How Kenya can turn its gender and climate change commitments into reality Kenya has strongly promoted gender equity and women’s participation in climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes. Emma Bowa of CARE Kenya talked to CDKN's Giovanna Grandoni about whether these aspirations have translated into reality.

POLICY BRIEF: How should the new international disaster framework address gender equality? The lack of attention to, and misunderstanding of, gender inequality prevents the effective reduction of disaster risks. This policy brief by Dr Virginie Le Masson and Lara Langston highlights the need for specific gender-related measures to be included in the successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action.

Photo diary of women at the front line of climate change in India Krishnendu Bose and Swati Khanna from EarthCare Productions present photos of some of the heroes from their upcoming documentary film exploring the gender dimension of climate change.

Indian climate plans to bring gender perspectives Aditi Kapoor of Alternative Futures presents her organisation's work to make Indian States' climate plans more sensitive to gender issues - with CDKN support.

Climate variability and gender: Emerging experiences from Western Zambia Climate variability and gender: Emerging experiences from Western Zambia

Mary Robinson on how tackling climate change can have positive outcomes for justice, gender and economic development Mary Robinson spoke with Mairi Dupar (CDKN) and Miren Gutierrez (ODI) about gender, development and climate change ahead of the 19th COP in Warsaw, 11–22 November, 2013

Perceptions of water access in the context of climate change by rural households in the Seke and Murewa districts, Zimbabwe Perceptions of water access in the context of climate change by rural households in the Seke and Murewa districts, Zimbabwe

Learning lessons from Manatí’s resilient women A project in Colombia is investigating how women were affected by devastating floods in 2010 and 2011. The hope is to pass on knowledge about how they reacted and coped, to help other communities prepare for similar disasters.

Putting a spotlight on gender in climate risk assessments Dina Khan, CDKN Project Manager, discusses how a climate risk assessment approach piloted in Central Asia is shedding light on the gender dimension of climate change.

An approach to empowering women through climate compatible development Beatrice Mosello, CDKN Project Officer, says every day should be an ‘International day’ of women in climate compatible development.

Women to inject new energy into climate and development policies CoP18 in Doha may be remembered as the conference where women’s voices rang out for change. Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports.