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.

Learning Story: How research and engagement influenced Uganda’s climate change adaptation landscape This learning story shares lessons from undertaking an economic assessment study of the impacts of climate change in Uganda, including how it has since been used to inform policy and planning.

The benefits of a gender audit of climate action: Lessons from Ethiopia The Government of Ethiopia has benefitted from undertaking a 'gender audit' of its climate-smart development activities. Medhin Fissha, the former Gender and Social Safeguards Officer of Ethiopia's Climate Resilience Green Economy (CRGE) Facility explains how.

How to keep online learners engaged Lucia Scodanibbio of CDKN interviews Matilda Rizopulos and colleagues at the Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation about best practices in transitioning learning online: with long term lessons for how we can limit carbon emissions.

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.

Inside Story: Action on climate vulnerability - Lessons from Quito The city of Quito is a good example of how climate vulnerability information can feed into the policy cycle and be translated into meaningful actions on the ground. Now translated from its Spanish original, you can read this 'Inside Story on climate compatible development' in English.

Moving forward with Uganda's national climate commitments Joselyn Bigirwa, National Coordinator for ACCRA - the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance, reports on how Uganda is planning to deliver its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

ESSENTIAL: Six tips for effective country programmes This ‘Essential’ briefing presents CDKN’s top six tips for ensuring impact in country programmes on climate compatible development, based on the in-depth approach to country assistance that CDKN developed with its partners.

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.

Working paper: Working across scales - Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia A new report by John Colvin and Christina McDonagh for CDKN explores the value of stimulating climate compatible development initiatives at multiple levels of governance - drawing on seven years of work by CDKN in India, Indonesia, Nepal and Pakistan.

WORKING PAPER: Capability development - Taking a targeted approach Approaches to the development of capacity and capability vary from one organisation to another and there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. Rather than letting capacity develop by chance, CDKN has adopted a more intentional approach.