Pioneering climate change curricula in southern Africa A CDKN-funded master's curriculum development project has taken off in southern Africa and is now being implemented by several universities in the region.

African Climate Risks Conference 2019 Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) is organising an African Climate Risks Conference that will take place from 7 - 9 October 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The call for abstracts is now open.

Film-making to support agri-extension in Uganda A new initiative under Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) is using film-making to improve communications between farmers and government officials in Uganda. Leonie Joubert reports.

African reporting fellowships available The Pan African Media Alliance for Climate Change (PAMACC) encourages East African journalists to apply for fellowship opportunities to report on the social and political implications of delivering weather and climate services in East Africa.

CDKN at COP24 - The start of a ‘big conversation’ on communicating climate change At COP24 in Katowice, Poland in December, the CDKN team shared top tips on communicating for climate action – and helped push the boundaries on audience engagement.

CDKN at COP24 - Katowice, Poland CDKN looks forward to welcoming you at our various side events during the UNFCCC COP24, in Katowice, Poland.

New initiative will match climate knowledge to developing country needs Today in Cape Town, the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development Research Centre (Canada) announce new backing for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.

Co-producing climate knowledge - Great in theory, but how about practice? Estelle Rouhaud of the Future Climate for Africa's UMFULA project says that 'co-production' of climate knowledge sounds like a wonderful aspiration, but is far from easy to achieve in practice.

ESSENTIAL: Building on local knowledge for climate compatible development Partners in the CDKN–ICLEI Subnational Learning Programme have explored a variety of approaches to identifying and leveraging local knowledge, combined with scientific data for informed decision-making and planning at local government level.

Mainstreaming climate compatible development: Insights from CDKN's first seven years This flagship book draws from CDKN's experience of supporting climate-compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and provides practical recommendations on how to achieve low-carbon, climate-resilient development in low income and emerging economies.

Five lessons for communicating climate risk We share five lessons on communicating climate risk from our work with local scientists, media, policy-makers and practitioners in India, Kenya and Ethiopia through the Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) project

Discover country leadership examples on integrating low emission action into national development LEDS GP has launched its country leadership tool, which allows users to discover how countries are integrating low emission action in their national development.