Climate Knowledge Brokers 'join the dots' for users of climate information The Climate Knowledge Brokers Group is linking online climate and development initiatives - to make life easier for information users. The Group aims to help users who are otherwise drowning in a sea of online information.

Better use of long-term climate information could reduce risks for African investments African governments and businesses are putting their investments at risk from the long-term impacts of climate change because they are failing to take climate information into account, says a new report from the Overseas Development Institute and SouthSouthNorth for the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) programme and Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), launched today.

Academics, governments and practitioners call for 'green fiscal reform' More than 200 academics, policy makers and experts will meet in Venice, Italy, this week to debate a large emerging body of research on green fiscal policy. Learn more about innovative thinking in this area.

POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives for African ports (FCFA) Ports may be operational in a future climate that will be significantly different to the historical climate commonly used for planning: how can decision-makers ensure that port infrastructure is more resilient? A new policy brief for the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) and CDKN explores the issues and solutions.

Not just about women Beatrice Mosello of ODI and Sebastian Kratzer of CDKN report from a recent conference on the gender dimensions of weather and climate services.

Drowning in information at COP - what’s the solution? CDKN's Geoff Barnard discusses the bewilding deluge of climate knowledge at COP20 and the importance of knowledge curators to organise and provide access to this information.

Lima event inspires cross-generational action for zero poverty, zero emissions Participants from all generations participated in a unique and highly ambitious set of debates in Lima, Peru this weekend on 'zero poverty, zero emissions'.

Let’s hear it for the curators Geoff Barnard of CDKN has been working with website managers who pull together climate and development information from many sources – ‘climate knowledge brokers’ – to coordinate among each other and make information easier to find by end users.

Innovation and Collaboration for Transforming Knowledge into Climate Action At COP20, CDKN and the Climate Knowledge Brokers (CKB) Group will be showcasing recent breakthroughs that have been made in laying the foundations for a smart knowledge grid, and demonstrate how collaborative working is helping organisations optimize their knowledge resources and websites, avoid duplication, and link with others to make content easier to find.

Why train journalists on climate change? Following the IPCC AR5 outreach events, which included the training of journalists, CDKN Africa’s Claire Mathieson argues that the media has an ethical obligation to report on climate change wherever possible – even in ‘unrelated’ stories.

Imagining a smarter world - how to build the climate knowledge grid Geoff Barnard, CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Knowledge Management, outlines the steps that need to be taken in the online climate knowledge marketplace to make life easier for information users.