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.

CDKN Annual Report 2017 Throughout 2017, we provided guidance on the implementation of NDCs, integrating climate actions into economic sectors and supported access to finance from both public and private sources. In our Annual Report, we highlight key results from these projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.

ESSENTIAL: Six tips for funding impactful research This CDKN Essentials outlines the main lessons we have learned about commissioning through a research call model. It is aimed at other funders of research who want to influence policy, planning and practice in climate compatible development and beyond.

CDKN - Reducing the environmental footprint of our publications Mairi Dupar shares lessons from CDKN’s seven years of feedback from developing country audiences about how they use our publications. She charts CDKN’s constant search for the most environmentally sustainable choices.

OUTLOOK: India Special Edition This 'Climate and Development Outlook - India Special Edition' celebrates CDKN's partnership work in India to expand the evidence base and trial new innovations in climate compatible development, and foster knowledge management solutions with success stories from our seven-year journey.