Market forces not the main driver of solar technology uptake in Kenya Julia Day, of the STEPS Centre, gets to the heart of Kenya’s growing off-grid lighting market and what policy-makers can learn from its successes.

Let's respond to the IPCC’s latest report with inspired action Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar of CDKN respond to the IPCC’s Working Group II report on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation.

Join CDKN to discuss climate change and poverty at World Urban Forum CDKN will host an event during the upcoming World Urban Forum on“Tackling Climate Change and Poverty in Cities: Lessons from CDKN.” Join us on April 10, 2014 in Medellin, Colombia.

New wind farms bode well for Ethiopia’s green growth strategy The latest newsletter from the Ethiopian Ministry of Environment and Forest highlights progress on the roll out of renewable energies.

First ever global assessment of best practices in green growth The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative has released the key findings from its review of green growth approaches by different countries around the world - a study which reveals pathways to success.

CDKN announces technical and financial support for "prototypes" from Colombia Action Lab CDKN, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) of Colombia and MatizArt have announced the climate compatible development ‘prototypes’ to be selected for technical and financial support, following Colombia’s Action Lab.

New web platform launched to accelerate green economy transition The Green Growth Knowledge Platform's vastly expanded website launches today, with a commitment of 1.6 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland and 29 international knowledge partners behind it - including CDKN.

CDKN project acknowledged for African good practice awards The Carbon Reduction, Resources and Opportunities Toolkit (CaRROT) project was shortlisted for the AfriCAN Climate award for good practice.

Policies for a green construction sector in India Kriti Nagrath from Development Alternatives in outlines the key policy recommendations that have emerged from a partnership with CDKN and three Indian State Governments on ‘green’ construction.

How to cut fossil fuel subsidies without causing riots Megan Rowling of Alertnet reports back on the CDKN-Alertnet debate ‘Could cutting fossil fuel subsidies curb climate change – and poverty?’ This article first appeared on www.trust.org

Why do low emissions development strategies matter? Sam Bickersteth shares his remarks from the opening of Peru’s second national climate change conference, Interclima.

How to win the argument on climate change This is the third and final installment of Simon Maxwell's 5-step plan to win the argument on how to tackle climate change.