Inside Story: Catalysing energy efficiency in small and medium-sized enterprises in priority sectors in Peru This Inside Story draws out lessons from a CDKN project which focused on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market in Peru, aiming to develop a broader understanding of the key actors, structure and dynamics of the current energy market.

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.

INSIDE STORY: Future proofing of an Indian City – Lessons from Madurai (Tamil language version) This Inside Story looks at how Bogor City is integrating low-carbon strategies not just in the transport sector but in its local development plans.

WORKING PAPER: Beyond COP 21 - What did Asian countries pledge in the Paris Agreement?  A new CDKN working paper reviews 18 national climate commitments (INDCs) from countries of South and Southeast Asia and assesses their performance for four themes: mitigation targets; climate finance; disaster risk reduction; and social inclusion, particularly gender concerns.

OUTLOOK: Indonesia Special Edition Indonesia is experiencing an economic transformation - but at an environmental cost. The government recognises that greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation don't have to accompany economic growth, and CDKN has played a part in facilitating debates about a more 'climate compatible development'.

The New Urban Agenda: What's in it for developing cities? The New Urban Agenda sets out priorities for achieving more sustainable cities and was adopted by governments at Habitat 3 in Quito. CDKN’s Mairi Dupar scrutinises the 24-page Agenda, assesses its relevance for climate action in cities and gives it only partial marks. Contributions by Ari Huhtala and Maria Jose Pacha, CDKN.

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Lessons learned from developing a climate master’s programme How did 23 academics from six universities across five countries develop a master's curriculum in climate change within twelve months? We look at the lessons learned from this ambitious task.

INSIDE STORY: Opportunities for climate compatible coastal tourism - Lessons from Belize Coastal tourism is an engine for Belize's economy, but faces grave threats from climate change. A CDKN-supported project used visual techniques including an interactive map to raise these stakeholders’ awareness of climate vulnerability and to deliberate solutions to the problem. This new 'Inside Story' tells how the team did it - and celebrates the achievement of policy results.

INSIDE STORY: Future Proofing of an Indian City - Lessons from Madurai Future proofing is an innovative approach to strengthen the 'blue-green infrastructure' of cities to cope with urbanisation and climate change. A new ‘Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development’ from the DHAN Foundation explores how they engaged broad swathes of the community in Madurai, India, to begin future proofing the city.