six challenges to climate compatible development that emerged at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS)

Join CDKN at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit CDKN is hosting, together with the Asia LEDS Partnership, an open session at the Dehli Sustainable Development Summit on ‘Learning from Green Growth Initiatives in Asia’ on Sat 2nd Feb.

Inside Story : Creating market support for energy efficiency: India’s Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme Through the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, India has become the first developing country to adopt an energy efficiency trading scheme that uses market-based mechanisms. This Inside Story reports on the lessons which can be learned from the design & planning phases.

Kenya – Communicating climate compatible development with the private sector CDKN is seeking a supplier to use Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan as a basis for communicating key climate change messages to the Kenyan private sector.

Inside Story : Going after adaptation co-benefits: A REDD+ programme in Fiji Fiji has an advanced REDD+ policy and planning process. It shows that REDD+ financing can support broader forms of climate compatible development, beyond climate mitigation.

Renewable Energy - Made in Brazil The wind energy sector was incentivized through a feed-in-tariff, in 2005, which was changed into an auction program in 2009. The main change here was that the feed-in-tariff guaranteed a fixed price, which power producers receive for twenty years in the future...

How to catalyse a race to the top How can champions across government and industry support a ‘race to the top’ in climate-friendly investments? Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar of CDKN report from the Chatham House Climate Conference 2012.

Updated version of climate planning users' guide launches this week The updated website www.climateplanning.org assists decision makers in determining which tools are most appropriate to their work and local circumstances.

Developing a climate-smart agriculture strategy at the country level: lessons from recent experience Developing a climate-smart agriculture strategy at the country level: lessons from recent experience