“I’m a climate knowledge broker” – Insights from Maggie Kamau, CDKN Kenya Climate change is often viewed as a complex scientific topic and, it's been difficult for climate experts to convince policy-makers and other stakeholders to take climate action, says CDKN’s senior advisor Maggie Kamau in Kenya. But the situation is slowly changing, thanks to the work of CDKN and others.

Planning a successful knowledge platform - A 9-Point checklist The internet is an essential tool for climate knowledge brokers. CDKN's Geoff Barnard shares his 'top tips' for climate knowledge brokers who want to start or simply maintain a web platform of their own.

SARUA to launch regional curriculum on climate change Join SARUA for the launch of the southern African curriculum on climate change and sustainability, supported by CDKN on 1 December.

Report equips African decision-makers with new climate science Africa’s climate is one of the least-researched and poorly understood, but a new report provides reliable scientific information about the continent’s changing climate, equipping decision-makers to plan better. Africa’s Climate: Helping decision-makers make sense of climate information is the first major programme-wide report to emerge from Future Climate for Africa.

Tell us what you think of CDKN’s website and publications We want to hear from you! CDKN is reviewing its publications, films and website, to ensure they are as useful as possible to developing country decision-makers. Share your opinions in a short online survey - and ask us for a complimentary pack of CDKN publications.

Climate Knowledge Brokers Workshop 2016 Register by 2 September for your place at the Climate Knowledge Brokers Workshop 2016 in Golden, Colorado! Come to the workshop to work; to share; to think. No powerpoints allowed at this interactive event.

Join CDKN and the Climate Knowledge Brokers at Green Growth Week 2016 Join CDKN and the Climate Knowledge Brokers at the Global Green Growth Week 2016 to talk about 'Linking climate knowledge to green growth' and 'Ten things to know: gender equality and achieving climate goals'.

REPORT: Shedding light on causal recipes for development research uptake This paper explores the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis for learning-focussed monitoring and evaluation, using recent work with CDKN as a case study.

After Paris - "About money and determination", a view from Mihir Bhatt, India Three months after the Paris climate deal was struck, Mihir Bhatt, CDKN´s country leader for India, who leads the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), talks to CDKN's Miren Gutierrez about the next steps needed to implement India's climate commitments.

Call for applications - Kenya Climate Innovation Prize Enter a climate innovation competition sponsored by the UK's Department for International Development to make climate information more useful for Kenya's low income communities. The deadline for entries is 7 February 2016.

From teachers to energy executives - IPCC toolkit captures imaginations In 2014-15, CDKN created a communications toolkit to help people share the findings of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report widely in developing countries. Here, Anna Hickman reviews how communicators and educators used the toolkit in the past year.