Opportunity: Are you a champion of Locally Led Adaptation? Help us tell your story to the world! The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and CDKN are pleased to announce a call for stories on community-driven and locally-led adaptation. These stories will be collaboratively developed and featured in a publication to be launched at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in November 2023.

Opportunity: IPBES call for contributions on Indigenous and local knowledge The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has launched a call inviting Indigenous and local communities from around the world to support three new biodiversity assessments. Submit your contribution before 31 May 2023.

The role of knowledge brokers in advancing climate action In the climate arena and more widely, there are many terms to describe activities within the ‘knowledge-to-action’ spectrum – what CDKN terms ‘knowledge brokering’. This CDKN journal article and accompanying Essentials brief summarises how CDKN defines and understands climate knowledge brokering.

Opportunity: Knowledge-into-Use awards 2022 CDKN, in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), through the Resilience Evidence Coalition, is launching the Knowledge-into-Use awards in the lead-up to the Resilience Hub at COP27.

CDKN at Gobeshona Global Conference 2022 CDKN will be holding three online side events at the annual Gobeshona Conference on Locally Led Adaption (LLA), hosted by the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD).

Climate change, gender and youth: Putting linked topics on Latin American agendas CDKN and the ClikHub delivered training on 'communicating climate change' to diverse Latin American groups, then provided seed funding for their own communications campaigns. María José Pacha, Gabriela Villamarín and Franco Moreno report on the results.

Youth film competition on reducing disaster risk There's still time to enter the new Earthbeat film challenge: 'from risk to resilience'. Submit your 3 minute film on the topic before the 18 February 2022 deadline.

Young people from Cartagena de Indias at the forefront of climate change action We take a look at ongoing initiatives involving young people from different communities in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia to promote cultural and environmental education, aiming to tackle the climate change threats posed to their city.

Learning Story: Lessons from mainstreaming climate change in Namibia This learning story recounts the lessons learned by researchers and practitioners in Namibia over seven years of implementing different research projects on climate adaptation and resilience.

Share a short video to show your action on the climate and nature crisis  If  you are aged 14 - 30 and taking action for a greener planet, here’s an opportunity to share your short video story with a global audience and a chance to showcase it at the global climate meeting, COP26 - says Nick Rance of Earthbeat.